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ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2021

A fatal toxic shock-like syndrome post COVID-19 infection in a child.

Houda Ajmi, Wissem Besghaier, Wafa Kallala, Abdelhalim Trabelsi, Saoussan Abroug

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Article in Italian journal of pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The year 2021 in COVID-19 pandemic in children.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Houda AjmiDepartment of Pediatrics, Sahloul University Hospital, 4054, Sousse, Tunisia. hd.ajmi@gmail.com.
Wissem BesghaierDepartment of Pediatrics, Sahloul University Hospital, 4054, Sousse, Tunisia.
Wafa KallalaDepartment of Virology, Sahloul University Hospital, 4054, Sousse, Tunisia.
Abdelhalim TrabelsiDepartment of Virology, Sahloul University Hospital, 4054, Sousse, Tunisia.
Saoussan AbrougDepartment of Pediatrics, Sahloul University Hospital, 4054, Sousse, Tunisia.
Hôpital Sahloul · TN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildren affected by Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) showed various manifestations. Some of them were severe cases presenting with multi-system inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) causing multiple organ dysfunction. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with recent COVID-19 infection who presented with persistent fever, abdominal pain and other symptoms that meet the definition of MIS-C. She had lymphopenia and a high level of inflammatory markers. She was admitted to pediatric intensive care unit since she rapidly developed refractory catecholamine-resistant shock with multiple organ failure. Echocardiography showed a small pericardial effusion with a normal ejection fraction (Ejection Fraction = 60%) and no valvular or coronary lesions. The child showed no signs of improvement even after receiving intravenous immunoglobulin, fresh frozen plasma, high doses of Vasopressors and corticosteroid. His outcome was fatal.

conclusionPediatric patients affected by the new COVID-19 related syndrome may show severe life-threatening conditions similar to Kawasaki disease shock syndrome. Hypotension in these patients results from heart failure and the decreased cardiac output. We report a new severe clinical feature of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children in whom hypotension was the result of refractory vasoplegia.

Indexed as

BiomarkersChildCOVID-19Fatal OutcomeFemaleHumansIntensive Care Units, PediatricSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeBiomarkersChildCoronavirus infectionMulti-system inflammatory syndromeToxic shock syndromeTSS: toxic shock syndrome

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