Some Children with COVID-19 or MIS-C Face Kidney Injury: Study
More than 10 percent of children hospitalized with COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome, an inflammatory condition commonly known as MIS-C that in rare cases has followed SARS-CoV-2 infection, experienced acute kidney injury, according to a study published March 3 in Kidney International. Kids with kidney damage remained in the hospital an average of eight days longer than did other children facing these conditions without the added kidney stress. “Recognizing that kidney function contributes to outcomes post-COVID is important to think about, especially in the pediatric populatio...
Source: the-scientist.com