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Lee S, Erdem G, Yasuhara J. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19: from pathophysiology to clinical management and outcomes. Minerva Pediatr (Torino) 2024; 76:268-280. [PMID: 37284807 DOI: 10.23736/s2724-5276.23.07205-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), also known as pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS), is a new postinfectious illness associated with COVID-19, affecting children after SARS-CoV-2 exposure. The hallmarks of this disorder are hyperinflammation and multisystem involvement, with gastrointestinal, cardiac, mucocutaneous, and hematologic disturbances seen most commonly. Cardiovascular involvement includes cardiogenic shock, ventricular dysfunction, coronary artery abnormalities, and myocarditis. Now entering the fourth year of the pandemic, clinicians have gained some familiarity with the clinical presentation, initial diagnosis, cardiac evaluation, and treatment of MIS-C. This has led to an updated definition from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the USA driven by increased experience and clinical expertise. Furthermore, the available evidence established expert consensus treatment recommendations supporting a combination of immunoglobulin and steroids. However, the pathophysiology of the disorder and answers to what causes this remain under investigation. Fortunately, long-term outcomes continue to look promising, although continued follow-up is still needed. Recently, COVID-19 mRNA vaccination is reported to be associated with reduced risk of MIS-C, while further studies are warranted to understand the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on MIS-C. We review the findings and current literature on MIS-C, including pathophysiology, clinical features, evaluation, management, and medium- to long-term follow-up outcomes.
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- Simon Lee
- The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA -
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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Cilloniz C, Dy-Agra G, Pagcatipunan RS, Torres A. Viral Pneumonia: From Influenza to COVID-19. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2024; 45:207-224. [PMID: 38228165 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1777796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Respiratory viruses are increasingly recognized as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The implementation of new diagnostic technologies has facilitated their identification, especially in vulnerable population such as immunocompromised and elderly patients and those with severe cases of pneumonia. In terms of severity and outcomes, viral pneumonia caused by influenza viruses appears similar to that caused by non-influenza viruses. Although several respiratory viruses may cause CAP, antiviral therapy is available only in cases of CAP caused by influenza virus or respiratory syncytial virus. Currently, evidence-based supportive care is key to managing severe viral pneumonia. We discuss the evidence surrounding epidemiology, diagnosis, management, treatment, and prevention of viral pneumonia.
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- Catia Cilloniz
- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERESA, Barcelona, Spain
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Continental University, Huancayo, Peru
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- Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, St Luke's Medical Center-Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, St Luke's Medical Center-Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERESA, Barcelona, Spain
- School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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de Farias ECF, Pavão Junior MJC, de Sales SCD, do Nascimento LMPP, Pavão DCA, Pinheiro APS, Pinheiro AHO, Alves MCB, Ferraro KMMM, Aires LFQ, Dias LG, Machado MMM, Serrão MJD, Gomes RR, de Moraes SMP, Moura GMG, de Sousa AMB, Pontes GCL, Carvalho RDFP, Silva CTC, Lemes G, da C G Diniz B, Chermont AG, de Almeida KFS, Saraty SB, Maia MLF, Lima MRC, Carvalho PB, de B Braga R, de O Harada K, Justino MCA, Clemente G, Terreri MT, Monteiro MC. Factors associated to mortality in children with critical COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a resource-poor setting. Sci Rep 2024; 14:5539. [PMID: 38448485 PMCID: PMC10918095 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55065-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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SARS-CoV-2 infection in children is usually asymptomatic/mild. However, some patients may develop critical forms. We aimed to describe characteristics and evaluate the factors associated to in-hospital mortality of patients with critical COVID-19/MIS-C in the Amazonian region. This multicenter prospective cohort included critically ill children (1 mo-18 years old), with confirmed COVID-19/MIS-C admitted to 3 tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) in the Brazilian Amazon, between April/2020 and May/2023. The main outcome was in-hospital mortality and were evaluated using a multivariable Cox proportional regression. We adjusted the model for pediatric risk of mortality score version IV (PRISMIV) score and age/comorbidity. 266 patients were assessed with 187 in the severe COVID-19 group, 79 included in the MIS-C group. In the severe COVID-19 group 108 (57.8%) were male, median age was 23 months, 95 (50.8%) were up to 2 years of age. Forty-two (22.5%) patients in this group died during follow-up in a median time of 11 days (IQR, 2-28). In the MIS-C group, 56 (70.9%) were male, median age was 23 months and median follow-up was 162 days (range, 3-202). Death occurred in 17 (21.5%) patients with a median death time of 7 (IQR, 4-13) days. The mortality was associated with higher levels of Vasoactive Inotropic-Score (VIS), presence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), higher levels of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, (ESR) and thrombocytopenia. Critically ill patients with severe COVID-19 and MIS-C from the Brazilian Amazon showed a high mortality rate, within 12 days of hospitalization.
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- Emmerson C F de Farias
- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
- Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, 7th Floor, St. Bernal do Couto, 988 - Umarizal, Belém, PA, 66055-080, Brazil.
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Medical School, Medical Science Institute, Federal University of Pará/UFPA, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Medical School, Medical Science Institute, Federal University of Pará/UFPA, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Pronto Socorro Municipal Mário Pinotti's Hospital, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Pronto Socorro Municipal Mário Pinotti's Hospital, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Pronto Socorro Municipal Mário Pinotti's Hospital, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Departament of Pediatrics, Fundação Hospital das Clínicas Gaspar Viana, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Departament of Pediatrics, Fundação Hospital das Clínicas Gaspar Viana, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Departament of Pediatrics, Fundação Hospital das Clínicas Gaspar Viana, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Instituto Evandro Chagas, Virology Section, Health Surveillance Secretariat, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, PA, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Science Post-Graduation Program and Neuroscience and Cell Biology Graduate Program, Health Science Institute, Federal University of Pará/UFPA, Belém, PA, Brazil
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Carmona CA, Kuziez M, Freitas CF, Cyrus JW, Bain J, Karam O. Cardiac manifestations of multisystem inflammatory syndrome of children after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cardiol Young 2023; 33:2319-2327. [PMID: 36762563 DOI: 10.1017/s104795112300015x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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This systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate the prevalence of cardiac manifestations associated with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children worldwide. We conducted electronic searches in Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, and the World Health Organization COVID-19 Literature Database from the inception of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to 1 January, 2022. Three authors independently screened the abstracts to determine eligibility, assessed methodology in the full texts, and extracted the data.We identified 2848 citations; 94 studies (14,932 patients) were included. The prevalence of vasopressors was 48.2% (95% CI 45.1%, 51.3%), left ventricular systolic dysfunction occurred in 37.2% (95% CI 34.1%, 40.3%), myocarditis in 34.1% (95% CI 30.5%, 37.8%), electrocardiographic dysrhythmias and abnormalities detected in 23.1% (95% CI 18.8%, 27.6%), coronary abnormalities identified in 18% (95% CI 16%, 20%), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation deployed in 2.2% (95% CI 1.7%, 2.8%), and mortality rate of 2.2% (95% CI 1.7%, 2.7%). A sensitivity analysis was performed after removing eleven studies with high bias, and the adjusted prevalence was not different than the original evaluation.In this meta-analysis of the largest cohort of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children patients to date, we established the most accurate prevalence of the most common cardiac manifestations. Providers will subsequently have more precise data to anticipate patient outcomes and approach discussions concerning the frequency of monitoring outside the acute hospital period.
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- Carlos A Carmona
- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Division of Pediatrics, Advent Health for Children, Pediatrics Residency, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, VCU Libraries, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA, USA
- Section of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Tang SW, Helmeste DM, Leonard BE. COVID-19 as a polymorphic inflammatory spectrum of diseases: a review with focus on the brain. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2023; 35:248-269. [PMID: 36861428 DOI: 10.1017/neu.2023.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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There appear to be huge variations and aberrations in the reported data in COVID-19 2 years now into the pandemic. Conflicting data exist at almost every level and also in the reported epidemiological statistics across different regions. It is becoming clear that COVID-19 is a polymorphic inflammatory spectrum of diseases, and there is a wide range of inflammation-related pathology and symptoms in those infected with the virus. The host's inflammatory response to COVID-19 appears to be determined by genetics, age, immune status, health status and stage of disease. The interplay of these factors may decide the magnitude, duration, types of pathology, symptoms and prognosis in the spectrum of COVID-19 disorders, and whether neuropsychiatric disorders continue to be significant. Early and successful management of inflammation reduces morbidity and mortality in all stages of COVID-19.
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- Siu Wa Tang
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Institute of Brain Medicine, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
- Institute of Brain Medicine, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Brain Medicine, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Pharmacology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Gupta V, Singh A, Ganju S, Singh R, Thiruvengadam R, Natchu UCM, Gupta N, Kaushik D, Chanana S, Sharma D, Gosain M, Rao SP, Pandey N, Gupta A, Singh S, Jhamb U, Annayappa Venkatesh L, Dinakar C, Pandey AK, Gera R, Chellani H, Wadhwa N, Bhatnagar S. Severity and mortality associated with COVID-19 among children hospitalised in tertiary care centres in India: a cohort study. THE LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH. SOUTHEAST ASIA 2023; 13:100203. [PMID: 37159588 PMCID: PMC10110927 DOI: 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Background It is critical to identify high-risk groups among children with COVID-19 from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) to facilitate the optimum use of health system resources. The study aims to describe the severity and mortality of different clinical phenotypes of COVID-19 in a large cohort of children admitted to tertiary care hospitals in India. Methods Children aged 0-19 years with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection (real time polymerase chain reaction or rapid antigen test positive) or exposure (anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody, or history of contact with SARS-CoV-2) were enrolled in the study, between January 2021 and March 2022 across five tertiary hospitals in India. All study participants enrolled prospectively and retrospectively were followed up for three months after discharge. COVID-19 was classified into severe (Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), severe acute COVID-19, 'unclassified') or non-severe disease. The mortality rates were estimated in different phenotypes. Findings Among 2468 eligible children enrolled, 2148 were hospitalised. Signs of illness were present in 1688 (79%) children with 1090 (65%) having severe disease. High mortality was reported in MIS-C (18.6%), severe acute COVID-19 (13.3%) and the unclassified severe COVID-19 disease (12.3%). Mortality remained high (17.5%) when modified MIS-C criteria was used. Non-severe COVID-19 disease had 14.1% mortality when associated with comorbidity. Interpretation Our findings have important public health implications for low resource settings. The high mortality underscores the need for better preparedness for timely diagnosis and management of COVID-19. Children with associated comorbidity or coinfections are a vulnerable group and need special attention. MIS-C requires context specific diagnostic criteria for low resource settings. It is important to evaluate the clinical, epidemiological and health system-related risk factors associated with severe COVID-19 and mortality in children from LMICs. Funding Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India and Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health and Aging, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Vidushi Gupta
- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, India
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- Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital (VMMC & SJH), New Delhi, India
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- Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, India
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Jammu, Vijaypur, Jammu, India
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- Maulana Azad Medical College, and Lok Nayak Hospital (MAMC & LNH), New Delhi, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, India
- Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Puducherry, India
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- Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital (VMMC & SJH), New Delhi, India
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- Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, India
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- Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, India
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- St. John's Medical College and Research Institute (SJRI), Bengaluru, India
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- Asian Institute of Medical Sciences (ASIAN), Faridabad, India
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- Asian Institute of Medical Sciences (ASIAN), Faridabad, India
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- Asian Institute of Medical Sciences (ASIAN), Faridabad, India
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- Maulana Azad Medical College, and Lok Nayak Hospital (MAMC & LNH), New Delhi, India
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- St. John's Medical College and Research Institute (SJRI), Bengaluru, India
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- Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, India
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- Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital (VMMC & SJH), New Delhi, India
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- Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital (VMMC & SJH), New Delhi, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, India
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Deb N, Roy P, Biswakarma A, Mary T, Mahajan S, Khan J, Shah A. Neurological Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Monkeypox in Pediatric Patients and Their Management: A State-of-the-Art Systematic Review. Pediatr Neurol 2023; 146:65-78. [PMID: 37441883 PMCID: PMC10195769 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is an increasing number of cases being reported of neurological manifestations of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and monkeypox, both during the course of the infection and as a presenting symptom. We aim to review the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 and monkeypox in pediatric patients and their management. METHODS We conducted a systematic review that included cohort studies and case series or reports involving a pediatric population of patients with a confirmed COVID-19 or monkeypox infection and their neurological manifestations. We searched the following electronic databases: PubMed, EMBASE, and Scopus. RESULTS From 1136 articles identified, 127 studies were included. Headache, stroke, Guillain-Barré syndrome, seizure, nerve palsies, and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children were the most common neurological symptoms caused by COVID-19, whereas encephalitis was commonly seen in patients with monkeypox. Rare neurological manifestations of COVID-19 included cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, plexopathies, demyelinating disorders, encephalitis, etc., and rare neurological manifestations of monkeypox included headache. CONCLUSIONS Our review highlights the importance of investigating possible neurological manifestations and closely monitoring these patients to develop a better understanding of the treatment strategies that can be adopted.
