PICS Statement: Increased number of reported cases of novel presentation of multisystem inflammatory disease
Please note this is a statement intended for medical professionals who look after critically ill children.
If you are a parent please be assured that serious illness as a result of COVID 19 still appears to be a very rare event in children. If your child is unwell or has the symptoms of sepsis then please seek medical attention in the usual way as set out in guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-04/covid19_advice_for_parents_when_child_unwell_or_injured_poster.pdf
FULL PICS STATEMENT: PICS statement regarding novel presentation of multi-system inflammatory disease (PDF)
