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- Title
Understanding the diagnosis and management of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A) in the UK: results of a national Delphi process.
- Authors
Hookham, Lauren; Fisher, Corinne; Manson, Jessica J.; Morgan, Matt; O'Hara, Geraldine; Riley, Phil; Tattersall, Rachel S.; Goodman, Anna L.
- Abstract
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 may trigger a delayed hyperinflammatory illness in children called paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS). A similar syndrome is increasingly recognised in adults termed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A) and may present acutely to medical or surgical specialties with severe symptoms, such as acute abdominal pain or cardiogenic shock. No national guidelines exist in the UK for the management of MIS-A and there is limited evidence to guide treatment plans. We undertook a national Delphi process to elicit opinions from experts in hyperinflammation about the diagnosis and management of MIS-A with the dual aim of improving recognition and producing a management guideline. Colleagues in paediatrics successfully initiated a national consensus management document that facilitated regional multidisciplinary referral and follow-up pathways for children with PIMS-TS, and we propose a similar system be developed for adult patients across the UK. This would facilitate better recognition and treatment of MIS-A across the multiple specialties to which it may present as well as enable follow-up with specialty services post-discharge.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; CONSENSUS (Social sciences); MULTISYSTEM inflammatory syndrome; COVID-19; SURGERY practice; MEDICAL protocols; DELPHI method; MEDICAL specialties &; specialists; SYMPTOMS; ADULTS
- Publication
Clinical Medicine, 2022, Vol 22, Issue 3, p266
- ISSN
1470-2118
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7861/clinmed.2021-0700