Mortality and clinical characteristics of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with covid-19 in critically ill patients: an observational multicenter study (MISCO study)

• Main Authors: Lorena Acevedo (Author), Byron Enrique Piñeres-Olave (Author), Laura Fernanda Niño-Serna (Author), Liliana Mazzillo Vega (Author), Ivan Jose Ardila Gomez (Author), Shayl Chacón (Author), Juan Camilo Jaramillo-Bustamante (Author), Hernando Mulett-Hoyos (Author), Otto González-Pardo (Author), Eliana Zemanate (Author), Ledys Izquierdo (Author), Jaime Piracoca Mejìa (Author), Jose Luis Junco González (Author), Beatriz Giraldo Duran (Author), Carolina Bonilla Gonzalez (Author), Helen Preciado (Author), Rafael Orozco Marun (Author), Martha I Alvarez-Olmos (Author), Carolina Giraldo Alzate (Author), Jorge Rojas (Author), Juan Carlos Salazar-Uribe (Author), Juan-Manuel Anaya (Author), Jaime Fernández-Sarmiento (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The clinical presentation and severity of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C) is widespread and presents a very low mortality rate in high-income countries. This research describes the clinical characteristics of MIS-C in critically ill...