COVID‐19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

• Published in: Pediatric pulmonology Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 837 - 848
• Main Authors: Yasuhara, Jun, Watanabe, Kae, Takagi, Hisato, Sumitomo, Naokata, Kuno, Toshiki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; COVID-19; Humans; hyperinflammatory shock; Kawasaki disease; Meta-analysis; MIS‐C; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - complications; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnosis; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - drug therapy; Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children; myocarditis; Original; PIMS‐TS; SARS-CoV-2; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; MIS-C; PIMS-TS; Kawasaki disease; myocarditis; hyperinflammatory shock

Background Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS‐C) associated with coronavirus disease 2019 has been increasingly recognized. However, the clinical features of MIS‐C and the differences from Kawasaki disease remain unknown. The study aims to investigate the epidemiology and clinical co...