Read about an alert issued by the CDC yesterday, which details guidelines for clinicians on how to diagnose the COVID-19 related illness, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
In recent weeks, there have been several cases cropping up all over the country about a mystery illness in children that could be related to COVID-19. Yesterday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention finally issued anThe CDC is calling the condition multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and in the alert lays out clearer diagnostic measures for healthcare professionals.
“I think right now the most important thing is supportive care in an intensive care setting,” he said in afrom the AAP. “Pediatric intensive care doctors know how to take care of sick children very well and they know how to manage the things that are happening with these kids like low blood pressure and in some cases difficulty breathing, in some cases kidney failure. They’re used to managing those types of conditions even though this is a new phenomenon.
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