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- Novonil Deb
- North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal, India
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- North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal, India.
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- Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India
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- Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India
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Valerie IC, Prabandari AASM, Wati DK. Ferritin in pediatric critical illness: a scoping review. Clin Exp Pediatr 2023; 66:98-109. [PMID: 36229027 PMCID: PMC9989723 DOI: 10.3345/cep.2022.00654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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This scoping review aimed to elucidate and summarize the predictive role of serum ferritin in critical pediatric illness. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses methodology was employed to conduct a scoping review of 5 databases (MEDLINE, CENTRAL, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, and Epistemonikos) from the date of inception through January 24, 2022. Primary research studies involving subjects aged <18 years and serum ferritin levels were screened and reviewed independently following an a priori defined protocol. Of the 1,580 retrieved studies, 66 were analyzed. Summary statistics of serum ferritin levels for overall and condition-specific studies were reported in 30 (45.4%) and 47 studies (71.2%), respectively. The normal range was defined in 16 studies (24.2%), whereas the threshold was determined in 43 studies (65.1%). A value of <500 ng/mL was most often the upper limit of the normal range. Serum ferritin as a numerical variable (78.9%) was usually significantly higher (80.8%) in the predicted condition than in controls, while as a categorical variable with preset thresholds, ferritin was a significant predictor in 84.6% of studies. A total of 22 predictive thresholds predicted mortality (12 of 46 [26.1%]), morbidity (18 of 46 [39.1%]), and specific (16 of 46 [34.8%]) outcomes in 15 unique conditions. Increased precision in serum ferritin measures followed by close attention to the threshold modeling strategy and reporting can accelerate the translation from evidence to clinical practice.
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- Ivy Cerelia Valerie
- Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Udayana/Sanglah General Hospital, Bali, Indonesia
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- Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Udayana/Sanglah General Hospital, Bali, Indonesia
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Sık G, Inamlık A, Akçay N, Kesici S, Aygun F, Kendırlı T, Atay G, Sandal O, Varol F, Ozkaya PY, Duyu M, Bırbılen AZ, Ozcan S, Arslan G, Kangın M, Bayraktar S, Altug U, Anıl AB, Havan M, Yetımakman AF, Dalkıran T, Zengın N, Oto A, Kıhtır HS, Gırgın Fİ, Telhan L, Yıldızdas D, Yener N, Yukselmıs U, Alakaya M, Kılınc MA, Celegen M, Dursun A, Battal F, Sarı F, Ozkale M, Topal S, Kocaoglu C, Yazar A, Alacakır N, Odek C, Yaman A, Cıtak A. Mortality risk factors among critically ill children with MIS-C in PICUs: a multicenter study. Pediatr Res 2023:10.1038/s41390-023-02518-0. [PMID: 36813951 PMCID: PMC9946280 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02518-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study evaluated of clinical characteristics, outcomes, and mortality risk factors of a severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children admitted to a the pediatric intensive care unit. METHODS A retrospective multicenter cohort study was conducted between March 2020 and April 2021 at 41 PICUs in Turkey. The study population comprised 322 children diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome. RESULTS The organ systems most commonly involved were the cardiovascular and hematological systems. Intravenous immunoglobulin was used in 294 (91.3%) patients and corticosteroids in 266 (82.6%). Seventy-five (23.3%) children received therapeutic plasma exchange treatment. Patients with a longer duration of the PICU stay had more frequent respiratory, hematological, or renal involvement, and also had higher D-dimer, CK-MB, and procalcitonin levels. A total of 16 patients died, with mortality higher in patients with renal, respiratory, or neurological involvement, with severe cardiac impairment or shock. The non-surviving group also had higher leukocyte counts, lactate and ferritin levels, and a need for mechanical ventilation. CONCLUSIONS In cases of MIS-C, high levels of D-dimer and CK-MB are associated with a longer duration of PICU stay. Non-survival correlates with elevated leukocyte counts and lactate and ferritin levels. We were unable to show any positive effect of therapeutic plasma exchange therapy on mortality. IMPACT MIS-C is a life-threatening condition. Patients need to be followed up in the intensive care unit. Early detection of factors associated with mortality can improve outcomes. Determining the factors associated with mortality and length of stay will help clinicians in patient management. High D-dimer and CK-MB levels were associated with longer PICU stay, and higher leukocyte counts, ferritin and lactate levels, and mechanical ventilation were associated with mortality in MIS-C patients. We were unable to show any positive effect of therapeutic plasma exchange therapy on mortality.
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- Guntulu Sık
- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- grid.411117.30000 0004 0369 7552Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- grid.414177.00000 0004 0419 1043Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- grid.14442.370000 0001 2342 7339Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- grid.506076.20000 0004 1797 5496Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- grid.7256.60000000109409118Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- grid.417018.b0000 0004 0419 1887Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Dr Behcet Uz Child Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- grid.414850.c0000 0004 0642 8921Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. MD İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
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- grid.8302.90000 0001 1092 2592Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Goztepe Prof. MD Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Gaziantep Cengiz Gökçek Gynecology and Pediatrics Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- grid.449874.20000 0004 0454 9762Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara Children’s Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- grid.21200.310000 0001 2183 9022Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey
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- grid.413752.60000 0004 0419 1465Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Sultangazi Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Sanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital, Sanlıurfa, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmır Katip Çelebi University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Mersin City Hospital, Mersin, Turkey
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- grid.411105.00000 0001 0691 9040Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Kahramanmaraş Necip Fazıl City Hospital, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
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- grid.411688.20000 0004 0595 6052Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Manisa Celal Bayar Unıversity, Manisa, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey
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- grid.413819.60000 0004 0471 9397Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
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- grid.16477.330000 0001 0668 8422Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- grid.411781.a0000 0004 0471 9346Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- grid.98622.370000 0001 2271 3229Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- grid.411049.90000 0004 0574 2310Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Samsun 19 Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
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- grid.414850.c0000 0004 0642 8921Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Kartal Dr Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- grid.411691.a0000 0001 0694 8546Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Basaksehir Cam ve Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Afyonkarahisar Tarining and Research Hospital, Afyon, Turkey
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- grid.513116.1Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
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- grid.412364.60000 0001 0680 7807Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey
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- grid.14352.310000 0001 0680 7823Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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- grid.411548.d0000 0001 1457 1144Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Dr Turgut NOYAN Hospital, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Erzurum Bölge Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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- grid.411124.30000 0004 1769 6008Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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- grid.411693.80000 0001 2342 6459Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- grid.34538.390000 0001 2182 4517Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey
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- grid.508740.e0000 0004 5936 1556Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Istınye University Liv Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- grid.411117.30000 0004 0369 7552Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Circulating sTREM-1 as a predictive biomarker of pediatric multisystemic inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). Cytokine 2023; 161:156084. [PMID: 36403563 PMCID: PMC9671781 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2022.156084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The exacerbation of the inflammatory response caused by SARS-CoV-2 in adults promotes the production of soluble mediators that could act as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for COVID-19. Among the potential biomarkers, the soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-1 (sTREM-1) has been described as a predictor of inflammation severity. The aim was to evaluate sTREM-1 and cytokine serum concentrations in pediatric patients during the acute and convalescent phases of COVID-19. This was a prospective study that included 53 children/adolescents with acute COVID-19 (Acute-CoV group); 54 who recovered from COVID-19 (Post-CoV group) and 54 controls (Control group). Preexisting chronic conditions were present in the three groups, which were defined as follows: immunological diseases, neurological disorders, and renal and hepatic failures. The three groups were matched by age, sex, and similar preexisting chronic conditions. No differences in sTREM-1 levels were detected among the groups or when the groups were separately analyzed by preexisting chronic conditions. However, sTREM-1 analysis in the seven multisystemic inflammatory syndrome children (MIS-C) within the Acute-Cov group showed that sTREM-1 concentrations were higher in MIS-C vs non-MIS-C acute patients. Then, the receiver operating curve analysis (ROC) performed with MIS-C acute patients revealed a significant AUC of 0.870, and the sTREM-1 cutoff value of > 5781 pg/mL yielded a sensitivity of 71.4 % and a specificity of 91.3 % for disease severity, and patients with sTREM-1 levels above this cutoff presented an elevated risk for MIS-C development in 22.85-fold (OR = 22.85 [95 % CI 1.64-317.5], p = 0.02). The cytokine analyses in the acute phase revealed that IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10 concentrations were elevated regardless of whether the patient developed MIS-C, and those levels decreased in the convalescent phase, even when compared with controls. Spearman correlation analysis generated positive indexes between sTREM-1 and IL-12 and TNF-α concentrations, only within the Acute-CoV group. Our findings revealed that sTREM-1 in pediatric patients has good predictive accuracy as an early screening tool for surveillance of MIS-C cases, even in patients with chronic underlying conditions.
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Barros LAF, Oliveira VDS, Morais WJD, Dias LA, Almeida JP, Soares MB, Aquino ECD, Pinto RM. Pediatric inflammatory multisystemic syndrome in Brazil: sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors to death. J Pediatr (Rio J) 2023; 99:31-37. [PMID: 35679884 PMCID: PMC9875260 DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2022.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of MIS-C in Brazil, describe the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of the pediatric population affected by MIS-C and compare mortality and lethality outcomes with isolated Covid-19 and MIS-C cases. METHODS Observational and retrospective cohort study of cases of MIS-C associated with Covid-19 in the Brazilian population between 04/01/2020 and 04/17/2021. Data from the Ministry of Health's epidemiological bulletin up to the 15th epidemiological week of 2021, were used. The analyzes were descriptive through absolute and relative frequencies. The significance level is 5% in Stata 16.0 package. RESULTS Between 04/01/2020 and 04/07/2021, 903 cases of MIS-C associated with Covid-19 were notified in Brazil, of which, the largest part (55.26%) were male, between 0 and 4 years old (45.29%), from the Southeast region (38.76%). The deaths (61; 6.7%) were higher in the female gender, between 0 and 4 years old (47.54%) and in the Southeast region (34.43%). It was identified that the risk of death by MIS-C related to Covid-19 is 5.29 (CI = 2.83; 9.87 and P-value = <0.001) times higher in adolescents from 15-19 years old than in other age groups when compared to 0-4 years old children. Also, the residency in North region was as risk factor to death (RR = 3.72, IC = 1.29; 10.74 e P-value = 0.008). CONCLUSION In this study, despite the numbers showing more deaths from zero to 4 years old, the risk for teenagers is notably higher. In addition, Brazil's Northern region is a risk factor that reaffirms social inequality and poor access to health.
