Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A complication of COVID-19.

Nursing

Andrew Greenway is a clinical nurse specialist, burn/trauma, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Piermont, N.Y. At NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, N.Y., Holly Macklay is a family NP, burn unit; Kevin Xuereb is a clinical manager, women's health; and Linda Gibbons is director of nursing, women's health, and burn services.

Published: October 2021

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a previously unrecognized and potentially catastrophic illness that appears in children who have been exposed to or diagnosed with COVID-19. As healthcare agents and members of the community, nurses are positioned to assist in identifying children who may experience previously unrecognized complications of infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459908PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NURSE.0000791696.24547.88DOI Listing

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