Pediatric Obesity—A Potential Risk Factor for Systemic Inflammatory Syndrome Associated to COVID-19, a Case Report

Pediatric Obesity—A Potential Risk Factor for Systemic Inflammatory Syndrome Associated to COVID-19, a Case Report

The well-documented systemic inflammation associated to pediatric obesity might act as an augmenting factor for other inflammatory conditions, such as pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS) associated to COVID-19. We report the case of 9-year-old boy admitted in our clinic for fever, ano...

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Main Authors: Cristina Oana Mărginean, Lorena Elena Meliţ, Maria Oana Săsăran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
obesity
children
pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome
COVID-19
subclinical inflammatory status
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.681626/full

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