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Faculdade de Medicina, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública (IPTSP), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical e Saúde Pública, Medicina Tropical e Saúde Pública, Goiânia, GO, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Faculdade de Medicina, Goiânia, GO, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Departamento de Pediatria, Goiânia, GO, Brazil; Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, Departamento Científico de Endocrinologia, Brazil; Sociedade Goiana de Pediatria, Comissão de Endocrinologia, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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McDaniel CG, Commander SJ, DeLaura I, Cantrell S, Leraas HJ, Moore CB, Reed CR, Pahl KS, Tracy ET. Coagulation Abnormalities and Clinical Complications in Children With SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review of 48,322 Patients. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2022; 44:323-335. [PMID: 34862349 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000002321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Given the limited information on the coagulation abnormalities of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in pediatric patients, we designed a systematic review to evaluate this topic. A comprehensive literature search was conducted for "SARS-CoV-2," "coagulopathy," and "pediatrics." Two authors independently screened the articles that the search returned for bleeding, thrombosis, anticoagulant and/or antiplatelet usage, and abnormal laboratory markers in pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2, and the authors then extracted the relevant data. One hundred twenty-six publications were included. Thirty-four (27%) studies reported thrombotic complications in 504 patients. Thirty-one (25%) studies reported bleeding complications in 410 patients. Ninety-eight (78%) studies reported abnormal laboratory values in 6580 patients. Finally, 56 (44%) studies reported anticoagulant and/or antiplatelet usage in 3124 patients. The variety of laboratory abnormalities and coagulation complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 presented in this review highlights the complexity and variability of the disease presentation in infants and children.
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- Duke University School of Medicine
- Duke University Medical Center Library and Archives, Durham, NC
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Department of Pediatrics
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- Department of Surgery
- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
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Stafie CS, Solomon SM, Sufaru IG, Manaila M, Stafie II, Melinte G, Simionescu B, Leustean L. Pathogenic Connections in Post-COVID Conditions: What Do We Know in the Large Unknown? A Narrative Review. Viruses 2022; 14:1686. [PMID: 36016309 PMCID: PMC9413998 DOI: 10.3390/v14081686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease has long-term effects, known as post-COVID conditions (PCC) or long-COVID. Post-COVID-19 syndrome is defined by signs and symptoms that occur during or after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection which persist for more than 12 weeks and cannot be supported by an alternative diagnosis. The cardiovascular damage caused by COVID-19 in the severe forms of the disease is induced by severe systemic inflammation, considered to be one of the causes of myocardial lesions, with increased levels of circulating cytokines and toxic response mediators. We have focused on conditions that can induce long-COVID-19, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults or children (MIS-C/MIS-A), with an emphasis on endocrinological and metabolic disorders. Although described less frequently in children than in adults, long-COVID syndrome should not be confused with MIS-C, which is an acute condition characterized by multisystem involvement and paraclinical evidence of inflammation in a pediatric patient who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. At the same time, we mention that the MIS-A symptoms remit within a few weeks, while the duration of long-COVID is measured in months. Long-COVID syndrome, along with its complications, MIS-A and MIS-C, represents an important challenge in the medical community. Underlying comorbidities can expose both COVID-19 adult and pediatric patients to a higher risk of negative outcomes not only during, but in the aftermath of the SARS-CoV-2 infection as well.
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- Celina Silvia Stafie
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Interdisciplinarity—Family Medicine Discipline, Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 Universitatii Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Periodontology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 Universitatii Street, 700111 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Periodontology, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 Universitatii Street, 700111 Iasi, Romania
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- Endocrinology Residency Program, Sf. Spiridon Clinical Emergency Hospital, Independentei, 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (M.M.); (I.I.S.); (G.M.)
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- Endocrinology Residency Program, Sf. Spiridon Clinical Emergency Hospital, Independentei, 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (M.M.); (I.I.S.); (G.M.)
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- Endocrinology Residency Program, Sf. Spiridon Clinical Emergency Hospital, Independentei, 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania; (M.M.); (I.I.S.); (G.M.)
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- Pediatric Clinic No. 2, Mother and Child Department, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Victor Babes, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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- Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 Universitatii Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C): a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes. J Pediatr (Rio J) 2022; 98:338-349. [PMID: 34863701 PMCID: PMC9432310 DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2021.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The clinical cases of patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) were analyzed via a systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical findings, treatments, and possible outcomes of articles retrieved via database searches. SOURCES The authors searched the PubMed, Scielo, Web of Science, Science Direct, EMBASA, EBSCO, and Scopus databases for articles containing the keywords "multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children" or "MIS-C" or "PIMS-TS" or "SIMP" and "COVID-19" or "SARS-CoV-2" published between December 1st, 2019 and July 10th, 2021. Patient characteristics, tissue and organ comorbidities, the incidence of symptoms after COVID-19 infection, treatment, and patient evolution in the articles found were evaluated. The data were abstracted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). FINDINGS In total, 98 articles (2275 patients) were selected for demographics, clinical treatment, and outcomes of patients diagnosed with MIS-C. The average age of children with MIS-C, 56.8% of whom were male, was of nine years. Fever (100%), gastrointestinal (GI) (82%), and abdominal pain (68%) were the decisive symptoms for the diagnosis of MIS-C. Shock and/or hypotension were common in patients with MIS-C. Cardiac symptoms (66%) predominated over respiratory (39%) and neurological (28%) symptoms. MIS-C treatment followed the common guidelines for treating children with septic shock and Kawasaki disease (KD) and proved to be effective. CONCLUSIONS This meta-analysis highlights the main clinical symptoms used for the diagnosis of MIS-C, the differences between MIS-C and KD, and the severity of the inflammatory process and urgency for hospital care.
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Ihara BP, Lindoso LM, Setoue DND, Tanigava NY, Helito AC, Simon JR, Viana VSL, Strabelli CAA, Pedroso CAA, Sieczkowska SM, Pereira RMR, Aikawa NE, Kozu KT, Elias AM, Buscatti IM, Gualano B, Queiroz LB, Casella CB, Polanczyk GV, Silva CAA, Campos LMMA. COVID-19 quarantine in adolescents with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: mental health issues and life conditions. Clin Rheumatol 2022; 41:3189-3198. [PMID: 35701628 PMCID: PMC9197675 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-022-06234-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Objectives To assess mental health and life conditions in adolescents with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) and healthy controls quarantined during COVID-19 pandemic. Method A cross-sectional study included 155 ARD adolescents and 105 healthy controls. Online survey included self-reported strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ), and a semi-structured questionnaire with demographic data, daily home and school routine, physical activities, and COVID-19 information during the pandemic. Results Among patients, 56% had juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), 29% juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE), and 15% juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). No differences were found regarding sex, ethnicity, and current age between ARD patients and controls (p > 0.05). Abnormal emotional SDQ (38% vs. 35%, p = 0.653) were similar in both groups. Logistic regression analyses in ARD patients demonstrated that female (OR = 2.4; 95%CI 1.0–6.0; p = 0.044) was associated with severe emotional SDQ dysfunction, whereas sleep problems were considered as a risk factor for both worse total SDQ (OR = 2.6; 95%CI 1.2–5.5; p = 0.009) and emotional SDQ scores (OR = 4.6; 95%CI 2.2–9.7; p < 0.001). Comparisons between ARD patients with and without current prednisone use showed higher median scores of peer problems in the first group [3 (0–10) vs. 2 (0–7), p = 0.049], whereas similar median and frequencies between JIA, JSLE, and JDM (p > 0.05). Conclusions Approximately one third of JIA, JSLE, and JDM patients presented abnormal total and emotional scores of SDQ during COVID-19 quarantine. Sleep problems were the main factor associated with emotional difficulties in these ARD adolescents. The knowledge of mental health issues rates in adolescents with ARD supports the development of prevention strategies, like sleep hygiene counseling, as well as the references of the affected patients to specialized mental health services, as necessary. Key Points • One third of ARD patients presented mental health issues during COVID-19 quarantine • Sleep problems were associated with emotional difficulties. • It is necessary to warn pediatric rheumatologists about the importance of sleep hygiene counseling. |
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- Bianca P. Ihara
- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
- Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança E Do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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Ruvinsky S, Voto C, Roel M, Fustiñana A, Veliz N, Brizuela M, Rodriguez S, Ulloa-Gutierrez R, Bardach A. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Temporally Related to COVID-19 in Children From Latin America and the Caribbean Region: A Systematic Review With a Meta-Analysis of Data From Regional Surveillance Systems. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:881765. [PMID: 35547540 PMCID: PMC9082071 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.881765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing numbers of cases of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) have been reported worldwide; however, it is unclear whether this syndrome has a differential pattern in children from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to analyze the epidemiological, clinical, and outcome characteristics of patients with MIS-C in LAC countries. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in the main electronic databases and scientific meetings from March 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021. Available reports on epidemiological surveillance of countries in the region during the same period were analyzed. Results Of the 464 relevant studies identified, 23 were included with 592 patients with MIS-C from LAC. Mean age was 6.6 years (IQR, 6-7.4 years); 60% were male. The most common clinical manifestations were fever, rash, and conjunctival injection; 59% showed Kawasaki disease. Pool proportion of shock was 52%. A total of 47% of patients were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), 23% required mechanical ventilation, and 74% required vasoactive drugs. Intravenous gamma globulin alone was administered in 87% of patients, and in combination with steroids in 60% of cases. Length of hospital stay was 10 days (IQR, 9-10) and PICU stay 5.75 (IQR, 5-6). Overall case fatality ratio was 4% and for those hospitalized in the PICU it was 7%. Conclusion Limited information was available on the clinical outcomes. Improvements in the surveillance system are required to obtain a better epidemiologic overview in the region.
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- Silvina Ruvinsky
- Coordinación de Investigación Clínica y Sanitaria, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Coordinación de Investigación Clínica y Sanitaria, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Coordinación de Investigación Clínica y Sanitaria, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Emergencias, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Área de Internación, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Hospital General de Agudos “Vélez Sarsfield”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Coordinación de Investigación Clínica y Sanitaria, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Infectología, Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrrera, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social & Universidad de Ciencias Médicas (UCIMED), San José, Costa Rica
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- Center for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS) and National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Leonardi AJ, Argyropoulos CP, Hamdy A, Proenca RB. Understanding the Effects of Age and T-Cell Differentiation on COVID-19 Severity: Implicating a Fas/FasL-mediated Feed-Forward Controller of T-Cell Differentiation. Front Immunol 2022; 13:853606. [PMID: 35309371 PMCID: PMC8927653 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.853606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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- Anthony J Leonardi
- Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- Independent Researcher, Port Louis, Mauritius
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Mania A, Pokorska-Śpiewak M, Figlerowicz M, Pawłowska M, Mazur-Melewska K, Faltin K, Talarek E, Zawadka K, Dobrzeniecka A, Ciechanowski P, Łasecka-Zadrożna J, Rudnicki J, Hasiec B, Stani M, Frańczak-Chmura P, Zaleska I, Szenborn L, Horecka P, Sulik A, Szczepańska B, Pałyga-Bysiecka I, Kucharek I, Sybilski A, Sobolewska-Pilarczyk M, Dryja U, Majda-Stanisławska E, Niedźwiecka S, Kuchar E, Kalicki B, Gorczyca A, Marczyńska M. Pneumonia, gastrointestinal symptoms, comorbidities, and coinfections as factors related to a lengthier hospital stay in children with COVID-19-analysis of a paediatric part of Polish register SARSTer. Infect Dis (Lond) 2022; 54:196-204. [PMID: 34711132 PMCID: PMC8567279 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2021.1995628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Although COVID-19 is associated with a mild course in children, a certain proportion requires admission to hospital due to SARS-CoV-2 infection and coexisting diseases. The prospective multicenter study aimed to analyze clinical factors influencing the length of the hospital stay (LoHS) in children with COVID-19. METHODS The study included 1283 children from 14 paediatric infectious diseases departments with diagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infection. Children were assessed in respective centres regarding indications for admission to hospital and clinical condition. History data, clinical findings, laboratory parameters, treatment, and outcome, were collected in the paediatric SARSTer register. The group of children with a hospital stays longer than seven days was compared to the remaining patients. Parameters with a statistically significant difference were included in further logistic regression analysis. RESULTS One thousand one hundred and ten children were admitted to the hospital, 763 children were hospitalized >24 h and 173 children >7 days. 268 children had comorbidities. Two hundred and eleven children had an additional diagnosis with coinfections present in 135 children (11%). Factors increasing the risk of higher LoHS included pneumonia [odds ratio-OR 3.028; 95% confidence interval-CI (1.878-4.884)], gastrointestinal symptoms [OR = 1.556; 95%CI (1.049-2.322)], or rash [OR = 2.318; 95%CI (1.216-4.418)] in initial clinical findings. Comorbidities [OR = 2.433; 95%CI (1.662-3.563)], an additional diagnosis [OR = 2.594; 95%CI (1.679-4.007)] and the necessity of the empirical antibiotic treatment [OR = 2.834; 95%CI (2.834-6.713)] were further factors related to higher LoHS. CONCLUSIONS The clinical course of COVID-19 was mild to moderate in most children. Factors increasing the risk of higher LoHS included pneumonia, gastrointestinal symptoms, comorbidities, an additional diagnosis, and the empirical antibiotic treatment.
