id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-030192-ebsh62ll Winant, Abbey J. Thoracic Imaging Findings of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with COVID-19: What Radiologists Need to Know Now 2020-07-30 .txt text/plain 4301 248 38 12 Furthermore, emerging new evidence suggests that COVID-19 infection in children and adolescents is associated with a multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), with features similar to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome, frequently requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. The United States CDC has presented the following case definition for a diagnosis of MIS-C associated with COVID-19, with pediatric patients required to meet all three of the following criteria: (1.) Individual under 21 years of age presenting with fever, laboratory evidence of inflammation, and evidence of clinically severe illness requiring hospitalization, with multisystem (≥2) organ involvement (cardiac, renal, respiratory, hematologic, gastrointestinal, dermatologic, or neurologic); (2.) No alternative plausible diagnosis; (3.) Positive current or recent SARS-CoV-2 infection by RT-PCR, serology, or I n p r e s s antigen test; or COVID-19 exposure within four weeks prior to symptom onset. ./cache/cord-030192-ebsh62ll.txt ./txt/cord-030192-ebsh62ll.txt