Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and sepsis differentiation by a clinical and analytical score: MISSEP score
María Hernández-García,
Elies Roldan-Berengue,
Carmina Guitart
et al.
Abstract:Differential diagnosis between Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) and other causes of systemic inflammatory response such as sepsis is complex. The aims were to evaluate the differences between pediatric patients with MIS-C and sepsis and to develop a score to distinguish both entities. This was a retrospective study that compared demographic, clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic data of pediatric patients with MIS-C (cohort 2020–2022) and sepsis (cohorts 2010–2014 and 2017–2018) admitted t… Show more
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