Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, Chile, May–August 2020

We describe 26 children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with coronavirus disease in the pediatric intensive care unit of Roberto del Río Hospital (Santiago, Chile). In total, 10 (38.5%) children required mechanical ventilation; 13 (50.0%) required inotropic support. In addition, 18...

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Autores principales: Niño-Taravilla, Carmen, Otaola-Arca, Hugo, Lara-Aguilera, Natalie, Zuleta-Morales, Yuri, Ortiz-Fritz, Paula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33760725
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.204591
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Sumario:We describe 26 children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with coronavirus disease in the pediatric intensive care unit of Roberto del Río Hospital (Santiago, Chile). In total, 10 (38.5%) children required mechanical ventilation; 13 (50.0%) required inotropic support. In addition, 18 (69.2%) patients had echocardiographic abnormalities. No patients died.

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