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- Anna Mania
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Child Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Child Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Child Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Child Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Children's Infectious Diseases, Provincial Jan Boży Hospital in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Children's Infectious Diseases, Provincial Jan Boży Hospital in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Children's Infectious Diseases, Provincial Jan Boży Hospital in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- 2nd Department of Paediatrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology with Allergology Center, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland
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- 2nd Department of Paediatrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology with Allergology Center, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Pomeranian Center of Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Paediatrics with Clinical Assessment Unit, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Nephrology and Allergology, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Ward of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, The John Paul II Hospital in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Severini RDSG, Oliveira PCD, Couto TB, Simon Junior H, Andrade APMD, Nanbu DY, Farhat SCL, Schvartsman C. Fast, cheap and feasible: Implementation of pediatric telemedicine in a public hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic. J Pediatr (Rio J) 2022; 98:183-189. [PMID: 34181889 PMCID: PMC8196314 DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2021.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE In Brazil, telemedicine was allowed as an exception during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite its recognized value and availability, telemedicine is not universally used, suggesting that some barriers prevent its adoption and acceptance within the community. This study aims to describe the implementation of a low-cost telemedicine service in a pediatric hospital in Brazil. METHOD Retrospective descriptive study reporting the first three months (April to June 2020) of the experience of implementing a low-cost telemedicine emergency care program in a public tertiary hospital. The service was available to patients up to 18 years of age enrolled in this hospital. A tool for assessing the severity of the patient was developed, the aim of standardizing the procedure, while maintaining quality and safety. Guardian's satisfaction was assessed with a questionnaire sent after teleconsultations. RESULTS 255 teleconsultations were carried out with 140 different patients. Of the total consultations, 182 were from 99 patients that had performed the Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test for the new coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) or had direct contact with a person known to be positive for COVID-19. Only 26 (14%) were referred to an in-person consultation. No deaths, adverse events or delayed diagnosis were recorded. 86% of the patients who answered the satisfaction questionnaire were satisfied and 92% would use telemedicine again. CONCLUSION This study presents an innovative implementation of a telemedicine program in a public and exclusively pediatric tertiary service, serving as a reference for future implementation in other public services in Brazil and developing countries.
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- Rafael da Silva Giannasi Severini
- Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Departamento de Emergência, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Departamento de Emergência, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Departamento de Emergência, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Departamento de Emergência, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Departamento de Emergência, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Departamento de Emergência, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Departamento de Emergência, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Departamento de Emergência, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto da Criança, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Kozu KT, Casella CB, Strabelli CAA, Aikawa NE, Campos LMA, Elias AM, Miguel EC, Polanczyk GV, Silva CA. Mental Health Impact in Latin American Pediatric Rheumatologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Clin Rheumatol 2022; 28:e506-e510. [PMID: 34371514 DOI: 10.1097/rhu.0000000000001782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess mental health in Latin American pediatric rheumatologists (LAPRs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed with 318 LAPRs based on an online, self-rated survey about clinical practice/mental health impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Validated self-reported scales for anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder [GAD-7]) and depression (Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ-9]) were evaluated. RESULTS The response rate was 126 of 318 (40%), including 13 of 20 (65%) Latin American countries. Working on the COVID-19 frontline was reported by 27% of LAPRs. Anxiety and moderate/severe depression were observed in 49% and 25%, respectively. No LAPRs reported previous mental health disorders. Deaths of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus and juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients with confirmed/suspected COVID-19 were reported by 8% and 2% of LAPRs, respectively. Further analysis of LAPRs revealed that the median current age was significantly lower in LAPRs with anxiety than in those without anxiety (39 [29-43] vs 45 [30-70] years, p = 0.029). Working on the frontline of COVID-19 (37% vs 17%, p = 0.015), feeling helpless (39% vs 17%, p = 0.009), and experiencing burnout (39% vs 11%, p = 0.0001) were factors significantly higher in LAPRs with anxiety. Median nighttime sleep abnormalities measured by the visual analog scale (VAS) (8 [0-10] vs 4 [0-10], p = 0.009) were significantly higher in the anxiety group, whereas the physical activity VAS was lower (0.5 [0-10] vs 3 [0-10], p = 0.005). A positive Spearman correlation was shown between the GAD-7 score and nighttime sleep abnormality VAS score (r = +0.348, p < 0.001), and a negative correlation was shown between the GAD-7score and physical activity VAS score (r = -0.192, p = 0.031). CONCLUSIONS Anxiety and depression were relevant to the experience of LAPRs during the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting their mental health. Reporting information about mental health is essential to planning future preventive and health promotion strategies.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Katlan B, Kesici S, Karacanoğlu D, Oygar PD, Ünal Yüksekgönül A, Şener S, Aykan HH, Özsurekçi Y, Özen S, Bayrakci B. Early is superior to late plasma exchange for severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. J Clin Apher 2022; 37:281-291. [PMID: 35174897 DOI: 10.1002/jca.21971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) can be life threatening in severe cases because of uncontrolled inflammation and multi-organ failure. In this study, we report the effect of plasma exchange in the treatment of MIS-C and to emphasize the effect of its early application on outcome. METHOD In this retrospective observational study, the medical records of children with severe MIS-C admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) between April 2020 and January 2021 were reviewed. Severe MIS-C patients were treated according to protocol consisting of plasma exchange (PE), intravenous immune globulin, steroids, and anakinra which we called the "PISA" protocol referring to the initials. The patients were divided into two groups as early plasma exchange (E-PE) and late plasma exchange (L-PE) according to the elapse time between hospital admission and the administration of PE. Groups were compared in terms of outcome variables. Primary study outcome was 28-day mortality. Secondary outcome variables were acute phase response time, length of immunomodulatory treatment, frequency of patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) and inotropic support, length of inotropic support and MV, length of hospital and PICU stays. RESULTS Eighteen pediatric patients with MIS-C were included in the study. Seventeen (95%) of the patients presented with decompensated shock and required inotropic support. One of the 17 patients needed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (ECMO) PISA protocol was used in all patients. There was no mortality in the E-PE group while the mortality rate was 20% in the L-PE group. Acute phase reactant response was faster in the E-PE group and immunomodulatory treatments could be reduced earlier; the frequency of patients requiring inotropic and mechanical ventilation (MV) support was lower in the E-PE group; the duration of inotropic support, duration of MV, and length of stay in hospital and PICU were significantly shorter in the E-PE group. CONCLUSION We suggest that in selected cases, timely administration of PE is a beneficial rescue therapy for MIS-C related hyperinflammation presenting with severe cardiovascular collapse.
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- Banu Katlan
- Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Life Support Practice and Research Center, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infection Diseases, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infection Diseases, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Life Support Practice and Research Center, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Cillóniz C, Pericàs JM, Rojas JR, Torres A. Severe Infections Due to Respiratory Viruses. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2022; 43:60-74. [PMID: 35172359 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1740982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Severe viral infections may result in severe illnesses capable of causing acute respiratory failure that could progress rapidly to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), related to worse outcomes, especially in individuals with a higher risk of infection, including the elderly and those with comorbidities such as asthma, diabetes mellitus and chronic respiratory or cardiovascular disease. In addition, in cases of severe viral pneumonia, co-infection with bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus is related to worse outcomes. Respiratory viruses like influenza, rhinovirus, parainfluenza, adenovirus, metapneumovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, and coronavirus have increasingly been detected. This trend has become more prevalent, especially in critically ill patients, due to the availability and implementation of molecular assays in clinical practice. Respiratory viruses have been diagnosed as a frequent cause of severe pneumonia, including cases of community-acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. In this review, we will discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of patients with severe infections due to respiratory viruses, with a focus on influenza viruses, non-influenza viruses, and coronaviruses.
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- Catia Cillóniz
- Department of Pneumology, Institut Clinic del Tórax, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona (UB), Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Internal Medicine Department, Vall d'Hebron Institute for Research, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pneumology, Hospital Regional Docente Clínico Quirúrgico Daniel Alcides Carrión, Huancayo, Perú
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- Department of Pneumology, Institut Clinic del Tórax, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona (UB), Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes), Barcelona, Spain
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Acute appendicitis in pediatric patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A case series from a developing country's tertiary hospital. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022; 74:103315. [PMID: 35096389 PMCID: PMC8789554 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Introduction and importance: A common gastrointestinal presentation of both COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is acute abdominal pain, which sometimes mimics appendicitis. Literature describing children with COVID-19 infection and concurrent acute appendicitis is growing, and understanding these patients’ clinical picture is necessary for their proper treatment. Case presentation We present a case series of six healthy children before they developed classic symptoms of appendicitis. At the same time, they were also found to have confirmed COVID-19. All patients had fever and right lower abdominal pain. Four of six children having Alvarado score above seven had surgical treatment, while the others only received systemic antibiotic and antiviral medication. Surgical results of two patients revealed perforated appendicitis. No mortality occurred among them. Clinical discussion There is increasing recognition of gastrointestinal involvement in patients with COVID-19 and MIS-C. There are several postulates to explain appendicitis in COVID-19. First, inflammatory response is exaggerated in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. Second, obstruction of the appendiceal lumen is caused by mesenteric adenopathy, which in turn, is caused by COVID-19 infection, not fecalith. Third, hyperinflammatory response in MIS-C triggers inflammation in appendix. Conclusion Clinicians must recognize that abdominal pain with fever could be the presenting symptoms of COVID-19 with MIS-C. MIS-C, which has severe presentations with gastrointestinal manifestations and high mortality rate, should be considered as a differential diagnosis for a patient with appendicitis-like symptoms and a positive SARS-CoV-2 infection. Inflammatory response is exaggerated in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. Obstruction of the appendiceal lumen is caused by mesenteric adenopathy. Hyperinflammatory response in MIS-C triggers inflammation in appendix.
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Pereira MFB, Suguita P, Litvinov N, Farhat SCL, Paula CSYD, Lázari CDS, Bedê PV, Framil JVDS, Bueno C, Branas PCAA, Guimarães IMDC, Leite MM, Navega ACB, Nanbu DY, Schvartsman C, Pinho JRR, Silva CAA, Marques HHDS. SARS-CoV-2 and rhinovirus infections: are there differences in clinical presentation, laboratory abnormalities, and outcomes in the pediatric population? Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2022; 64:e34. [PMID: 35648987 PMCID: PMC9134860 DOI: 10.1590/s1678-9946202264034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This study aims to assess COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses in pediatric patients. Between April 17 and September 30, 2020, we collected 1,566 respiratory samples from 1,044 symptomatic patients who were younger than 18 years old to assess SARS-CoV-2 infection. Of these, 919 were analyzed for other respiratory pathogens (ORP). Patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 or ORP were included. We evaluated 76 pediatric COVID-19 infections and 157 other respiratory virus infections. Rhinovirus occurred in 132/157 (84%). COVID-19 patients who were significantly older, had more fevers, headaches and pneumonia than those with ORP. The median white blood cell count was lower in patients with SARS-CoV-2 than in those with ORP (6,470 versus 8,170; p=0.02). COVID-19 patients had significantly worse symptoms than those with ORP.
