MIS-C among return visits for fever in a pediatric emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic

Return visits (RV) to a pediatric emergency department (PED) can be secondary to illness progression, parental concerns, call backs or rarely due to a diagnostic error during the first visit. Fever accounts for nearly half of these RVs and is also one of the most common presenting complaints of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID- 19) due to severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children. Although majority of children with COVID 19 have a mild illness, severe complications such as Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) can occur.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - December 14, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Nirupama Kannikeswaran, David M. Merolla, Kersten Bond, Livia Philip, Usha Sethuraman Source Type: research