“We are not going back to a pre-Covid-19 life any time soon.' Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said
Pediatricians describe treatments for inflammatory syndrome possibly linked to Covid-19Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first US case of Covid-19. C.S. Goldsmith and A. Tamin/CDC
A panel called the International PICU-COVID-19 Collaboration has compared notes and released a consensus statement defining the condition, named “Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Potentially Associated with COVID-19.” The syndrome is marked by persistent fever, inflammation, poor function in one or more organs, and other symptoms similar to shock.
Lab tests should check for signs of inflammatory response, and should include a complete blood count/differential, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; coagulation parameters including D dimer and ferritin; liver function markers; and a cytokine panel.
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