COVID-19 and the paediatric acute abdomen—the emerging dilemma of PIMS-TS

PIMS-TS is a newly emerging complication of COVID-19 infection in paediatric patients. A common presenting complaint is that of the 'acute abdomen', however only a small proportion of patients are eventually diagnosed with a GI pathology requiring surgical intervention. A high level of sus...

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Autores principales: Walker, Eleanor T., Humphrey, Hannah N., Daniels, Ian R., McDermott, Frank D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9021404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35445238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrac049
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description PIMS-TS is a newly emerging complication of COVID-19 infection in paediatric patients. A common presenting complaint is that of the 'acute abdomen', however only a small proportion of patients are eventually diagnosed with a GI pathology requiring surgical intervention. A high level of suspicion and close working with the MDT is therefore required by surgical teams involved in the care of these patients.
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spelling pubmed-90214042022-04-21 COVID-19 and the paediatric acute abdomen—the emerging dilemma of PIMS-TS Walker, Eleanor T. Humphrey, Hannah N. Daniels, Ian R. McDermott, Frank D. BJS Open Leading Article PIMS-TS is a newly emerging complication of COVID-19 infection in paediatric patients. A common presenting complaint is that of the 'acute abdomen', however only a small proportion of patients are eventually diagnosed with a GI pathology requiring surgical intervention. A high level of suspicion and close working with the MDT is therefore required by surgical teams involved in the care of these patients. Oxford University Press 2022-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9021404/ /pubmed/35445238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrac049 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of BJS Society Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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COVID-19 and the paediatric acute abdomen—the emerging dilemma of PIMS-TS
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title_fullStr COVID-19 and the paediatric acute abdomen—the emerging dilemma of PIMS-TS
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