Just out @TheLancet:
The children with Kawasaki disease from #SARSCoV2
A unique report from Italy comparing this to pre- #COVID19:
the incidence has gone up 30-fold and it is more severe, with more frequent heart involvement, MAS
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31103-X/fulltext
The accompanying, insightful editorial by @russellviner and Elizabeth Whittaker
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2820%2931129-6
The syndrome now has a name: PIMS-TS
Also to note of Bergamo report: 5 kids atypical, 5 kids presented w/ hypotension, 2 shock
"might provide info about immune response"
One week ago (May 6) there were 15 reported cases of children with Kawasaki-like disease in New York City.
Yesterday 52 in NYC and ~100 in New York State
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html
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