Kawasaki disease is a leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the USA. An acute vasculitis of unknown etiology, it occurs predominantly in infancy and early childhood, and more rarely in teenagers. Coronary artery aneurysms or ectasia develop in approximately 15-25% of children ...
Background: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an inflammatory disorder with an unknown etiology. It is the leading cause of acquired heart disease, which leads to coronary vasculitis among children. Studies of frequent manifestation of allergic diseases in childr
In astatement from the Kawasaki Disease Foundation, Dr. Jane Burns, the director wrote: "We have long suspected that there may be different triggers for KD based on individual genetics. The emergence of this new problem suggests that the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, may be a trigger for s...
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, systemic vasculitis of medium-sized vessels. Its etiology has not been clearly elucidated. Infectious triggers have been suggested in the etiology of KD due to having an epidemic pattern and marked seasonality [8]. Various infectious agents, including bacteria ...
The primary purpose of these practical guidelines related to Kawasaki disease (KD) is to contribute to prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment on the basis of different specialists’ contributions in the field. A set of 40 recommendations is provided,
diseasecoronaryarteryaneurysmsKawasakidiseasevasculitisKawasaki disease is a leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the USA. An acute vasculitis of unknown etiology, it occurs predominantly in infancy and early childhood, and more rarely in teenagers. Coronary artery aneurysms or ectasia ...
TEENAGERSP5-55: What kind of disease has developed in a teenager against the background of a new coronavirus infection? Is it Kawasaki's or Reye's syndrome? At the beginning of the disease, the girl took paracetamol several times a day during a week to relieve fever....
In the normal subjects and patients with Kawasaki disease, the caliber of the coronary arteries showed little variability from the ostium to 10 mm distally, and ranged in size from 2 mm in infants to 5 mm in teenagers. There was no significant difference between male and female subjects. ...