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Table 2 Description of the nursing status of the included children

From: Multi-inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19: a nursing perspective experience report from a high-income tertiary paediatric hospital context

Number of clinical records (N = 47)

VIPS Keyword

n (%)

Breathing

 In need of oxygen

11 (23.4)

Circulation

Fever *duration

  ≤ 3 days

8 (17.0)

4 days

5 (10.6)

  ≥ 5 days

34 (72.3)

Elimination

Vomit

19 (40.4)

Diarrhoea

25 (53.2)

Nutrition

 Lack of appetite

37 (78.7)

Weight

  ≥ 5% weight gain

11 (23.4)

  ≥ 3% weight loss

4 (8.6)

 None measured weight during hospital stay

3 (6.4)

Pain**

35 (74.5)

Psychosocial

 Fear of needles

8 (17.0)

 Sad and scared during nursing procedures

22 (46.8)

Sleep

 Disturbed sleep***

10 (21.3)

  1. *Fever was defined as a body temperature > 38.5
  2. **Number of children who had pain documented in the clinical nursing record
  3. ***Based on the child’s normal sleep patterns