Hyperinflammatory shock in children during COVID-19 pandemic

South Thames Retrieval Service in London, UK, provides paediatric intensive care support and retrieval to 2 million children in South East England. During a period of 10 days in mid-April, 2020, we noted an unprecedented cluster of eight children with hyperinflammatory shock, showing features similar to atypical Kawasaki disease, Kawasaki disease shock syndrome,1Zhang M-M Shi L Lin Y Liu Y Clinical analysis of Kawasaki disease shock...