SARS-CoV-2-related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A case series.
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
; 21(2): e302-e307, 2021 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1296286
ABSTRACT
On 27 April 2020, the National Health Service England issued an emergency alert for a new condition owing to the observation of an increasing number of cases of a COVID-19-related hyperinflammatory syndrome termed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Some of the presenting symptoms appeared similar to the Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. We report the cases of six children fitting the criteria of MIS-C, admitted to Royal Hospital and Sohar Hospital, Oman, between the months of June and July in 2020. Four of these patients required admission at the paediatric intensive care unit for inotropic support while two were admitted to the paediatric ward on suspicion of appendicitis. MIS-C has been reported in a small number of individuals below the age of 21 years with a median age of 9-10 years. Five of the current patients were aged less than the median age reported in the existing literature. All of the patients showed complete recovery with supportive management, intravenous immunoglobulin and steroids, with one patient requiring interleukin-6 inhibitor (tocilizumab).
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Shock, Septic
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Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
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COVID-19
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Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
Type of study:
Case report
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Squmj.2021.21.02.021
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