NEW: Case definition for Kawasaki-like syndrome created based on 102 children in New York. First standardized criteria for a condition that is being called pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome: 
Clinical definition: 1) Fever, 2) Hospitalization, and 3) One or more of: Shock/Cardiac illness/Severe organ damage (excluding lung disease) OR 4) Two more more: rash, conjunctivitis, GI symptoms, mucocutaneous inflammation.
Lab criteria: 2 or more: Neutrophilia, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia,☝️CRP/ESR, fibrinogen, D-Dimer, ferritin, lactic acid, LDH, IL-6, OR elevated procalcitonin. And: Detection of: 1) #Coronavirus RNA at hospitalization (or within prior 4 weeks) or 2) antibody.
Criteria will be used to identify "confirmed" and "suspected" cases of pediatric syndrome. These cases are now required to be reported to the New York State Department of Health.
