The last BPSU survey was 25 years ago and we wished to update the data and find if there was a link between phenotype, ethnicity, location, and outcome.MethodsThe survey covered all children in the UK and Ireland who had a new diagnosis of KD between February 2013 and February 2015. ...
Incomplete KD is diagnosed when a patient presents with fever for 5 days or longer, 2 or 3 of the principal clinical features, and laboratory findings suggestive of the disease or echocardiographic abnormalities. Suggestive laboratory findings include elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), elevat...
The prevalence of the disease is significantly lower in non-Asian ethnicities like the UK [6], and Australia that has been reported to be 8.39 per 100,000 and 9.34 per 100,000 children under 5 years old respectively [7]. A seasonal pattern for the incidence of KD has been reported with...
MSCT has the potential to be the standard diagnostic tool for the follow-up evaluation of coronary artery disease in adolescents and young adults with Kawasaki disease. 展开 关键词: Multislice computed tomography Kawasaki disease Coronary artery disease ...
QUESTION 1: What is the best therapy for children with Kawasaki disease who fail to respond to initial intravenous immunoglobulin? 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 29 作者:TJ Van Hasselt,ID Wacogne 摘要: George Bernard Shaw once remarked that the UK and the USA were two countries divided...
Presents a short report on the study of rhabdomyolysis in a patient of Kawasaki Disease(KD). Admission to hospital due to elevation of creatine kinase(CK) levels. Improvement in condition on intravenous infusion of globulin and oral administration of urbiprofen; Lack of clarity in pathogenic mecha...
Brief communication: pSCANNER: patient-centered Scalable National Network for Effectiveness Research Initial use cases will focus on three conditions: (1) congestive heart failure; (2) Kawasaki disease; (3) obesity. Stakeholders, such as patients, ... Lucila Ohno-Machado,Z Agha,DS Bell,... -...
Are there long-term effects of having Kawasaki disease as a child? "A patient with Kawasaki disease who has no coronary artery involvement at the initial presentation, will do well into adulthood as long as they eat healthy foods and exercise," Jone explained. "There have been studies that ...
Patients were prospectively recruited at pediatric centers in the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States if they had febrile illness and required blood testing for clinical investigation as part of the UK-based Immunopathology of Respiratory, Inflammatory and Infectious Disease ...
Our patient could not undergo stress testing as she was uncooperative. 4. Conclusion Kawasaki disease is a debilitating disease which needs prompt and early action with regard to treatment with IVIG to prevent lifelong disability and complications [7], [8], [10]. A large scale epidemiologic ...