Why the study?
Does concurrent COVID-19 infection worsen clinical outcomes in children hospitalized for myocarditis?
Does concurrent COVID-19 infection worsen clinical outcomes in children hospitalized for myocarditis?
Children hospitalized for myocarditis with concurrent COVID-19 experience greater illness severity and longer hospital stays compared to those without COVID-19, though in-hospital mortality is not significantly increased.
May warrant closer monitoring in pediatric myocarditis with COVID-19; leaves open causal links and management implications.
We used a nationally representative database of the US, which included 1995 myocarditis cases, among whom 620 children had COVID-19. While the risk of in-hospital mortality was not higher, illness severity and length of hospital stay were higher in patients with myocarditis and COVID-19 than those without COVID-19.
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