Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 3 Comparison between patients with and without MIS-C

From: Clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics of COVID-19-infected children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit: a single-center experience

	MIS-C		p-value
	No	Yes	p-value
Clinical data
Male sex	11 (61.1%)	5 (55.6%)	.78
Comorbidity	13 (72.2%)	3 (33.3%)	.05
GIT	5 (27.8%)	7 (77.8%)	.014
Shock	4 (22.2%)	6 (66.7%)	.024
Myocarditis	2 (11.1%)	4 (44.4%)	.05
IMV	2 (11.1%)	4 (44.4%)	.05
Mortality	1 (5.6%)	3 (33.3%)	.17
Laboratory data
Anemia	10 (55.6%	7 (77.8%)	.26
Thrombocytopenia	1 (5.6%)	5 (55.6%)	.003
Leukocytosis	10 (55.6%)	6 (66.7%)	.58
Lymphopenia	6 (33.3%)	8 (88.9%)	.006
AKI	3 (16.7%)	7 (77.8%)	.002
Coagulopathy	7 (38.9%)	6 (66.7%)	.17
High d-dimer	8 (44.4%)	9 (100.0%)	.005
High troponin I	2 (11.1%)	4 (44.4%)	.91

AKI, acute kidney injury; GIT, gastrointestinal tract; IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; MIS-c, multisystem inflammatory syndrome

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