Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A complication of COVID-19. Issue 10 (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Greenway, Andrew; Macklay, Holly; Xuereb, Kevin; Gibbons, Linda
• Is Part Of: Nursing. Volume 51:Issue 10(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- MIS-C -- multisystem inflammatory syndrome -- pediatrics -- SARS-CoV-2; Nursing -- Periodicals; 610.7305
• DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000791696.24547.88
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0360-4039

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a previously unrecognized and potentially catastrophic illness that appears in children who have been exposed to or diagnosed with COVID-19. As healthcare agents and members of the community, nurses are positioned to assist in identifying children who may experience previously unrecognized complications of infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Abstract : Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a previously unrecognized and potentially catastrophic illness that appears in children who have been exposed to or diagnosed with COVID-19. Here, the authors discuss the background, diagnosis, signs and symptoms, and treatment of this condition.