Episode 3 - PIMS and the Paediatric COVID-19 Experience Around the Rheum
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- Medicine
Over the next few months, the CRA’s Around the Rheum podcast will be exploring Canadian perspectives of COVID-19 and how it has affected different groups.
Description:
On May 6, 2020, The Lancet published (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31094-1/fulltext) a case series of 8 paediatric patients with a hyperinflammatory shock syndrome. Since then, similar cases have been documented throughout Europe, the United States, and now in Canada.
In this episode, Dr. Marie-Paule Morin guides us through the evolving literature around a new clinical entity: Paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome (PIMS). Dr. Morin works in Montreal, QC, a Canadian hotspot for COVID-19, and has first-hand experience working with children suspected of having PIMS. Join our host, Dr. Daniel Ennis, as we unpack this subject within the context of the current pandemic.
Bios:
* Dr. Marie-Paule Morin is a Paediatric Rheumatologist at St Justine University Hospital in Montreal.
* Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.
Over the next few months, the CRA’s Around the Rheum podcast will be exploring Canadian perspectives of COVID-19 and how it has affected different groups.
Description:
On May 6, 2020, The Lancet published (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31094-1/fulltext) a case series of 8 paediatric patients with a hyperinflammatory shock syndrome. Since then, similar cases have been documented throughout Europe, the United States, and now in Canada.
In this episode, Dr. Marie-Paule Morin guides us through the evolving literature around a new clinical entity: Paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome (PIMS). Dr. Morin works in Montreal, QC, a Canadian hotspot for COVID-19, and has first-hand experience working with children suspected of having PIMS. Join our host, Dr. Daniel Ennis, as we unpack this subject within the context of the current pandemic.
Bios:
* Dr. Marie-Paule Morin is a Paediatric Rheumatologist at St Justine University Hospital in Montreal.
* Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.