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SynthesisClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2022

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults: Case Finding Through Systematic Review of Electronic Medical Records.

Michael Melgar, Julia Haston, Jennifer DeCuir, Qi Cheng, Kathryn E Arnold, Lu Meng, David J Murphy, Elizabeth Overton, Julie Hollberg, Melissa Tobin-D'Angelo and 4 more

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Synthesis in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michael MelgarCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3243-9854
Julia HastonCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jennifer DeCuirCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Qi ChengCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Kathryn E ArnoldCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Lu MengCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
David J MurphyDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Elizabeth OvertonOffice of Quality and Risk, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Julie HollbergOffice of Quality and Risk, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Melissa Tobin-D'AngeloAcute Disease Epidemiology Section, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Pragna PatelCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Angela P CampbellCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Shana Godfred-CatoCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Ermias D BelayCOVID-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USEmory Healthcare · USGeorgia Department of Public Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMultisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A) is a severe condition temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

methodsIn this retrospective cohort study, we applied the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) case definition to identify diagnosed and undiagnosed MIS-A cases among adults discharged during April 2020-January 2021 from 4 Atlanta, Georgia hospitals affiliated with a single medical center. Non-MIS-A coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizations were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification encounter code U07.1. We calculated the ratio of MIS-A to COVID-19 hospitalizations, compared demographic characteristics of the 2 cohorts, and described clinical characteristics of MIS-A patients.

resultsWe identified 11 MIS-A cases, none of which were diagnosed by the treatment team, and 5755 COVID-19 hospitalizations (ratio 1:523). Compared with patients with COVID-19, patients with MIS-A were more likely to be younger than 50 years (72.7% vs 26.1%, P < .01) and to be non-Hispanic Black (81.8% vs 50.0%, P = .04). Ten patients with MIS-A (90.9%) had at least 1 underlying medical condition. Two MIS-A patients (18.2%) had a previous episode of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, occurring 37 and 55 days prior to admission. All MIS-A patients developed left ventricular systolic dysfunction. None had documented mucocutaneous involvement. All required intensive care, all received systemic corticosteroids, 8 (72.7%) required mechanical ventilation, 2 (18.2%) required mechanical cardiovascular circulatory support, and none received intravenous immunoglobulin. Two (18.2%) died or were discharged to hospice.

conclusionsMIS-A is a severe but likely underrecognized complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Improved recognition of MIS-A is needed to quantify its burden and identify populations at highest risk.

Indexed as

Connective Tissue DiseasesCOVID-19AdultElectronic Health RecordsHumansImmunoglobulins, IntravenousRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Systemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeImmunoglobulins, IntravenouscoronavirusCOVID-19MIS-AMIS-Cmultisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults

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PMID35442436
PMCPMC9383808
OpenAlexW4224302070

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