Association Between Treatments and Short-Term Biochemical Improvements and Clinical Outcomes in Post-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Inflammatory Syndrome

Patrick Davies, Jon Lillie, Andrew Prayle, Claire Evans, Benedict Griffiths, Pascale du Pré, Mae Johnson, Hari Krishnan Kanthimathinathan, Stephen Playfor, Akash Deep,

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine · 2021 · 23 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

We were unable to identify any short-term benefit from any of the treatments, or treatment combinations, administered. Despite a lack of evidence, treatment guidelines for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children/pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 have become very similar in advising step-wise treatments. Retaining clinical equipoise regarding treatment will allow clinicians to enroll children in robust clinical trials to determine the optimal treatment for this novel important condition.

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