How did the medicals gather their findings?
The New York medics analysed 35 children who were admitted to two hospitals between 1 April and 14 July, the “height” of the city’s pandemic.
Twenty five of the youngsters, who had an average age of three, met the criteria for the syndrome – aged 21 or under, with a fever, “laboratory evidence of inflammation” and severe illness requiring hospitalisation.
The syndrome was also defined as affecting “at least two organ systems”, with “no alternative plausible diagnosis”.
The remaining 10 participants, average age one, were “probable cases”.