Why the study?
What are the initial clinical presentations and outcomes of infants with acute myocarditis?
Population
7 infants with acute myocarditis
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to myocarditis in distressed tachycardic infants; case reports leave open systematic outcome characterization.
What are the initial clinical presentations and outcomes of infants with acute myocarditis?
Infants with acute myocarditis frequently present with severe respiratory distress, tachycardia, and cardiomegaly, often mimicking other conditions like sepsis or pneumonia, and have high morbidity and mortality requiring PICU admission.
Press et al. (1990) studied this question.
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