Characteristics and outcomes of US children and adolescents with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) compared with severe acute COVID-19

LR Feldstein, MW Tenforde, KG Friedman, M Newhams… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Refinement of criteria for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
may inform efforts to improve health outcomes. Objective To compare clinical characteristics
and outcomes of children and adolescents with MIS-C vs those with severe coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). Setting, Design, and Participants Case series of 1116 patients
aged younger than 21 years hospitalized between March 15 and October 31, 2020, at 66 US
hospitals in 31 states. Final date of follow-up was January 5, 2021. Patients with MIS-C had …