CONCLUSIONS: In this retrospective cohort of severe MIS-C patients treated with anakinra we report favorable clinical outcomes with a low incidence of side effects. The simultaneous use of steroids ± IVIG in these patients hinders definitive
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The outbreak of a novel coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome in December 2019 has escalated into a worldwide pandemic. In this work, we propose a compartmental model to describe the dynamics of transmission of infection and use it to
This study aimed to describe hospital resource utilization of an orthopaedic trauma service and the injury epidemiology during the 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic to help plan future non-trauma crises. A retrospective chart review was performed on
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