A retrospective comparative analysis of factors affecting the decision and outcome of initial intravenous immunoglobulin alone or intravenous immunoglobulin plus methylprednisolone use in children with the multisystem inflammatory syndrome

• Main Authors: İlker Devrim (Author), Elif Böncüoğlu (Author), Elif Kıymet (Author), Şahika Şahinkaya (Author), Miray Yılmaz Çelebi (Author), Ela Cem (Author), Mine Düzgöl (Author), Kamile Ötiken Arıkan (Author), Aybüke Akaslan Kara (Author), Dorukhan Besin (Author), Gamze Vuran (Author), Pınar Seven (Author), Timur Meşe (Author), Hasan Ağın (Author), Nuri Bayram (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background For children with the multisystem inflammatory syndrome(MIS-C), intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) with or without methylprednisolone are the most effective treatment. In this study, IVIG combined with methylprednisolone was compared to IVIG used alone in children with MIS-C. Met...