Title | [SARS-CoV-2 infections and the autonomic nervous system]. | ||
Author | Buchhorn, R; Willaschek, C; Baumann, C | ||
Journal | Monatsschr Kinderheilkd | Publication Year/Month | 2021 |
PMID | 33935300 | PMCID | PMC8076666 |
Affiliation + expend | 1.Klinik fur Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Bad Mergentheim, Deutschland. GRID: grid.476908.4. ISNI: 0000 0004 0557 4599;Universitat Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Deutschland. GRID: grid.8379.5. ISNI: 0000 0001 1958 8658;Praxis fur Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Am Bahnhof 1, 74670 Forchtenberg, Deutschland. |
Investigations of the heart rate variability (HRV) in an 11-year-old boy with multisystemic inflammation syndrome in children (MIS-C) and a 16-year-old girl with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) after SARS-CoV鈥? infections are presented. Results: The MIS鈥慍 is characterized by a maximum suppression of the HRV during ECG monitoring on the pediatric intensive care unit. After intravenous administration of immunoglobulins HRV supppression is rapidly reversible. The POTS is characterized by a heart rate increase of more than 40鈥痓pm and the complete collapse of the HRV in the active standing test that can probably explain some chronic problems after SARS-CoV鈥? infections. In the MIS鈥慍 patient we found autoantibodies against receptors of the autonomic nervous system. Summary: The examination of HRV in patients with COVID-19 are initial descriptions,which can enrich our knowledge of the pathophysiology of this new disease.