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Popescu M, Terzea DC, Carsote M, Ghenea AE, Costache A, Popescu IAS, Biciuşcă V, Busuioc CJ, Ghemigian AM. COVID-19 infection: from stress-related cortisol levels to adrenal glands infarction. ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY = REVUE ROUMAINE DE MORPHOLOGIE ET EMBRYOLOGIE 2022; 63:39-48. [PMID: 36074666 PMCID: PMC9593124 DOI: 10.47162/rjme.63.1.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Cortisol is a key element in acute stress including a severe infection. However, in coronavirus-associated disease, 20% of subjects experience hypocortisolemia due to direct or immune damage of pituitary and adrenal glands. One extreme form of adrenal insufficiency is found in 2∕3 of cases with viral and post-viral adrenal infarction (AI) (with∕without adrenal hemorrhage) that is mostly associated with a severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection; it requires prompt glucocorticoid intervention. Some reports are incidental findings at computed tomography (CT)∕magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for non-adrenal complications like pulmonary spreading and others are seen on post-mortem analysis. This is a review of PubMed-accessible, English papers focusing on AI in addition to the infection, between March 1, 2020 and November 1, 2021. Exclusion criteria were acute adrenal insufficiency without the histopathological (HP) and∕or imaging report of adrenal enlargement, necrosis, etc., respective adrenal failure due to pituitary causes, or non-COVID-19-related adrenal events. We identified a total of 84 patients (different levels of statistical evidence), as follows: a retrospective study on 51 individuals, two post-mortem studies comprising nine, respectively 12 patients, a case series of five subjects, seven single-case reports. HP aspects include necrosis associated with ischemia, cortical lipid degeneration (+/- focal adrenalitis), and infarcts at the level of adrenal cortex, blood clot into vessels, acute fibrinoid necrosis in arterioles and capsules, as well as subendothelial vacuolization. Collateral potential contributors to adrenal damage are thrombotic events, coagulation anomalies, antiphospholipid syndrome, endothelial dysfunction, severe COVID-19 infection with multiorgan failure, etc. Clinical picture is variable from acute primary adrenal insufficiency to asymptomatic or mild evolution, even a retrospective diagnostic; it may be a part of long COVID-19 syndrome; glucocorticoid therapy for non-adrenal considerations might mask cortisol deficient status due to AI∕hemorrhage. Despite its rarity, the COVID-19-associated AI/hemorrhage represents a challenging new chapter, a condition that is essential to be recognized due to its gravity since prompt intervention with glucocorticoid replacement is lifesaving.
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- Mihaela Popescu
- Department of Endocrinology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, C.I. Parhon National Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest, Romania;
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- Department of Pathology and Immunohistochemistry, C.I. Parhon National Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest, Romania; Department of Pathology and Immunohistochemistry, Monza Onco Team Diagnostic, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Endocrinology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Department of Endocrinology, C.I. Parhon National Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Bacteriology–Virology–Parasitology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- PhD Student, Doctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Endocrinology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Department of Endocrinology, C.I. Parhon National Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest, Romania
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Savas Sen Z, Tanir G, Gumuser Cinni R, Uysal Yazici M, Yoldas T, Ozturk Z, Kizilkaya MH, Ozdem S, Yalcinkaya R, Ozturk C, Yuce Sezen A, Ozdel S, Derinkuyu BE, Polat M, Oz FN. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 pandemic in Turkey: A single-centre experience. J Paediatr Child Health 2022; 58:129-135. [PMID: 34343373 PMCID: PMC8447466 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection may result in a life-threatening hyperinflammatory condition named multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). We aimed to assess demographics, clinical presentations, laboratory characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with MIS-C. METHODS We performed a retrospective study of patients with MIS-C managed between August 2020 and March 2021 at Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital in Turkey. RESULTS A total of 45 patients (23 male, 51%) with a median age of 8.7 years (interquartile range: 5.6-11.7 years) were enrolled to study. The SARS-CoV-2 serology was positive in 43 (95%) patients. Organ-system involvement included the dermatologic in 41 (91%), cardiovascular in 39 (87%), hematologic in 36 (80%) and gastrointestinal in 36 (80%) patients. Acute anterior uveitis was diagnosed in nine (20%) patients. Two patients presented with clinical findings of deep neck infection such as fever, neck pain, trismus, swelling and induration on the cervical lymph node. One patient presented with Henoch-Schonlein purpura-like eruption. Coronary artery dilatation was detected in five (11%) patients. For treatment of MIS-C, intravenous immunoglobulin was used in 44 (98%) patients, methylprednisolone in 27 (60%) and anakinra in 9 (20%) patients. The median duration of hospitalisation was nine days. All patients recovered. CONCLUSIONS Children with MIS-C might have variable clinical presentations. Acute anterior uveitis might be a prominent presentation of MIS-C and require ophthalmological examination. It is essential to make patient-based decisions and apply a stepwise approach for the treatment of this life-threatening disease.
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- Zeynep Savas Sen
- Department of Pediatric Infectious DiseaseSBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious DiseaseSBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious DiseaseSBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive CareSBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric CardiologySBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Division of Pediatric Intensive CareSBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric CardiologySBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious DiseaseSBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious DiseaseSBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of OphthalmologySBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of OphthalmologySBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric RheumatologySBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric RadiologySBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious DiseaseSBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious DiseaseSBU Ankara Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research HospitalAnkaraTurkey
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Simon JR, Pereira MFB, Marques HH, Elias AM, Sakita NK, Ferreira JCOA, Precioso AR, Grisi SJFE, Ferrer APS, Bain V, Silva CA, Campos LMA. Seroconversion in asymptomatic COVID-19 pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases of one tertiary referral hospital. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2022; 77:100110. [PMID: 36179528 PMCID: PMC9464576 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2022.100110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate seroconverted asymptomatic COVID-19 in pediatric Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (ARDs) patients and to identify the risk factors related to contagion. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2021, before vaccination of children and adolescents in Brazil, including 77 pediatric ARDs patients, followed at a tertiary hospital and 45 healthy controls, all of them without a previous diagnosis of COVID-19. Data was obtained by a questionnaire with demographic data, symptoms compatible with COVID-19 over the previous year, and contact with people with confirmed COVID-19. Patient's medical records were reviewed to access data regarding disease and current medications. A qualitative immunochromatographic SARS-CoV-2 test was performed on all participants. RESULTS Patients and controls were similar in terms of female gender (70.1% vs. 57.8%, p = 0.173), age (14 vs. 13 years, p = 0.269) and SARS-CoV-2 positive serology (22% vs. 15.5%, p = 0.481). 80.5% of rheumatic patients were in use of immunosuppressive drugs: 27.3% of them used corticosteroids (33.3% in high doses), and 7.8% on immunobiologicals. No statistical differences were found between positive (n = 17) and negative serology (n = 60) patients regarding demographic/socioeconomic data, contact with people with confirmed COVID-19, use and number of immunosuppressive drugs, use and dose of corticosteroids, use of hydroxychloroquine and immunobiological drugs (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Pediatric rheumatic disease patients were infected at the same rate as healthy ones. Neither the underlying pathology nor its immunosuppressive treatment seemed to interfere with contagion risk.
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- Juliana R Simon
- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Pediatric Infectology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Pediatric Infectology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Clinical Research Center, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Clinical Research Center, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Division of Clinical Trials and Pharmacovigilance, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Pediatric Infectology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Sousa BLA, Silva CA, Ferraro AA. An update on the epidemiology of pediatric COVID-19 in Brazil. REVISTA PAULISTA DE PEDIATRIA 2022; 40:e2021367. [PMID: 35442272 PMCID: PMC8983007 DOI: 10.1590/1984-0462/2022/40/2021367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Henrina J, Putra ICS, Lawrensia S, Marta DS, Wijaya E, Saboe A, Cool CJ, Suciadi LP. Cardiac manifestations, treatment characteristics, and outcomes of paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2: A systematic review. PROGRESS IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 2021; 63:101365. [PMID: 33584087 PMCID: PMC7871802 DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2021.101365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS) temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PIMS-TS) is a rare clinical syndrome associated with a multiorgan system dysfunction, especially acute cardiac injury, and mandates a higher level of care. AIM OF REVIEW To investigate cardiac manifestations, treatment characteristics, and outcomes of PIMS-TS. KEY SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS OF REVIEW Twenty-six studies were included with 1228 pooled subjects, with a mean age of 8.6 years, which were dominated by male gender (53%), and African ethnicity (31%). 732 (38%) patients were reactive on a serological test, and 457 patients (45%) were positive on SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR. ST-segment abnormalities were the most common ECG findings (16%, n/N: 34/212). Various markers of troponin and the pooled mean of BNP and NT-pro-BNP levels were elevated. Cardiomegaly and pericardial effusion (21.8%, n/N: 164/751) were the most common chest X-ray findings. In echocardiography, the majority of patients' left ventricular ejection fraction was reduced (59.0%, n/N: 180/305), with pericardial effusion/ pericarditis seen the most (17.44%, n/N: 221/1267), and Z score ≥ 2 in 28% (n/N: 42/139). Cardiac MRI findings were consistent with acute myocarditis. Intravenous immunoglobulin, corticosteroids, and vasoactive drugs were frequently utilized. The mean length of stay was 6 days, with most patients (71%, n/N: 834/1163) were admitted to the ICU. However, the overall prognosis was favorable, with 98% alive (n/N: 1235/1260), and more than 50% of patients experienced recovery of left ventricular systolic functions at discharge (116 out of 206 patients).
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- Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia/Atma Jaya Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Cardiology and Vascular Department of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
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Fink TT, Marques HH, Gualano B, Lindoso L, Bain V, Astley C, Martins F, Matheus D, Matsuo OM, Suguita P, Trindade V, Paula CS, Farhat SC, Palmeira P, Leal GN, Suzuki L, Odone V, Carneiro-Sampaio M, Duarte AJS, Antonangelo L, Batisttella LR, Polanczyk GV, Pereira RMR, Carvalho CRR, Buchpiguel CA, Xavier ACL, Seelaender M, Silva CA, Pereira MFB. Persistent symptoms and decreased health-related quality of life after symptomatic pediatric COVID-19: A prospective study in a Latin American tertiary hospital. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2021; 76:e3511. [PMID: 34852145 PMCID: PMC8595593 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e3511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To prospectively evaluate demographic, anthropometric and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in pediatric patients with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). METHODS This was a longitudinal observational study of surviving pediatric post-COVID-19 patients (n=53) and pediatric subjects without laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 included as controls (n=52) was performed. RESULTS The median duration between COVID-19 diagnosis (n=53) and follow-up was 4.4 months (0.8-10.7). Twenty-three of 53 (43%) patients reported at least one persistent symptom at the longitudinal follow-up visit and 12/53 (23%) had long COVID-19, with at least one symptom lasting for >12 weeks. The most frequently reported symptoms at the longitudinal follow-up visit were headache (19%), severe recurrent headache (9%), tiredness (9%), dyspnea (8%), and concentration difficulty (4%). At the longitudinal follow-up visit, the frequencies of anemia (11% versus 0%, p=0.030), lymphopenia (42% versus 18%, p=0.020), C-reactive protein level of >30 mg/L (35% versus 0%, p=0.0001), and D-dimer level of >1000 ng/mL (43% versus 6%, p=0.0004) significantly reduced compared with baseline values. Chest X-ray abnormalities (11% versus 2%, p=0.178) and cardiac alterations on echocardiogram (33% versus 22%, p=0.462) were similar at both visits. Comparison of characteristic data between patients with COVID-19 at the longitudinal follow-up visit and controls showed similar age (p=0.962), proportion of male sex (p=0.907), ethnicity (p=0.566), family minimum monthly wage (p=0.664), body mass index (p=0.601), and pediatric pre-existing chronic conditions (p=1.000). The Pediatric Quality of Live Inventory 4.0 scores, median physical score (69 [0-100] versus 81 [34-100], p=0.012), and school score (60 [15-100] versus 70 [15-95], p=0.028) were significantly lower in pediatric patients with COVID-19 at the longitudinal follow-up visit than in controls. CONCLUSIONS Pediatric patients with COVID-19 showed a longitudinal impact on HRQoL parameters, particularly in physical/school domains, reinforcing the need for a prospective multidisciplinary approach for these patients. These data highlight the importance of closer monitoring of children and adolescents by the clinical team after COVID-19.
