Social and Demographic Disparities in the Severity of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
- 6 May 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Vol. 41 (6), e256-e258
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000003511
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).Keywords
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