Authors : Rincy Anna Reji, Ruchika Jain, Sreelakshmi S Mohandas, Varsha Dalal, Prasad Bali
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijirm.2021.053
Volume : 6
Issue : 4
Year : 2021
Page No : 245-248
Background: COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory infection affecting worldwide population. There are many cases of complications after the COVID exposure occurring nowadays. One among is Post-COVID-19 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). As per CDC report till March 1, 2021, 2617 cases of MIS-C were meeting the definite case criteria and among 33 death cases were reported. Here we report a case of COVID-19 associated Multi-system inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C) interpreted with WHO case definition criteria.
Case Description: The patient was a 7-year-old boy, with initial presentation of moderate fever, non-itchy red blanching rashes, breathlessness, later progressed to cardiogenic shock accompanied by positive SARS-CoV-2 antigen result.
Management: The emergency cardiogenic shock treatment protocol was followed with initial stabilization and resuscitation strategy. He was successfully managed by three days of IV Immunoglobulin 2g/kgand Methylprednisolone 2mg/kg/day therapy along with other supportive treatments. The patient was discharged after 20 days of hospital stay with improved health condition.
Conclusions: Our case report will strengthen the exposure-outcome relations between the coronavirus infection and MIS-C, moreover the strategies carried out in our case will be a future direction for the effective management of MIS-C.
Keywords: COVID19, MISC, complications of COVID19, immunoglobulin, paediatric population