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- Thais T. Fink
- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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Ahmed HM, Abd El Kareem RM, Ali FM, Sayed AR, Mohamed YA. Clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics of COVID-19-infected children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit: a single-center experience. BENI-SUEF UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES 2021; 10:79. [PMID: 34805418 PMCID: PMC8590861 DOI: 10.1186/s43088-021-00168-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background During the second wave of COVID-19, there is an increasing incidence of reported cases in children compared to the early wave. Data on the clinical and laboratory characteristics of COVID-19 in children are evolving, and reports on the characteristics and outcomes of severe COVID-19 in children are still under evaluation. We aimed to describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics and outcomes of children with COVID-19 infection admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Results The study included 27 children with COVID-19 infection. Fever, respiratory, and gastrointestinal (GIT) symptoms were predominant presenting symptoms in our patients. The median age of our patients was 9 months (2 m-12 years). Comorbidity was reported in 59.3%. The typical laboratory findings were leukocytosis, lymphopenia, elevated C-reactive proteins levels, and elevated d-dimer levels. The most frequent radiological findings were ground-glass opacities in 100% of patients and bilateral findings in 96%, while cardiomegaly was found in 44% of patients. The multisystem inflammatory syndrome was reported in 33% of patients with GIT symptoms were the most frequent presenting symptoms. Myocarditis was reported in 22% of patients. The mortality rate in this cohort was 14.8%. On multivariate analysis, the only predictor of mortality was the development of MIS-C. Conclusions COVID-19 is more severe in children with comorbid conditions. Fever, respiratory and gastrointestinal (GIT) symptoms were predominant presenting symptoms. MIS-C is of increasing concern in children with high mortality rates. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43088-021-00168-x.
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- Heba Mostafa Ahmed
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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Shi Q, Wang Z, Liu J, Wang X, Zhou Q, Li Q, Yu Y, Luo Z, Liu E, Chen Y. Risk factors for poor prognosis in children and adolescents with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine 2021; 41:101155. [PMID: 34693233 PMCID: PMC8523335 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study provides the first systematic review and meta-analysis to identify the predictors of unfavorable prognosis of COVID-19 in children and adolescents. METHODS We searched literature databases until July 2021 for studies that investigated risk factors for unfavorable prognosis of children and adolescents with COVID-19. We used random-effects models to estimate the effect size with 95% confidence interval (CI). FINDINGS We identified 56 studies comprising 79,104 individuals. Mortality was higher in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) (odds ratio [OR]=58.00, 95% CI 6.39-526.79) and who were admitted to intensive care (OR=12.64, 95% CI 3.42-46.68). Acute respiratry distress syndrme (ARDS) (OR=29.54, 95% CI 12.69-68.78) and acute kidney injury (AKI) (OR=55.02, 95% CI 6.26-483.35) increased the odds to be admitted to intensive care; shortness of breath (OR=16.96, 95% CI 7.66-37.51) increased the need of respiratory support; and neurological diseases (OR=5.16, 95% CI 2.30-11.60), C-reactive protein (CRP) level ≥80 mg/L (OR=11.70, 95% CI 4.37-31.37) and D-dimer level ≥0.5ug/mL (OR=20.40, 95% CI 1.76-236.44) increased the odds of progression to severe or critical disease. INTERPRETATION Congenital heart disease, chronic pulmonary disease, neurological diseases, obesity, MIS-C, shortness of breath, ARDS, AKI, gastrointestinal symptoms, elevated CRP and D-dimer are associated with unfavourable prognosis in children and adolescents with COVID-19.
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- Qianling Shi
- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Lanzhou University Institute of Health Data Science, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Lanzhou University Institute of Health Data Science, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400000, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400000, China
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- Lanzhou University Institute of Health Data Science, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400000, China
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- Department of Tumor Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 730000, China
- The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400000, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400000, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400000, China
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- Lanzhou University Institute of Health Data Science, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- WHO Collaborating Center for Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Translation, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Lanzhou University GRADE Center, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Guideline International Network Asia, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Affiliate of the Cochrane China Network, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Guimarães D, Pissarra R, Reis-Melo A, Guimarães H. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MISC): A systematic review. Int J Clin Pract 2021; 75:e14450. [PMID: 34105843 DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.14450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this systematic review was to analyse current literature and reported cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MISC), concerning its clinical spectrum, complications associated, therapeutic strategies and distinguishing features of other clinical syndromes. METHODS Extensive literature research was performed in MEDLINE (through PubMed), Scopus and Web of Science from December 2019 to December 2020. First analysis included all article titles and abstracts screening to identify relevant studies, and second analysis included a full-text screening of previously selected studies. Eligibility was assessed independently by two authors, and disagreements were resolved by discussion and consensus. Data were extracted on MISC definition, demographic data, clinical features, diagnostic tests, laboratory analysis and imaging, therapeutical approach and outcomes. RESULTS Common symptoms included gastrointestinal (70%), rash (57%) and cardiovascular (52% with shock). Notable differences with Kawasaki disease were identified including age, clinical presentation and cardiac involvement. Thirty per cent presented positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and 51% positive serologies. Sixty-two per cent received intravenous immunoglobulin and 42% glucocorticoids. Sixty-two per cent required intensive care and 21 children died (<2%). Severe presentations were associated with neurological symptoms, hepatitis and acute kidney injury. CONCLUSIONS MISC raises concern on its severe cardiac involvement at presentation, with frequent intensive care and immunomodulatory therapy need. Short-term outcomes seem to be favourable, with cardiac dysfunction recovery and low mortality rates.
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- Pediatrics Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Primary Immunodeficiencies Unit, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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Urgent Neurosurgical Interventions in the COVID-19-Positive Pediatric Population. World Neurosurg 2021; 158:e196-e205. [PMID: 34718196 PMCID: PMC8550883 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Urgent neurosurgical interventions for pediatric patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are rare. These cases pose additional stress on a potentially vulnerable dysregulated inflammatory response that can place the child at risk of further clinical deterioration. Our aim was to describe the perioperative course of SARS-CoV-2-positive pediatric patients who had required an urgent neurosurgical intervention. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed pediatric patients aged ≤18 years who had been admitted to a quaternary children's hospital with a positive polymerase chain reaction test result for SARS-CoV-2 virus from March 2020 to October 2021. The clinical characteristics, anesthetic and neurosurgical operative details, surgical outcomes, and non-neurological symptoms were collected and analyzed. RESULTS We identified 8 SARS-CoV-2-positive patients with a mean age of 8.83 years (median, 8.5 years; range, 0.58-18 years). Of the 8 patients, 6 were male. All children had had mild or asymptomatic coronavirus disease 2109. The anesthetic and surgical courses for these patients were, overall, uncomplicated. All the patients had been admitted to a specialized isolation unit in the pediatric intensive care unit for cardiopulmonary and neurological monitoring. The use of increased protective personal equipment during anesthesia and surgery did not impede a successful neurosurgical operation. CONCLUSIONS SARS-CoV-2-positive pediatric patients with minimal coronavirus disease 2019-related symptoms who require urgent neurosurgical interventions face unique challenges regarding their anesthetic status, operative delays due to SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction testing, and requirements for additional protective personal equipment. Despite these clinical challenges, the patients in our study had not experienced adverse postoperative consequences, and no healthcare professional involved in their care had contracted the virus.
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Sethi SK, Rana A, Adnani H, McCulloch M, Alhasan K, Sultana A, Safadi R, Agrawal N, Raina R. Kidney involvement in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a pediatric nephrologist's perspective. Clin Kidney J 2021; 14:2000-2011. [PMID: 34471522 PMCID: PMC8083308 DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfab073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The initial report of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) was from the UK in April 2020; since then, cases have been reported worldwide. Renal involvement has been seen commonly, ranging from 10% to 46%. Kidney involvement following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in children with MIS-C is more common than initially thought and is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. There are several reports of a direct viral tropism of coronavirus disease 2019 and MIS-C-associated renal damage. This study’s objective was to systematically review the current understanding of kidney involvement in children suffering from MIS-C. Based on our systemic literature search, 19 studies have either partially or fully discussed kidney involvement in MIS-C patients. Furthermore, we discuss the multifactorial pathogenesis contributing to acute kidney injury (AKI) development in MIS-C. The current review gives a pediatric nephrologist’s perspective of the renal involvement in MIS-C, the incidence of AKI, the pathophysiology of AKI in MIS-C and the proposed therapeutic regimens available, including the need for kidney replacement therapy for a child with AKI associated with MIS-C. As the disease is rapidly evolving, more detailed clinical prospective studies are required to understand MIS-C and its role in AKI better.
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- Sidharth Kumar Sethi
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney Institute, Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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- Kidney Institute, Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- Department of Renal and Organ Transplant, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Pediatric Nephrology, M R Khan Children Hospital, and Institute of Child Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Akron Nephrology Associates/Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH, USA
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- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- Akron Nephrology Associates/Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH, USA.,Department of Nephrology, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, USA
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Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Biochem Res Int 2021; 2021:5596727. [PMID: 34336288 PMCID: PMC8324361 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5596727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background This study aimed to describe the clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, treatment, and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children to provide a reference for clinical practice. Methods We employed a literature search of databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Johns Hopkins University for articles on COVID-19-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children published between April 1, 2020, and January 15, 2021. High-quality articles were selected for analysis on the basis of their quality standard scores. Using R3.6.3 software, meta-analyses of random- or fixed-effects models were used to determine the prevalence of comorbidities. Subgroup analysis was also performed to determine heterogeneity. Results A total of 57 articles (2,290 pediatric patients) were included in the study. Clinical Manifestations. :ncidences of fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, respiratory symptoms, and musculoskeletal symptoms (myalgias or arthralgias) were 99.91% (95% CI: 99.67–100%), 82.72% (95% CI: 78.19–86.81%), 53.02% (45.28–60.68%), and 14.16% (95% CI: 8.4–21.12%), respectively. The incidences of rash, conjunctival injection, lymphadenopathy, dry cracked lips, neurologic symptoms (headache, altered mental status, or confusion), swollen hands and feet, typical Kawasaki disease, and atypical Kawasaki disease were 59.34% (95% CI: 54.73–63.87%), 55.23% (95% CI: 50.22–60.19%), 27.07% (95% CI: 19.87–34.93%), 46.37% (95% CI: 39.97–52.83%), 28.87% (95% CI: 22.76–35.40%), 28.75% (95% CI: 21.46–36.64%), 17.32% (95% CI: 15.44–19.29%), and 36.19% (95% CI: 21.90–51.86%), respectively. The incidences of coronary artery dilation, aneurysm, pericardial effusion, myocarditis, myocardial dysfunction, high troponin, and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide were 17.83%, 6.85%, 20.97%, 35.97%, 56.32%, 76.34%, and 86.65%, respectively. The incidences of reduced lymphocytes, thrombocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, elevated C-reactive protein, ferritin, LDH, interleukin-6, PCT, and FIB were 61.51%, 26.42%, 77.92%, 98.5%, 86.79%, 80.59%, 89.30%, 85.10%, and 87.01%, respectively. PICU Hospitalization Rate and Mortality. The incidences of PICU hospitalization or with shock were 72.79% and 55.68%, respectively. The mortality rate was 1.00%. Conclusion and Relevance. PICU hospitalization and shock rates of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19 were high, and its cumulative multiorgans and inflammatory indicators are increased, but if treated in time, the mortality rate was low.
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Bukulmez H. Current Understanding of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) Following COVID-19 and Its Distinction from Kawasaki Disease. Curr Rheumatol Rep 2021; 23:58. [PMID: 34216296 PMCID: PMC8254432 DOI: 10.1007/s11926-021-01028-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW In this article, I have reviewed current reports that explore differences and similarities between multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and other known multisystem inflammatory diseases seen in children, particularly Kawasaki disease. RECENT FINDINGS Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a human coronavirus causing the COVID-19 disease which emerged in China in December 2019 and spread rapidly to the entire country and quickly to other countries. Currently, there is a pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 infection that results in 20% of patients admitted to hospital with illness, with 3% developing intractable acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with high mortality. However, pediatric COVID-19 is still reported to be a mild disease, affecting only 8% of children. Pathogenesis in children is comparable to adults. There are suggested impaired activation of IFN-alpha and IFN regulator 3, decreased cell response causing impaired viral defense, yet the clinical course is mild, and almost all children recover from the infection without major complications. Interestingly, there is a subset of patients that develop a late but marked immunogenic response to COVID-19 and develop MIS-C. Clinical features of MIS-C resemble certain pediatric rheumatologic diseases, such as Kawasaki disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) which affects small-medium vessels. Other features of MIS-C resemble those of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). However, recent research suggests distinct clinical and laboratory differences between MIS-C, Kawasaki disease, and MAS. Since the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, MIS-C has become the candidate for the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children.
