No | Age | Sex | Ethnicity | Presenting features | COVID-19 tests | Bloods (CRP;mg/L & Trop; ng/L) | Treatment | Outcome |
Patient 1 | 12 | M | Caucasian | Fever 4/7, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, rash | RT-PCR positive | CRP 74 Trop 576 | Intravenous antibiotics IVIG | Discharged home |
Patient 2 | 9 | M | Afro-Caribbean | Fever 3/7, pain abdomen, rash, conjunctival injection | Serology positive | CRP 127, Trop 171 | Intravenous antibiotics IVIG | Referred to ID |
Patient 3 | 15 | F | Afro-Caribbean | Fever 5/7, sore throat, hypotensive | Serology positive | CRP 183 | Intravenous antibiotics, intravenous fluids, epinephrine infusion, IVIG | Referred to PICU |
Patient 4 | 10 | F | Afro-Caribbean | Fever 10/7, sore throat, abdominal pain, loose stools, rash, in shock, conjunctival injection, 2 ED visits in 10 days | Serology positive RT-PCR positive | Leucocytes 22, CRP 314 | Intravenous antibiotics, fluids, epinephrine infusion, IVIG, methylprednisolone | Referred to PICU |
Patient 5 | 12 | M | Afro-Caribbean | Fever 4/7, headache vomiting, neck pain, conjunctival injection | Serology positive | CRP 287 | Intravenous antibiotics, IVIG, intravenous methylprednisolone | Discharged home |
Patient 6 | 11 | M | Afro-Caribbean | Fever 3/7, severe abdominal pain Suspected appendicitis MRI abdomen mesenteric adenitis | Serology positive | CRP 208 | Intravenous antibiotics IVIG, Intravenous methylprednisolone | Discharged home |
CRP, C reactive protein; ED, emergency department; F, female; ID, infectious diseases; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; M, male; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit; PIMS-TS, paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally related to COVID-19; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; Trop, troponin.