Population
2 children with fatal myocarditis initially presenting with abdominal pain and vomiting
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
hours
Authors
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May support considering myocarditis in children with gastroenteritis-like symptoms and shock; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Myocarditis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children presenting with gastritis symptoms and hypotension or who are refractory to rehydration therapy.
Chang et al. (2006) studied this question.
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