Social and demographic disparities in the severity of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Affiliations

Advocate Children's Hospital

Abstract

Social constructs are known risk factors for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. A review of 206 patients demonstrated that children who were non-Hispanic Black, over the age of 12 years or living in a disadvantaged neighborhood associated with severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (intensive care unit admission, intubation and/or vasopressor use).

Document Type

Article

PubMed ID

35537132


 

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