Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36511208›Full record

ReviewIndian pediatrics2022

Abdominal Manifestations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Single-Center Experience.

Ashitha K Unny, P Rajashree, Lakshmi Sundararajan, Janani Sankar

Open access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Indian pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashitha K UnnyDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
P RajashreeDepartment of Pediatrics, CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Lakshmi SundararajanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Janani SankarDepartment of Pediatrics, CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Correspondence to: Dr Ashitha K Unny, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 034. ashitha.aku@gmail.com.
Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe reviewed the cases of probable multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) to identify those cases that mimicked surgical emergencies.

methodsRecords of children managed for MIS-C during a 15-month period between March, 2020 and April, 2021 were retrieved. Data on clinical presentation, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RT-PCR report, SARS-CoV-2 antibody status, blood investigations, radiological investigations and management were collected.

resultsA total of 28 out of 83 children with probable MIS-C had acute abdominal symptoms and signs. Fifteen children had mild features like diffuse abdominal pain or non-bilious vomiting, and the remaining 13 (46.2%) had severe abdominal signs or bilious vomiting. Four children worsened with conservative treatment for MIS-C and were detected with perforated appendicitis. Two more children developed recurrent appendicitis on follow up. One child with appendicitis who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy, later manifested with MIS-C.

conclusionSurgical abdominal emergencies may be confused with or occur concurrently in children with MIS-C that should be identified with a high index of suspicion.

Indexed as

AppendicitisCOVID-19AbdomenAbdominal PainChildHumansSARS-CoV-2Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Identifiers

PMID36511208
PMCPMC9798947
OpenAlexW4311503859

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.