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. 2021 Oct 1;51(10):32-38.
doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000791696.24547.88.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A complication of COVID-19

Andrew Greenway  1 , Holly Macklay, Kevin Xuereb, Linda Gibbons
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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A complication of COVID-19

Andrew Greenway et al. Nursing. .

Abstract

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a previously unrecognized and potentially catastrophic illness that appears in children who have been exposed to or diagnosed with COVID-19. As healthcare agents and members of the community, nurses are positioned to assist in identifying children who may experience previously unrecognized complications of infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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