Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.42.1.1
Croatian Society for Infectious Diseases recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Laura Prtorić
; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases ''Dr. Fran Mihaljević'', Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Kniewald
; University Hospital Center “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia
Srđan Roglić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4441-2600
; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases ''Dr. Fran Mihaljević'', Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Lorna Stemberger Marić
; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases ''Dr. Fran Mihaljević'', Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Tešović
; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases ''Dr. Fran Mihaljević'', Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a novel entity first described in April 2020. It is a complication of COVID-19 that appears with a latency of 2-6 weeks and is characterized by fever, multiorgan involvement, and elevated inflammatory markers. Diagnosis is based on certain diagnostic criteria, and in these recommendations we chose the World Health Organization case definition. Patients should be treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and glucocorticoids together with other symptomatic and supportive measures. Follow-up should be at least a year-long, and even longer in case of cardiac complications. The aim of these recommendations is to help clinicians in diagnosing and treating this disease
Keywords
multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C); diagnosis; treatment
Hrčak ID:
300814
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Publication date:
25.4.2023.
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