Serhat Emeksiz, Serhan Özcan, Oktay Perk, Emel Uyar, Banu Çelikel Acar, Ayşe Esin Kibar Gül, Aslınur Özkaya Parlakay, Namık Özbek, Zahide Ekici Tekin, Serkan Coşkun, Fatma Aydın, Elif Çelikel, Ahmet Vedat Kavurt, İbrahim Ece, İkbal Ok Bozkaya, Ahmet Ertürk, Doğus Güney, Emrah Şenel
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and the role of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in treatment of children with severe MIS-C. In addition, we assessed demographic data, clinical features, laboratory abnormalities, underlying conditions, treatments, and outcomes. Patients with severe MIS-C who were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) between September 01 and October 05, 2020 were included in this observational, descriptive, retrospective study. The data collected included the patients' demographic data, presenting symptoms, clinical features, laboratory parameters, diagnostic investigations, and medications...
April 1, 2021: Transfusion and Apheresis Science