Cardiovascular sequelae from COVID-19: perspectives from a paediatric cardiac ICU

• Published in: Cardiology in the young Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 52 - 59
• Main Authors: Lasa, Javier J., Alali, Alexander, Anders, Marc, Tume, Sebastian C., Muscal, Eyal, Tejtel, S. Kristen Sexson, Shekerdemian, Lara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Acuity; Age; Antibodies; Asymptomatic; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiovascular disease; Clinical outcomes; Complications; COVID-19; Demographics; Dyspnea; Emergency medical care; Fever; Gastrointestinal symptoms; Health risks; Heart diseases; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Infections; Inflammation; Intensive Care; Laboratories; Medical records; Morbidity; Mortality; Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children; Original Article; Ostomy; Pandemics; Patients; Pediatrics; Pneumonia; Respiratory failure; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Vasoactive agents; Ventilators; Viral diseases; United States > US; Texas; COVID-19; MIS-C; intensive care; cardiac ICU; paediatric

Paediatric ICUs have shared the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, including subspecialty cardiac ICUs. We sought to address knowledge gaps regarding patient characteristics, acuity, and sequelae of COVID-19 in the paediatric cardiac ICU setting. Retrospective review of paediatric cardiac ICU admissio...