Amar Taksande

Department of Paediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Prevalence of Cardiac dysfunction in MIS-C in Children (MIS-C) related to COVID-19
  Author(s): Amar Taksande*, Sachin Damke, Rewat Meshram, Sham Lohiya, Richa Chaudhary and Rupesh Rao
  
  Background: COVID-19 in children normally causes mild infectious illness, but serious repercussions can occur in combination with both acute infection and related phenomena in children, like the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C). In rural hospitals, there is less information available on Cardiac abnormality in MIS-C. Objectives: To know the prevalence of cardiac dysfunction of MIS-C children having COVID-19. Methodology: The MIS-C patients in this prospective research will be diagnosed using WHO criteria. On admission, MIS-C patients with cardiac marker positive will have an anomaly in one or more of the following: Electrocardiography, Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP), serum troponin, and/or echocardiogram. Results: We will determine the prevalence of cardiac dysfunction in MIS-C when the study is .. Read More»