Social and Demographic Disparities in the Severity of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Issue 6 (6th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Savorgnan, Fabio; Acosta, Sebastian; Alali, Alexander; Moreira, Axel; Annapragada, Ananth; Rusin, Craig G.; Flores, Saul; Loomba, Rohit S.; Moreira, Alvaro
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 41:Issue 6(2022)
• Page Start: e256
• Page End: e258
• Publication Date: 2022-05-06
• Subjects: coronavirus -- coronavirus disease 2019 -- ethnicity -- multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children -- race -- socioeconomic; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003511
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

Abstract : Social constructs are known risk factors for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. A review of 206 patients demonstrated that children who were non-Hispanic Black, over the age of 12 years or living in a disadvantaged neighborhood associated with severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (intensive care unit admission, intubation and/or vasopressor use).