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- Hulya Bukulmez
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, 44109, USA.
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COVID-19 Infection in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Associated with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome. Case Rep Pediatr 2021; 2021:5862444. [PMID: 34306789 PMCID: PMC8254653 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5862444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is usually less severe and less prevalent in the pediatric population. Children with preexisting conditions such as neuromuscular impairments and chronic lung disease are more susceptible to COVID-19 and may incur several complications with a poor outcome. We present a case report of a 3-year-old-female with generalized hypotonia and respiratory failure due to spinal muscular atrophy who tested positive for COVID-19 and developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome that was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and tocilizumab and subsequently died. The report highlights the importance of close surveillance, the use of protective measures during hospital visits, early testing, and diagnosis of COVID-19 in children with neurological disorders.
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Ocular and Systemic Manifestations in Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Associated with COVID-19. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10132953. [PMID: 34209269 PMCID: PMC8269386 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10132953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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This study aimed to achieve a better understanding of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We searched PubMed and Embase between December 2019 and March 2021 and included only peer-reviewed clinical studies or case series. The proportions of patients who had conjunctivitis, systemic symptoms/signs (s/s), Kawasaki disease (KD), and exposure history to suspected/confirmed COVID-19 cases were obtained. Moreover, positive rates of the nasopharyngeal real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and serum antibody for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were recorded. Overall, 32 studies with 1458 patients were included in the pooled analysis. Around half of the patients had conjunctivitis. The five most common systemic manifestations were fever (96.4%), gastrointestinal s/s (76.7%), shock (61.5%), rash (57.1%), and neurological s/s (36.8%). Almost one-third presented complete KD and about half had exposure history to COVID-19 cases. The positivity of the serology (82.2%) was higher than that of the nasopharyngeal RT-PCR (37.0%). MIS-C associated with COVID-19 leads to several features similar to KD. Epidemiological and laboratory findings suggest that post-infective immune dysregulation may play a predominant role. Further studies are crucial to elucidate the underlying pathogenesis.
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Siebach MK, Piedimonte G, Ley SH. COVID-19 in childhood: Transmission, clinical presentation, complications and risk factors. Pediatr Pulmonol 2021; 56:1342-1356. [PMID: 33721405 PMCID: PMC8137603 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Children less than 18 years of age account for an estimated 2%-5% of reported severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cases globally. Lower prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among children, in addition to higher numbers of mild and asymptomatic cases, continues to provide challenges in determining appropriate prevention and treatment courses. Here, we summarize the current evidence on the transmission, clinical presentation, complications and risk factors in regard to SARS-CoV-2 in children, and highlight crucial gaps in knowledge going forward. Based on current evidence, children are rarely the primary source of secondary transmission in the household or in child care and school settings and are more likely to contract the virus from an adult household member. Higher transmission rates are observed in older children (10-19 years old) compared with younger children ( <10 years old). While increasing incidence of COVID-19 in neonates raises the suspicion of vertical transmission, it is unlikely that breast milk is a vehicle for transmission from mother to infant. The vast majority of clinical cases of COVID-19 in children are mild, but there are rare cases that have developed complications such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, which often presents with severe cardiac symptoms requiring intensive care. Childhood obesity is associated with a higher risk of infection and a more severe clinical presentation. Although immediate mortality rates among children are low, long-term respiratory, and developmental implications of the disease remain unknown in this young and vulnerable population.
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- Melissa K. Siebach
- Department of EpidemiologyTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineNew OrleansLouisianaUSA
- Department of Tropical MedicineTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineNew OrleansLouisianaUSA
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Biochemistry, and Molecular BiologyTulane University School of MedicineNew OrleansLouisianaUSA
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- Department of EpidemiologyTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineNew OrleansLouisianaUSA
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Bolia R, Dhanesh Goel A, Badkur M, Jain V. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Pediatric Coronavirus Disease and Their Relationship with a Severe Clinical Course: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Trop Pediatr 2021; 67:6288463. [PMID: 34050766 PMCID: PMC8244720 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmab051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Data on the gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of Pediatric Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) are conflicting and the relationship between GI involvement and the severity of COVID-19 disease has not been evaluated. The objectives of this systematic review were to determine the GI manifestations of pediatric COVID-19 and to evaluate their role as risk factors for a severe clinical course. METHODS : A systematic literature search was carried out in PubMed and Scopus for studies published before 31 December 2020 with information about the GI manifestations of pediatric COVID-19. Patients with a severe and nonsevere clinical course were compared using the inverse variance heterogeneity model and odds ratio (OR) as the effect size. A sensitivity analysis was performed if the heterogeneity was high among studies. RESULTS A total of 811 studies were identified through a systematic search of which 55 studies (4369 patients) were included in this systematic review. The commonest GI symptoms were diarrhea-19.08% [95% confidence interval (CI) 10.6-28.2], nausea/vomiting 19.7% (95% CI 7.8-33.2) and abdominal pain 20.3% (95% CI 3.7-40.4). The presence of diarrhea was significantly associated with a severe clinical course with a pooled OR of 3.97 (95% CI 1.80-8.73; p < 0.01). Abdominal pain and nausea/vomiting were not associated with disease severity. CONCLUSIONS Diarrhea, nausea/vomiting or abdominal pain are present in nearly one-fifth of all children with COVID-19. The presence of diarrhea portends a severe clinical course.
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- Rishi Bolia
- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Department of
Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical
Sciences—, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249201, India
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- Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur,
Rajasthan, 342005, India,Corresponding Author: Dr. Akhil Dhanesh
Goel, Address: C214, Academic Block, Department of Community Medicine and Family
Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
342005, Mobile No:
+91-9643158274
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- Department of General Surgery, All India Institute
of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 342005, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of
Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 342005, India
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Lima-Setta F, Magalhães-Barbosa MCD, Rodrigues-Santos G, Figueiredo EADN, Jacques MDL, Zeitel RDS, Sapolnik R, Borges CTDS, Lanziotti VS, Castro REVD, Bellinat APN, Silva TPD, Oliveira FRCD, Reis BCSD, Castro NADASR, Macedo JHGC, Scarlato ACCP, Riveiro PM, Mota ICFD, Lorenzo VB, Lucena NMLD, Azevedo ZMAD, Cunha AJLA, Prata-Barbosa A. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Brazil: a multicenter, prospective cohort study. J Pediatr (Rio J) 2021; 97:354-361. [PMID: 33186512 PMCID: PMC7649656 DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2020.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics, as well as the outcomes of children with MIS-C. METHOD Multicenter, prospective cohort study, conducted in 17 pediatric intensive care units in five states in Brazil, from March to July 2020. Patients from 1 month to 19 years who met the MIS-C diagnostic criteria were included consecutively. RESULTS Fifty-six patients were included, with the following conditions: Kawasaki-like disease (n = 26), incomplete Kawasaki disease (n = 16), acute cardiac dysfunction (n = 10), toxic shock syndrome (n = 3), and macrophage activation syndrome (n = 1). Median age was 6.2 years (IQR 2.4-10.3), 70% were boys, 59% were non-whites, 20% had comorbidities, 48% reported a contact with COVID-19 cases, and 55% had a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by RT-PCR and/or serology. Gastrointestinal symptoms were present in 71%, shock symptoms in 59%, and severe respiratory symptoms in less than 20%. d-Dimer was increased in 80% and cardiac dysfunction markers in more than 75%. Treatment included immunoglobulin (89%); corticosteroids, antibiotics, and enoxaparin in about 50%; and oseltamivir and antifungal therapy in less than 10%. Only 11% needed invasive mechanical ventilation, with a median duration of five days (IQR 5-6.5). The median length of PICU stay was six days (IQR 5-11), and one death occurred (1.8%). CONCLUSIONS Most characteristics of the present MIS-C patients were similar to that of other cohorts. The present results may contribute to a broader understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and its short-term consequences. Long-term multidisciplinary follow-up is needed, since it is not known whether these patients will have chronic cardiac impairment or other sequelae.
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- Fernanda Lima-Setta
- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Departamento de Pediatria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Unidade de Pacientes Graves, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Departamento de Pediatria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Pediatric ICU, Hospital Quinta D'Or, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Departamento de Pediatria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR), Departamento de Pediatria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Valitutti F, Verde A, Pepe A, Sorrentino E, Veneruso D, Ranucci G, Orlando F, Mastrominico A, Grella MG, Mandato C. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. An emerging clinical challenge for pediatric surgeons in the COVID 19 era. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY CASE REPORTS 2021; 69:101838. [PMID: 33846690 PMCID: PMC8028611 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2021.101838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background/purpose Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a potentially life-threatening condition occurring 2–6 weeks after Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in previously healthy children and adolescents, characterized by clinical and laboratory evidence of multiorgan inflammation. We reported the case of a 6-year-old child presented with acute abdomen and then diagnosed with MIS-C. In addition, to better portray this new entity, we performed a systematic review of MIS-C gastrointestinal features and particularly on those mimicking surgical emergencies. Methods We described the clinical presentation, the diagnostic approach and the therapeutic outcomes of our MIS-C patient. Parallel to this, we conducted a systematic literature search using Google Scholar, PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, focusing on gastrointestinal MIS-C. Results Our patient was initially assessed by the surgical team due to his query acute abdomen. Following the diagnosis of MIS-C with myocarditis, intravenous methylprednisolone (2 mg/Kg/day) and intravenous immunoglobulins (2 gr/Kg single infusion) were promptly started, leading to clinical improvement. According to our literature search, patients with MIS-C have a high rate of severe abdominal symptoms resembling surgical emergencies (appendicitis, obstruction, etc.) and a not negligible number of those patients have been surgically explored with variable findings. Conclusions We encourage pediatric surgeons in the upcoming months of COVID-19 pandemic to evaluate myocardial function prior to surgical abdominal exploration. In children with query acute abdomen, MIS-C should be promptly ruled out in order to avoid unnecessary surgeries that could worsen the already frail outcome of this new syndrome. Nevertheless, it should be considered that MIS-C might well encompass complications (e.g. appendicitis, segmental intestinal ischemia) which need swift surgical treatment.
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- Francesco Valitutti
- Clinical Pediatrics and Pediatrics, University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona", Salerno, Italy.,EBRIS (European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno), Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Traslational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Pediatrics Section, University of Salerno, Baronissi (Salerno), Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Pediatrics Section, University of Salerno, Baronissi (Salerno), Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Pediatrics Section, University of Salerno, Baronissi (Salerno), Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Santobono Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Santobono Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Santobono Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Santobono Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Santobono Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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Zhao Y, Yin L, Patel J, Tang L, Huang Y. The inflammatory markers of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and adolescents associated with COVID-19: A meta-analysis. J Med Virol 2021; 93:4358-4369. [PMID: 33739452 PMCID: PMC8250955 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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To conduct a systematic review and meta‐analysis to characterize inflammatory markers in comparisons of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS‐C) versus severe/non‐severe COVID‐19, severe MIS‐C versus non‐severe MIS‐C, and among age groups of MIS‐C. Nine databases were searched for studies on inflammatory markers of MIS‐C. After quality checks, data were pooled using a fixed or random effects model. Inflammatory markers included white blood cell count (WBC) or leukocytes, absolute lymphocyte count (ALC), absolute neutrophil count (ANC), platelet count (PLT), C‐reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), ferritin, D‐dimer, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), fibrinogen, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) for comparisons by severity and age. Twenty‐one studies with 1735 participants yielded 787 MIS‐C patients. Compared to non‐severe COVID‐19 patients, MIS‐C patients had lower ALC and higher ANC, CRP, and D‐dimer levels. Compared to severe COVID‐19 patients, MIS‐C patients had lower LDH and PLT counts and higher ESR levels. Severe MIS‐C patients had higher levels of WBC, ANC, CRP, D‐dimer, and ferritin than non‐severe MIS‐C patients. For MIS‐C, younger children (0–5 years) had lower CRP and ferritin levels than middle‐aged/older children/adolescents. Measurement of inflammatory markers might assist clinicians in accurate evaluation and diagnosis of MIS‐C and the associated disorders. To conduct a comprehensive characterization of the inflammatory markers of MIS‐C during the COVID‐19 pandemic. This meta‐analysis summarized the available data and demonstrated significant implications by characterizing the laboratory inflammatory markers of MIS‐C that has widely emerged as a major complication among children with COVID‐19. The results indicated that inflammatory markers, including WBC, ALC, ANC, PLT, CRP, PCT, ferritin, D‐dimer, LDH, fibrinogen, and ESR, were different while comparing MIS‐C versus severe/non‐severe COVID‐19, severe MIS‐C versus non‐severe MIS‐C, and age groups of MIS‐C.
