Allergology and Pneumology Unit, V. Buzzi Children's Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Department of Pediatrics, V. Buzzi Children's Hospital, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Feb;58(2):615-618. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26224. Epub 2022 Nov 28.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) has been reported in increasing numbers, mostly focusing on cardiac dysfunction. Very few studies have evaluated lung involvement in terms of imaging findings, while data regarding pulmonary function in children with MIS-C are not available. The purpose of our study was to evaluate lung involvement in MIS-C by imaging and lung function by structured light plethysmography (SLP) at hospital admission and 6 months afterwards. Spirometry is the gold standard technique to evaluate lung function in children. However, SLP has the advantage of not requiring contact with the patient, offering an effective solution for the evaluation of lung function during the pandemic. To our knowledge this is the first study that aims to investigate pulmonary function by SLP in children with MIS-C.
自 COVID-19 大流行开始以来，越来越多的报告称儿童多系统炎症综合征 (MIS-C) 出现心脏功能障碍。很少有研究评估其影像学表现中的肺部受累情况，而有关 MIS-C 患儿肺功能的数据尚不可用。我们的研究目的是通过影像学和结构光体积描记术（SLP）评估 MIS-C 患儿在入院时和 6 个月后的肺部受累情况。肺量测定是评估儿童肺功能的金标准技术。然而，SLP 的优点是不需要与患者接触，为大流行期间评估肺功能提供了有效的解决方案。据我们所知，这是第一项旨在通过 SLP 研究 MIS-C 患儿肺功能的研究。
