Hospitalizations for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in US Children's Hospitals in 2023 vs 2021

JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Oct 1;178(10):1078-1080. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2882.

Authors

Anne K Jackson¹, Patrick W Brady^{1

2}, Matt Hall³, Matthew J Molloy^{1

2}, Katherine A Auger^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
³ Children's Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas.

PMID: 39133481
PMCID: PMC11320329 (available on 2025-08-12)
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2882

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study evaluates hospitalizations for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in US pediatric hospitals in 2023 vs 2021.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hospitalization* / statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Pediatric*
Humans
Infant
Male
Retrospective Studies
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome* / diagnosis
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome* / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology

Supplementary concepts

pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related