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- Yan Zhao
- Department of Pediatrics, People's Hospital of Chongqing Banan District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Chongqing, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China.,Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, People's Hospital of Chongqing Banan District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Lavorato SS, Helito AC, Barros VP, Roz DF, Saccani LP, Martiniano LV, Lima LM, Lima DC, Lourenço B, Pereira RM, Gualano B, Silva CA, Queiroz LB. Assistance and health care provided to adolescents with chronic and immunosuppressive conditions in a tertiary university hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2021; 76:e2688. [PMID: 33787679 PMCID: PMC7955144 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e2688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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- Sofia S.M. Lavorato
- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Divisao de Reumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Divisao de Reumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Grupo de Pesquisa em Fisiologia Aplicada e Nutricao, Escola de Educacao Fisica e Esporte, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Centro de Pesquisa em Alimentos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Divisao de Reumatologia, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- *Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Ihara BP, Strabelli CA, Simon JR, Viana VS, Sallum AM, Kozu KT, Aikawa NE, Leal GN, Pereira MF, Marques HH, Silva CA, Campos LM. Laboratory-confirmed pediatric COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases: A case series in a tertiary hospital. Lupus 2021; 30:856-860. [PMID: 33653193 DOI: 10.1177/0961203321998427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Bianca P Ihara
- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR.,Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Echocardiography Laboratory, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Pediatric Infectology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR *The authors contributed equally to this paper
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- Pediatric Infectology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR *The authors contributed equally to this paper
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR.,Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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Marques HHDS, Pereira MFB, dos Santos AC, Fink TT, de Paula CSY, Litvinov N, Schvartsman C, Delgado AF, Gibelli MABC, de Carvalho WB, Odone V, Tannuri U, Carneiro-Sampaio M, Grisi S, Duarte AJDS, Antonangelo L, Francisco RPV, Okay TS, Batisttella LR, de Carvalho CRR, Brentani AVM, Silva CA. Differences in children and adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a cohort study in a Brazilian tertiary referral hospital. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2021; 76:e3488. [PMID: 34852143 PMCID: PMC8595603 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e3488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To compare demographic/clinical/laboratory/treatments and outcomes among children and adolescents with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that included patients diagnosed with pediatric COVID-19 (aged <18 years) between April 11, 2020 and April 22, 2021. During this period, 102/5,951 (1.7%) of all admissions occurred in neonates, children, and adolescents. Furthermore, 3,962 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) detection samples were processed in patients aged <18 years, and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 occurred in 155 (4%) inpatients and outpatients. Six/155 pediatric patients were excluded from the study. Therefore, the final group included 149 children and adolescents (n=97 inpatients and 52 outpatients) with positive SARS-CoV-2 results. RESULTS The frequencies of sore throat, anosmia, dysgeusia, headache, myalgia, nausea, lymphopenia, pre-existing chronic conditions, immunosuppressive conditions, and autoimmune diseases were significantly reduced in children and adolescents (p<0.05). Likewise, the frequencies of enoxaparin use (p=0.037), current immunosuppressant use (p=0.008), vasoactive agents (p=0.045), arterial hypotension (p<0.001), and shock (p=0.024) were significantly lower in children than in adolescents. Logistic regression analysis showed that adolescents with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 had increased odds ratios (ORs) for sore throat (OR 13.054; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.750-61.977; p=0.001), nausea (OR 8.875; 95% CI 1.660-47.446; p=0.011), and lymphopenia (OR 3.575; 95% CI 1.355-9.430; p=0.010), but also had less hospitalizations (OR 0.355; 95% CI 0.138-0.916; p=0.032). The additional logistic regression analysis on patients with preexisting chronic conditions (n=108) showed that death as an outcome was significantly associated with pediatric severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (OR 22.300; 95% CI 2.341-212.421; p=0.007) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) (OR 11.261; 95% CI 1.189-106. 581; p=0.035). CONCLUSIONS Half of the laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases occurred in adolescents. Individuals belonging to this age group had an acute systemic involvement of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Pediatric SARS and MIS-C were the most important factors associated with the mortality rate in pediatric chronic conditions with COVID-19.
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Capucho ACMDV, Resende PLS, Mascarenhas DA, da Silva CLMR, Sawamura KSS, Menezes CDRB, Diniz MDFR, Lianza AC, de Carvalho WB, da Silva CAA, Leal GN. Cardiac manifestations in pediatric COVID-19. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2021; 76:e3001. [PMID: 34378731 PMCID: PMC8311645 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e3001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Ana Carolina Marques do Vale Capucho
- Unidade de Pediatria, Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente (ICr), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- Corresponding author. E-mail:
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- Unidade de Pediatria, Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente (ICr), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente (ICr), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente (ICr), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente (ICr), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente (ICr), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente (ICr), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente (ICr), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Laboratorio de Ecocardiografia, Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente (ICr), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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Novelli L, Motta F, De Santis M, Ansari AA, Gershwin ME, Selmi C. The JANUS of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases onset during COVID-19 - A systematic review of the literature. J Autoimmun 2020; 117:102592. [PMID: 33401171 PMCID: PMC7833462 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2020.102592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The diverse clinical manifestations of COVID-19 is emerging as a hallmark of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. While the initial target of SARS-CoV-2 is the respiratory tract, it is becoming increasingly clear that there is a complex interaction between the virus and the immune system ranging from mild to controlling responses to exuberant and dysfunctional multi-tissue directed autoimmune responses. The immune system plays a dual role in COVID-19, being implicated in both the anti-viral response and in the acute progression of the disease, with a dysregulated response represented by the marked cytokine release syndrome, macrophage activation, and systemic hyperinflammation. It has been speculated that these immunological changes may induce the loss of tolerance and/or trigger chronic inflammation. In particular, molecular mimicry, bystander activation and epitope spreading are well-established proposed mechanisms to explain this correlation with the likely contribution of HLA alleles. We performed a systematic literature review to evaluate the COVID-19-related autoimmune/rheumatic disorders reported between January and September 2020. In particular, we investigated the cases of incident hematological autoimmune manifestations, connective tissue diseases, antiphospholipid syndrome/antibodies, vasculitis, Kawasaki-like syndromes, acute arthritis, autoimmune-like skin lesions, and neurologic autoimmune conditions such as Guillain–Barré syndrome. We screened 6263 articles and report herein the findings of 382 select reports which allow us to conclude that there are 2 faces of the immune response against SARS-CoV-2, that include a benign virus controlling immune response and a many faceted range of dysregulated multi-tissue and organ directed autoimmune responses that provides a major challenge in the management of this viral disease. The number of cases for each disease varied significantly while there were no reported cases of adult onset Still disease, systemic sclerosis, or inflammatory myositis. The immune system plays a major role in the acute progression of COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 infection shares features with autoimmune diseases. SARS-CoV-2 can induce Guillain-Barré syndrome, arthritis, chilblain-like lesions.
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- Lucia Novelli
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center- IRCCS, Rozzano, MI, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center- IRCCS, Rozzano, MI, Italy; Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, MI, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center- IRCCS, Rozzano, MI, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center- IRCCS, Rozzano, MI, Italy; Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, MI, Italy.
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Felsenstein S, Willis E, Lythgoe H, McCann L, Cleary A, Mahmood K, Porter D, Jones J, McDonagh J, Chieng A, Varnier G, Hughes S, Boullier M, Ryan F, Awogbemi O, Soda G, Duong P, Pain C, Riley P, Hedrich CM. Presentation, Treatment Response and Short-Term Outcomes in Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS). J Clin Med 2020; 9:E3293. [PMID: 33066459 PMCID: PMC7602286 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9103293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the pathogen responsible for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Whilst most children and young people develop mild symptoms, recent reports suggest a novel paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS). Case definition and classification are preliminary, treatment is empiric and disease-associated outcomes are unclear. Here, we report 29 patients with PIMS-TS who were diagnosed, admitted and treated in the English North West between March and June 2020. Consistent with patterns observed internationally, cases peaked approximately 4 weeks after the initial surge of COVID-19-like symptoms in the UK population. Clinical symptoms included fever (100%), skin rashes (72%), cardiovascular involvement (86%), conjunctivitis (62%) and respiratory involvement (21%). Some patients had clinical features partially resembling Kawasaki disease (KD), toxic shock syndrome and cytokine storm syndrome. Male gender (69%), black, Asian and other minority ethnicities (BAME, 59%) were over-represented. Immune modulating treatment was used in all, including intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), corticosteroids and cytokine blockers. Notably, 32% of patients treated with IVIG alone went into remission. The rest required additional treatment, usually corticosteroids, with the exception of two patients who were treated with TNF inhibition and IL-1 blockade, respectively. Another patient received IL-1 inhibition as primary therapy, with associated rapid and sustained remission. Randomized and prospective studies are needed to investigate efficacy and safety of treatment, especially as resources of IVIG may be depleted secondary to high demand during future waves of COVID-19.
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Affiliation(s)
- Susanna Felsenstein
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK;
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- Department of Rheumatology, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; (E.W.); (J.M.); (A.C.); (G.V.); (S.H.); (P.R.)
| | - Hannah Lythgoe
- Department of Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK; (H.L.); (L.M.); (A.C.); (K.M.); (C.P.)
| | - Liza McCann
- Department of Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK; (H.L.); (L.M.); (A.C.); (K.M.); (C.P.)
| | - Andrew Cleary
- Department of Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK; (H.L.); (L.M.); (A.C.); (K.M.); (C.P.)
| | - Kamran Mahmood
- Department of Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK; (H.L.); (L.M.); (A.C.); (K.M.); (C.P.)
| | - David Porter
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK;
| | - Jessica Jones
- Department of Microbiology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK;
| | - Janet McDonagh
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; (E.W.); (J.M.); (A.C.); (G.V.); (S.H.); (P.R.)
| | - Alice Chieng
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; (E.W.); (J.M.); (A.C.); (G.V.); (S.H.); (P.R.)
| | - Giulia Varnier
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; (E.W.); (J.M.); (A.C.); (G.V.); (S.H.); (P.R.)
| | - Stephen Hughes
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; (E.W.); (J.M.); (A.C.); (G.V.); (S.H.); (P.R.)
| | - Mary Boullier
- Department of General Paediatrics, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK; (M.B.); (F.R.); (O.A.)
| | - Fiona Ryan
- Department of General Paediatrics, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK; (M.B.); (F.R.); (O.A.)
| | - Olumoyin Awogbemi
- Department of General Paediatrics, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK; (M.B.); (F.R.); (O.A.)
| | - Giridhar Soda
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK;
| | - Phuoc Duong
- Department of Cardiology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK;
| | - Clare Pain
- Department of Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK; (H.L.); (L.M.); (A.C.); (K.M.); (C.P.)
| | - Phil Riley
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; (E.W.); (J.M.); (A.C.); (G.V.); (S.H.); (P.R.)
| | - Christian M. Hedrich
- Department of Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK; (H.L.); (L.M.); (A.C.); (K.M.); (C.P.)
- Department of Women’s & Children’s Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
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