scholarly journals Severe paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 in a 13-year old boy – case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-269
Author(s):  
Paweł Jurszewicz ◽  
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Aneta Górska-Kot ◽  
Agnieszka Kowalska ◽  
Paulina Topka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Critical Illness ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Critical Illness Polyneuropathy ◽  
Kawasaki Syndrome ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
And Child Health

Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) is a recently detected syndrome whose criteria were first established in May 2020 (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health). The clinical course varies from mild to severe, life-threatening cases. This paper presents a case of an extremely severe course of PIMS with symptoms resembling Kawasaki syndrome in a previously healthy 13-year-old boy with obesity. A complication of the severe course of PIMS was the development of critical illness polyneuropathy in the patient.

A new multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 in a 6-year-old boy

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-300
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kamieniak ◽  
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Milena Wronecka ◽  
Natalia Panasiuk ◽  
Karolina Kasiak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Physical Examination ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Royal College ◽  
New Disease ◽  
Imaging Findings ◽  
Inflammatory Syndrome ◽  
And Child Health

In December 2019, China reported cases of infections caused by a new zoonotic coronavirus, which gradually developed into a pandemic. The disease was initially believed to be mild in children. In April 2020, a possible relationship between a new paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome and SARS-CoV-2 was found. In May, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health published the criteria for the diagnosis of this new disease. We present a case of a 6-year-old boy retrospectively diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome based on medical history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging findings, as well as the available literature.

Critical illness polyneuropathy: A case report

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-232
Author(s):  
Canan Celik ◽  
Halil Ucan ◽  
Ebru Alemdaroglu ◽  
Fugen Oktay
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Critical Illness ◽  
Critical Illness Polyneuropathy

A pilot of the Paramedic Advanced Resuscitation of Children (PARC) course

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 470-478
Author(s):  
Paddy Ennis
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Prehospital Care ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Effective Evaluation ◽  
Cost Effective Method ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
And Child Health

Paramedics are the primary providers of prehospital care to children in an emergency. However, they deal with children's emergencies infrequently, and consistently report a lack of confidence in this area. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health standards state that clinicians with Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) training or equivalent must be available at all times to deal with emergencies involving children. While APLS is widely recognised as the gold standard in paediatric training, it focuses on in-hospital providers of paediatric life support, so may not adequately meet the needs of prehospital providers. The Paramedic Advanced Resuscitation of Children (PARC) course attempts to condense the most important aspects of APLS for paramedics into a simulation-based programme that is practical and cost effective. Evaluation of the views of the eight paramedics who took part in the pilot revealed that they felt more confident in managing children's emergencies after attending the course. The PARC course may be a simple, cost-effective method to improve paramedics’ confidence in dealing with emergencies involving children.

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