Abstract
We report on the presentation and course of 33 children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Hemodynamic instability and cardiac dysfunction were prominent findings, with most patients exhibiting rapid resolution following anti-inflammatory therapy.
Keywords: adolescents; coronary aneurysm; inflammation; kawasaki disease.
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MeSH terms
- Adolescent
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
- Betacoronavirus
- COVID-19
- COVID-19 Drug Treatment
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Coronary Aneurysm
- Coronavirus Infections / complications*
- Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy
- Female
- Fever
- Humans
- Inflammation
- Male
- Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / diagnosis
- New York City
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
- Retrospective Studies
- SARS-CoV-2
- Shock / complications
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / diagnosis*
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / therapy*
- Treatment Outcome
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
Supplementary concepts
- pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related