Specialty follow -up care after hospital discharge of patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19 from a rural tertiary-care hospital.

Background: The clinical features of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) have been well documented, but there is limited data regarding the short term and longitudinal outcomes of children living in rural areas. We report the demographic and clinical features, as well as the multi-specialty follow-up of patients with MIS-C served by a large tertiary care rural health system.

Methods: Patients that met the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) case definition of MIS-C admitted between March 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, were included in this case series.

Incidence of stroke in patients with d-transposition of the great arteries that undergo balloon atrial septostomy in the University Healthsystem Consortium Clinical Data Base/Resource Manager.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of stoke in pediatric patients undergoing a balloon atrial septostomy (BAS).

Background: Newborn infants with d-transposition of the great arteries (dTGA) can be compromised from significant hypoxemia due to inadequate mixing at the atrial level. BAS can be lifesaving by improving the intra-atrial mixing.