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Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children as a Challenging Problem for Pediatric Surgeons in the COVID 19 Pandemic—A Case Report

The first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection were identified at the end of 2019 and, in the next few months, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread throughout the world. Initially, it was believed that this disease mainly affected elderly individuals with...

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Autores principales: Jurkiewicz, Beata, Szymanek-Szwed, Magdalena, Hartmann, Piotr, Samotyjek, Joanna, Brędowska, Eliza, Kaczorowska, Joanna, Wajszczuk, Ewa, Twardowska-Merecka, Martyna, Cybulska, Joanna
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8225948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34178893
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.677822
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author Jurkiewicz, Beata
Szymanek-Szwed, Magdalena
Hartmann, Piotr
Samotyjek, Joanna
Brędowska, Eliza
Kaczorowska, Joanna
Wajszczuk, Ewa
Twardowska-Merecka, Martyna
Cybulska, Joanna
author_facet Jurkiewicz, Beata
Szymanek-Szwed, Magdalena
Hartmann, Piotr
Samotyjek, Joanna
Brędowska, Eliza
Kaczorowska, Joanna
Wajszczuk, Ewa
Twardowska-Merecka, Martyna
Cybulska, Joanna
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description The first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection were identified at the end of 2019 and, in the next few months, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread throughout the world. Initially, it was believed that this disease mainly affected elderly individuals with comorbidities, in whom respiratory failure often occurs. It was believed that children fell ill from the infection more often, although the course of infection in the vast majority of pediatric cases has been asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. In April and May 2020, the first report of a rapidly progressing disease, similar to Kawasaki syndrome, was found in children who had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. Shortly thereafter, children with symptoms of pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS-ST [temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection]) began presenting to pediatric hospitals around the world. The syndrome has a mortality rate of up to 2%. Symptoms of PIMS-TS include those that may suggest the need for surgical treatment (severe abdominal pain with the presence of peritoneal symptoms, ascites, high levels of inflammatory markers, intestinal inflammation, and appendages revealed on ultrasound examination). However, there are few reports addressing surgical cases associated with this condition. The authors present a case involving an 11-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital with severe abdominal pain and underwent surgery for symptoms of peritonitis and was diagnosed with PIMS in the post-operative period. Due to the large number of illnesses caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection in recent months, the diagnosis of PIMS-TS/MISC should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal symptoms, especially in atypical courses and interviews indicating exposure to SARS-CoV-2.
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spelling pubmed-82259482021-06-26 Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children as a Challenging Problem for Pediatric Surgeons in the COVID 19 Pandemic—A Case Report Jurkiewicz, Beata Szymanek-Szwed, Magdalena Hartmann, Piotr Samotyjek, Joanna Brędowska, Eliza Kaczorowska, Joanna Wajszczuk, Ewa Twardowska-Merecka, Martyna Cybulska, Joanna Front Pediatr Pediatrics The first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection were identified at the end of 2019 and, in the next few months, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread throughout the world. Initially, it was believed that this disease mainly affected elderly individuals with comorbidities, in whom respiratory failure often occurs. It was believed that children fell ill from the infection more often, although the course of infection in the vast majority of pediatric cases has been asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. In April and May 2020, the first report of a rapidly progressing disease, similar to Kawasaki syndrome, was found in children who had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. Shortly thereafter, children with symptoms of pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS-ST [temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection]) began presenting to pediatric hospitals around the world. The syndrome has a mortality rate of up to 2%. Symptoms of PIMS-TS include those that may suggest the need for surgical treatment (severe abdominal pain with the presence of peritoneal symptoms, ascites, high levels of inflammatory markers, intestinal inflammation, and appendages revealed on ultrasound examination). However, there are few reports addressing surgical cases associated with this condition. The authors present a case involving an 11-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital with severe abdominal pain and underwent surgery for symptoms of peritonitis and was diagnosed with PIMS in the post-operative period. Due to the large number of illnesses caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection in recent months, the diagnosis of PIMS-TS/MISC should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal symptoms, especially in atypical courses and interviews indicating exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8225948/ /pubmed/34178893 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.677822 Text en Copyright © 2021 Jurkiewicz, Szymanek-Szwed, Hartmann, Samotyjek, Brędowska, Kaczorowska, Wajszczuk, Twardowska-Merecka and Cybulska. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Pediatrics
Jurkiewicz, Beata
Szymanek-Szwed, Magdalena
Hartmann, Piotr
Samotyjek, Joanna
Brędowska, Eliza
Kaczorowska, Joanna
Wajszczuk, Ewa
Twardowska-Merecka, Martyna
Cybulska, Joanna
Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children as a Challenging Problem for Pediatric Surgeons in the COVID 19 Pandemic—A Case Report
title Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children as a Challenging Problem for Pediatric Surgeons in the COVID 19 Pandemic—A Case Report
title_full Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children as a Challenging Problem for Pediatric Surgeons in the COVID 19 Pandemic—A Case Report
title_fullStr Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children as a Challenging Problem for Pediatric Surgeons in the COVID 19 Pandemic—A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children as a Challenging Problem for Pediatric Surgeons in the COVID 19 Pandemic—A Case Report
title_short Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children as a Challenging Problem for Pediatric Surgeons in the COVID 19 Pandemic—A Case Report
title_sort pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children as a challenging problem for pediatric surgeons in the covid 19 pandemic—a case report
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8225948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34178893
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.677822
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