Study finds 11-fold hike in COVID-linked inflammatory syndrome in UK kidsA multicenter observational study published late last week in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health identified 78 cases of the pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome tied to COVID-19 in the United Kingdom from Apr 1 to May 10—at least 11 times more than expected.Analyzing data from the largest known cohort of patients admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), researchers compared rates of admissions to PICUs with historical trends for four similar inflammatory diseases: Kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, and macrophage activation syndrome.Twenty-one of 23 PICUs reported 78 cases total of the multisystem