• High fevers, left ventricular dysfunction may predict severe MIS-C

    1 month ago - By Healio

    Key risk factors that may predict severe disease in patients with MIS-C include fever greater than 103.1 degrees Fahrenheit, central nervous system involvement and left ventricular dysfunction, according to data published in Rheumatology.
    “[Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children ] may be severe, with some studies reporting a majority of patients presenting with shock, requiring admission to the intensive care unit and inotropic support,” Kfir Kaidar, MD, of the rheumatology department at Schneider Children's Medical Center, in Israel, and colleagues wrote.
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  • Correction: PSTPIP1-associated myeloid-related proteinaemia inflammatory syndrome; a case presenting as a perinatal event with early central nervous system involvement?

    Correction: PSTPIP1-associated myeloid-related proteinaemia inflammatory syndrome; a case presenting as a perinatal event with early central nervous system involvement?

    1 month ago - By Pediatric Rheumatology


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