MnemonicCRASH and Burn:ConjunctivitisRashAdenopathyStrawberry tongue Hands and feetBurn: fever Management Kawasaki disease is self-limited! Treatment is aimed at preventing complications and reducing symptoms. Mainstay of treatment:[6,14,15] Intravenous immunoglobulin ( IVIG ): 2 g/kg administered ...
In order to help remember the 5 KD character symptoms, we created the "Kuo mnemonic" for rapid memory of KD diagnosis criteria that is modified from our previous review. Results: After the precision medicin care, in year 2016, we found the diagnosis days was shorten from 7.4 to 5.8 days...
Table 1. Updated Diagnostic Criteria for Kawasaki Disease. Table 2. Rapid memory of Kuo’s 1-2-3-4-5 mnemonic for Kawasaki disease. Additional minor clinical symptoms that could be evident in KD patients but are not encompassed by the major diagnostic criteria consist of arthritis, gastroint...
These five major characteristic symptoms of KD may be easier to remember by using the 1–2–3–4–5 “Kuo Mnemonic”. The most significant complication of KD is the development of coronary artery lesions (CALs), which can have long-term implications for the affected children and their ...