Table III.
Age, y | Sex | Patient medical history | Hospital course | Hospital length of stay | COVID-19 therapies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | Female | Premature ventricular contractions | Symptoms: fever, cough, dyspnea, chest pain, vomiting, diarrhea Supportive care: admitted for observation and intravenous fluids because of dehydration; no supplemental oxygen requirement |
24 h | No specific COVID-19 therapies |
18 | Female | Heart transplantation for congenital heart disease complicated by heterotaxy and polysplenia Patient has history of COVID-19 complicated by MIS-C in late 2020 |
Symptoms: fatigue, dyspnea, cough, sore throat Supportive care: no supplemental oxygen requirement |
4 d | Remdesivir × 4 doses∗ Dexamethasone × 2 doses∗ |
20 | Female | Connective tissue disorder requiring methotrexate | Symptoms: congestion, cough, diarrhea Supportive care: admitted for observation and intravenous fluids because of dehydration; no supplemental oxygen requirement |
48 h | No specific COVID-19 therapies |
17 | Male | Inherited endocrinopathy complicated by adrenal insufficiency | Symptoms: fever, cough Supportive care: in Emergency Department, developed hypotension and treated with stress-dose corticosteroids; no supplemental oxygen requirement |
48 h | No specific COVID-19 therapies |
MIS-C, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. None of these patients experienced a coinfection caused by another respiratory virus.
Despite the lack of oxygen requirement, the patient was hospitalized for observation and received targeted COVID-19 treatment at the provider's discretion because of immunocompromising conditions and history of COVID-19 complicated by MIS-C.