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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: sectional study of cases and factors associated with deaths during COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, 2020

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  • Laís de Almeida Relvas-Brandt Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-5445
    • Caroline Gava Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6287-1715
      • Fernanda Sindeaux Camelo Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1680-2310
        • Victor Bertollo Gomes Porto Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3112-6154
          • Ronaldo Fernandes Santos Alves Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8358-0519
            • Marcela Santos Correa Da Costa Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde
              • Sandra Maria Deotti Carvalho Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde
                • Greice Madeleine Ikeda do Carmo Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde
                  • Francieli Fontana Sutile Tardetti Fantinato Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0110-2266
                    • Marcelo Yoshito Wada Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde
                      • Yluska Myrna Meneses Brandão e Mendes Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde
                        • Martha Gonçalves Vieira Secretaria de Atenção Primária à Saúde
                          • Roselle Bugarin Steenhouwer Secretaria de Atenção Primária à Saúde https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3776-2979
                            • Klebia Magalhães Pereira Castello Branco Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia
                              • Maria Verônica Câmara dos Santos Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia
                                • Ivan Romero Rivera Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9473-132X
                                  • Luiz Henrique Nicoloso Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia
                                    • Marco Aurelio Palazzi Safadi Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4401-9446
                                      • Dalva Maria de Assis Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3102-7607

                                        DOI:

                                        https://doi.org/10.1590/s1679-49742021000400005

                                        Keywords:

                                        Coronavirus Infections, Pediatrics, Systemic Inflammatory Response, Syndrome, Death, Epidemiological Monitoring, Cross-Sectional Studies

                                        Abstract

                                        Objective: To describe the clinical-epidemiological profile of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) cases and to identify factors associated with MIS-C deaths in Brazil, 2020. Methods: Cross-sectional study, based on MIS-C national monitoring database in Brazil, 2020. Simple and multiple logistic regression was performed to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR). Results: The median age of cases (n=652) was 5 years, 57.1% were male, 52.0% were brown race/color and 6.4% died. The odds of death was greater among those who presented O2 saturation <95% (ORa=4.35 – 95%CI 1.69;11.20) and altered result of urea (ORa=5.18 – 95%CI 1.91;14.04); lower in the absence of cutaneous lesion such as rash (ORa=0.23 – 95%CI 0.09;0.62), with the use of anticoagulants (ORa=0.32 – 95%CI 0.12;0.89) and of immunoglobulins (ORa=0.38 – 95%CI 0.15;1.01). Conclusion: Fatality rates was higher among cases that presented O2 saturation<95% and altered urea, and lower among those with cutaneous lesion, who used immunoglobulins and anticoagulants.

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                                        09/20/2021

                                        How to Cite

                                        Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: sectional study of cases and factors associated with deaths during COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, 2020. (2021). In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1679-49742021000400005

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