First kid in SIPH District diagnosed with MIS-C, sent to Primary Children's - Local News 8
December 9, 2020 “But it was Covid. Cooper is among the
1,571 children in Southeast Idaho who have tested positive for coronavirus, but is the only one to be diagnosed with MIS-C, according to public health officials.” When treatment for Cooper's appendix didn't work, doctors rushed him to Salt Lake City.
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“When we got to Primary Children’s, he was not just having an
appendix problem, his life was truly on the line,” Kale said.“
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“Cooper is also participating in a 5-year study, called MUSIC, or Long-Term Outcomes after the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome In Children. He'll be among 600 other young people with MIS-C in the U.S. and Canada, participating in a research study to learn more about the syndrome and it's long-term health effects on children.“
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“A massive surge in coronavirus cases across the state has led to record numbers of
infections,
hospitalizations and
deaths. And while health experts have yet to unlock the direct connection between the virus and MIS-C, what’s clear is that a
spike in coronavirus infections is directly linked to an uptick in MIS-C cases, doctors told The Times.
“With the number of cases we’re seeing in Los Angeles now, I do expect to see more children with MIS-C coming into the hospital in the next few weeks,” said Dr. Jackie Szmuszkovicz, pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “We’re at a critical moment right now.””
First child in L.A. County dies from COVID-19-related MIS-C
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Derm Symptoms Signal MIS-C in Kids
— Case series shows mucocutaneous findings in most children
Dec. 9, 2020
“Among 35 children, 29 with MIS-C exhibited these sequelae, with conjunctival injection, palmoplantar erythema, and lip hyperemia the most common, reported Vikash Oza, MD, of New York University Grossman School of Medicine, and colleagues, writing in a brief report in
JAMA Dermatology.
Importantly, the authors noted, "mucocutaneous involvement was not associated with cardiac dysfunction, need for inotropic support, or intensive care unit admission, suggesting that mucocutaneous changes are not associated with disease severity in MIS-C."“
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“The authors said while 60% of the cohort met criteria for Kawasaki disease or incomplete Kawasaki disease, there were "unique findings" not typically seen in patients with Kawasaki disease, including marked periorbital edema and "erythema reminiscent of heliotrope rash."“
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New MIS-C numbers show an increase in confirmed cases | KTVE - myarklamiss.com
Dec. 9, 2020
“BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Louisiana is inching closer to 100 confirmed MIS-C cases.
There has been an increase of two cases over the last week.“
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Black kids bear brunt of severe COVID-linked syndrome
Nov. 30, 2020
“The authors said that they don't know whether the MIS-C disparities observed in their study are part of the larger health inequities seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. "It is unclear whether this finding represents a phenomenon distinct from the increased burden of COVID-19 in Black and Hispanic communities, because we also observed a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 hospitalizations among Black and Hispanic children," they wrote.
The researchers called for larger studies to determine the relationship between MIS-C and race and understand the role of structural racism in perpetuating health inequities, as well as heightened vigilance in recognizing the syndrome in non-white children.
"Although MIS-C is uncommon, clinicians should be aware of the potential enhanced risk of this emerging syndrome among Black and Hispanic children," they said.“
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'It Was Just So Blurry': Glencoe Boy, 9, Recovers From COVID-Associated Inflammatory Syndrome
Dec. 8, 2020
“MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — As community spread of COVID-19 has increased across the state in recent weeks, so too has a rare complication from the virus only seen in children. Forty-two kids in Minnesota have been diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (or MIS-C). That number has nearly doubled since this summer.“
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Three children hospitalised with MIS-C
Dec. 5, 2020
“She said: "Unfortunately, we have three children that are hospitalised at our Couva facility suffering from a condition that you may have heard us talk about called MIS-C...These children had all the appropriate studies, support (and) input by the pediatricians and so on, and have all had studies inclusive of an echocardiogram. Unfortunately, these children have involvement of the heart. They're doing well but they do have involvement of the heart."“
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“She also had this message for parents: " The way to avoid your child from getting MIS-C is to avoid your child from getting COVID-19."“
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Children with COVID-19 Blood Vessel Damage
December 9, 2020
“Investigators at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that a biomarker related to blood vessel damage was elevated in children with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was true even if the children showed minimal or no symptoms of the virus.
A secondary finding identified that a high proportion of the children with the illness met diagnostic and clinical criteria for thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), a syndrome that involves clotting in the small blood vessels.
The study, published in the journal
Blood Advances, analyzed 50 pediatric patients at CHOP who were hospitalized with an acute COVID-19 infection. 18 of the patients were diagnosed with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)...”
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Local child being treated at Salt Lake hospital for COVID-19 related syndrome
Dec. 9, 2020
“It was not the flu;“
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“Kale says, “We need to be more accountable. We need to come into the reality of what is happening. The idea that it is fake is embarrassing. MASKS NEED TO BE WORN! If this is how the disease is going to affect our children moving forward, they need to wear masks in school. I met with several specialists and they begged me to bring back the message that the kids need to wear masks in school. The kids take on the risk of having what has happened to Cooper happen to them. We need to educate our children and our adults. I was standing in line at the store and heard a teacher say ‘I’m never going to wear a mask.’ We buckle up our seatbelts when we drive, and we put on a coat when it’s cold. Why can’t we wear a mask when there is COVID?”
Cooper was a gifted and blessed athlete. He was going to do something with it. Now, he will never do those things. He will not be skiing this year. He will not be playing basketball. He can’t ride his motorbike anymore. He will have a heart injury for the rest of his life. All because of a syndrome related to having COVID-19.”
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Large study of hospitalized children with COVID-19 provides warning signs
Dec. 3, 2020
““Much of the discussion to date around COVID-19 suggests that children don’t typically suffer serious illness,” said lead author, Danielle Fernandes, M.D., attending physician, Division of Hospital Medicine, CHAM, and assistant professor of pediatrics at Einstein. “Our study shows that children with COVID-19, like adults, can experience symptoms ranging from mild to severe, and tragically, children can die from the disease.”“
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“The paper is titled “SARS-CoV-2 Clinical Syndromes and Predictors of Disease Severity in Hospitalized Children and Youth.” Co-authors include members of The Tri-State Pediatric COVID-19 Research Consortium from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Yale School of Medicine, Kings County Hospital Center, Maimonides Children’s Hospital, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, Neptune City, SUNY Downstate Medical Center University Hospital and Stony Brook University Renaissance Hospital.“
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