Description and outcomes of Afro-Caribbean children treated for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in the French West Indies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Several studies have reported a higher frequency and greater morbidity and mortality of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) of black African descent.

Objectives

We aimed to describe the clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic characteristics as well as outcomes of children with MIS-C requiring admission to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in the French West Indies (FWI), where the majority of the population is Afro-Caribbean.

Methods

Ambidirectional observational cohort study between April 1, 2020 and August 31, 2022. Children (age ≤18 years) with MIS-C and organ failure were included. Every patient was monitored and treated following the same protocol, with repeated biological tests, echocardiography, intravenous steroids and p

SUBMITTER: Grabot C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10687232 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature