Heart Transplantation as a Result of Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome in an Adolescent.
Transplant Proc
; 54(4): 1167-1168, 2022 May.
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en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1778475
ABSTRACT
Several reviews have shown that COVID-19 in children is a relatively mild disease. However, a rare complication affecting children and adolescents after COVID-19 has been identified. Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS), which in some cases manifests itself as a hyperinflammatory syndrome with a multiorgan failure, may lead to death. We report a case of a 17-year-old patient who was admitted to the hospital with cardiogenic shock of unknown etiology. The disease was life-threatening, thus necessitating mechanical ventilation, circulatory support, and extracorporeal therapy due to renal and liver dysfunction. The patient tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction. Other infectious causes of illness were excluded. However, the patient had a positive IgG antibody test result and high levels of interleukin-6, which helped to diagnose PIMS-TS. Intravenous immunoglobulin and steroid therapies were initiated, unfortunately, with poor outcome. The patient's critical condition, particularly end-stage heart failure, led to mechanical circulatory support implantation and finally orthotopic heart transplantation. After the surgery, the patient's condition improved gradually. PIMS-TS manifests itself with different clinical images and as a state of varying severity, ultimately causing multiorgan dysfunction with shock resembling toxic shock syndrome. Ultimately, myocardial complications of PIMS-TS necessitated heart transplantation in the described patient.
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Bases de datos internacionales
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trasplante de Corazón
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Reporte de caso
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Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio de etiologia
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Estudio pronóstico
Tópicos:
Covid persistente
Límite:
Adolescente
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Niño
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Transplant Proc
Año:
2022
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