Cases of this severe disease in children are very low in omicron times
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MIS-C COVID
Overall cases in children this year, 4.6 million
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
What is MIS?
MIS is a rare but serious condition associated with COVID-19 in which different body parts become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/02/22/health/mis-c-omicron-waiting-for-trouble/index.html
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#mis-national-surveillance
Total MIS-C cases, 6,851
Deaths, 59
Child cases, 12.5 million since start of pandemic
Children, 0.00%-0.25% of all COVID-19 deaths
https://www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/
The median age 9 years
Half of children with MIS-C were between the ages of 5 and 13 years.
60% of reported patients were male.
59% of the reported patients Hispanic/Latino or black
Black, 2,050
Hispanic/Latino, 1,746
98% of patients had a positive test result for SARS CoV-2
2% of patients had contact with someone with COVID-19
MIS-C can occur weeks after COVID-19 and even if the child or family did not know the child had COVID-19.
Clinical Criteria
Fever, ≥38.0 C) for ≥24 hours
Shock or hypotension
Severe cardiac illness
myocarditis, pericarditis, coronary artery dilatation/aneurysm
new-onset right or left ventricular dysfunction
2nd/3rd degree A-V block
ventricular tachycardia
Rash AND non-purulent conjunctivitis
New-onset neurologic signs and symptoms
Encephalopathy, seizures, meningeal signs, or peripheral neuropathy (including Guillain-Barré syndrome)
Abdominal pain, vomiting, or diarrhea
Thrombocytopenia
Elevated inflammatory markers
A positive SARS-CoV-2 test for current or recent infection by RT-PCR, serology, or antigen detection
Dr. Roberta DeBiasi, Infectious Disease Division chief at Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC
It always follows the same pattern
It's always two to six weeks after we see the spike from whatever variant it is,
and then we're on the lookout for MIS-C. And then, sure enough, it comes."
some of the MIS-C patients have been vaccinated, but the vast majority are not
we thought we may see an uptick with Omicron, but we haven't.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Dr. Marian Michaels
Luckily, in our area we are not seeing a surge
I'm very grateful
Seattle Children's Dr. Michael Portman, director of research in the Division of Cardiology
More MIS-C cases since mid-December 2021
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.023251
most children with MIS-C begin recovering in the first week after hospital discharge and fully recover heart function within three months
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