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Results: The study included 39 MIS-C patients (84.6% male) with a median age of 138 months and 17 KD patients (58.8% male) with a median age of 36 months. The MIS-C patients were older (p &lt; 0.001) and had prolonged hospitalizations (p = 0.023), elevated neutrophil counts (p &lt; 0.001), C-reactive protein (p &lt; 0.001), procalcitonin (p &lt; 0.001), interleukin-6 (p &lt; 0.014), ferritin (p &lt; 0.001), fibrinogen (p &lt; 0.001), troponin I (p = 0.001), NT-proBNP (p &lt; 0.001), and D-dimer levels (p &lt; 0.001). There were more cases of hypotension (p = 0.024), decreased left ventricular function (p = 0.023), and a greater need for corticosteroids (p &lt; 0.001), enoxaparin (p = 0.045), and therapeutic plasma exchange (p &lt; 0.001). Kawasaki disease patients had a greater incidence of rash (p &lt; 0.001), changes in oral mucosa (p &lt; 0.001), conjunctival injection (p &lt; 0.001), extremity changes (p &lt; 0.001), and cervical lymphadenopathy (p &lt; 0.001). They had a longer duration of fever (p &lt; 0.001), elevated white blood cell count (p &lt; 0.001), platelet count (p &lt; 0.001), and alanine aminotransferase level (p &lt; 0.001). The two groups were similar regarding the hemoglobin levels, erythrocyte sedimentation rates, albumin levels, and the frequency of coronary aneurysm, myocarditis, pericarditis, invasive mechanical ventilatory support, and intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. Conclusions: Advanced patient age, a greater presence of gastrointestinal and cardiac findings associated with hypotension, increased NT-proBNP levels, decreased left ventricular function, the use of various treatment modalities, and longer hospital stays suggest MIS-C, whereas prolonged fever and classical clinical features of KD favor KD.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children11101185","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,30]],"date-time":"2024-09-30T03:12:28Z","timestamp":1727665948000},"page":"1185","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Comparison of Kawasaki Disease during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Tun\u00e7","family":"Tun\u00e7er","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University, 67000 Zonguldak, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fatih","family":"Varol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Sancaktepe Sehit Prof. Dr. Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Saglik Bilimleri University, 34785 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"259","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2020.10369","article-title":"Clinical Characteristics of 58 Children with a Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2","volume":"324","author":"Whittaker","year":"2020","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1771","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(20)31103-X","article-title":"An outbreak of severe Kawasaki-like disease at the Italian epicentre of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic: An observational cohort study","volume":"395","author":"Verdoni","year":"2020","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"294","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2020.10374","article-title":"Multisystem inflammatory syndrome related to COVID-19 in previously healthy children and adolescents in New York City","volume":"324","author":"Cheung","year":"2020","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"m2094","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.m2094","article-title":"Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Paris, France: Prospective observational study","volume":"369","author":"Toubiana","year":"2020","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"ref_5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1607","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(20)31094-1","article-title":"Hyperinflammatory shock in children during COVID-19 pandemic","volume":"395","author":"Riphagen","year":"2020","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"429","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048360","article-title":"Acute heart failure in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in the context to global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic","volume":"142","author":"Belhadjer","year":"2020","journal-title":"Circulation"},{"key":"ref_7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"334","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa2021680","article-title":"Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in U.S. children and adolescents","volume":"383","author":"Feldstein","year":"2020","journal-title":"N. 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