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US scientists have reviewed the clinical characteristics and epidemiology of COVID-19-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in 221 adults from around the world, and say the most common symptoms were fever, high blood pressure, heart problems, shortness of breath, and diarrhoea. The average length of hospital stay was eight days, and 57 per cent of patients ended up in the ICU, with 47 per cent requiring breathing support. Seven per cent of patients died, and, on average, five different organ systems were affected in patients. The average age of cases was 21, and 154 cases out of 219 (70 per cent) with available data were in men. Sixty of 169 patients (36 per cent) were non-Hispanic Black individuals, and 122 of 209 (58 per cent) had no underlying existing illnesses. One hundred and two of 149 patients (68 per cent) had had a previous symptomatic COVID-19–like illness. The researchers say the findings suggest the symptoms of COVID-19-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults vary widely, and are probably the result of a faulty immune response in the body.
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Characteristics of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults
What The Study Did: This review provides an overview of the clinical characteristics of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults, a condition that can occur after onset of COVID-19.
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