Social and Demographic Disparities in the Severity of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 Jun 1;41(6):e256-e258. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003511. Epub 2022 May 6.

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).

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / complications
  • Child
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / epidemiology

Supplementary concepts

  • pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related