Kawasaki disease shock syndromeshockTaiwanBackground/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a febrile systemic vasculitis, and some patients may develop serious complications requiring intensive care. We aim to ascertain the clinical presentations and outcomes of these patients....
Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the developed world (1). Typically, KD presents in children younger than 5 years of age as a febrile illness with mucocutaneous changes (2). A subset of patients will develop permanent damage to the arterial...
Efficacy of primary treatment with immunoglobulin plus ciclosporin for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in children with Kawasaki disease predicted to be at increased risk of non-response to intravenous immunoglobulin (KAICA): a randomised controlled, open-label, blinded-endpoints, phase 3 ...
Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis, mainly encountered in children. It may affect any organ. Acute cholestasis and severe obstructive jaundice is an atypical manifestation of the disease. We herein present two children with Kawasaki disease and severe direct hypebilibirunemia who also were homo...
Up to 75% of reported cases occur in children under the age of five years, with a steadily rising incidence worldwide.20 There is evidence of a genetic predisposition, where siblings affected by Kawasaki disease are 10 times more likely to develop the condition than the normal population. Stud...
Children who experience the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease of 2019, or COVID-19, have similar coronary artery manifestations to children with Kawasaki disease. Approximately 6–24% of chil...
According to the latest study, most European children patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome related to COVID-19 had increased BNP upon admission to hospitals, and the increasing degree is related to whether intensive care support is needed or not39. Kawasaki disease (KD) is a common ...
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis that mainly affects infants and young children. The etiology of KD has been discussed for several decades; however, no reproducible risk factors have yet been proven. We used the Japan Environment and Children’s Study data to explore the as...
Researchers have found genes that make children susceptible to the disease, and those associated with the heart damage it can cause in severe cases. The findings could help clinicians identify whichchildrenwith Kawasaki disease (KD) are at risk of developing coronary artery aneurisms, which can cau...
Cardiac stress testing for reversible ischemia is indicated to assess the existence and functional consequences of coronary artery abnormalities in children with Kawasaki disease and coronary aneurysms. Treatment The goal of therapy in the acute phase of KD is to reduce inflammation and arterial damage ...