Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) temporally related to COVID-19: the experience at a pediatric reference hospital in Colombia.

Objective: This study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and the different phenotypes of children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) temporally related to COVID-19 and to evaluate the risk conditions that favored a greater severity of the disease during a 12-month period at a pediatric reference hospital in Colombia.

Methods: A 12-month retrospective observational study of children under the age of 18 years who met criteria for MIS-C.

Results: A total of 28 children presented MIS-C criteria.

Venous-arterial CO difference in children with sepsis and its correlation with myocardial dysfunction.

This study aimed to determine the association between venous-arterial CO difference (Pv-aCO) and clinical outcomes of interest in children with severe sepsis and septic shock. An analytical observational study of a prospective cohort was conducted. The study was carried out from January 2015 to January 2018 in the pediatric intensive care unit of a referral hospital.

Catheterization Performed in the Early Postoperative Period After Congenital Heart Surgery in Children.

The aim of this study was to describe pediatric patients who underwent early postoperative cardiac catheterization after congenital heart surgery, their clinical indications, findings, interventions, and complications in a cardiovascular center. A descriptive retrospective study was performed. All catheterizations performed within 6 weeks after congenital heart surgery between January 2004 and December 2014 were reviewed.