The etiology ofKawasaki diseaseKawasaki diseaseAn acute, febrile, mucocutaneous condition accompanied by swelling of cervical lymph nodes in infants and young children. The principal symptoms are fever, congestion of the ocular conjunctivae, reddening of the lips and oral cavity, protuberance of tongue...
The diagnosis of Kawasaki disease is clinical. You can use the mnemonic "Warm CREAM" or "FEBRILE" to help remember the criteria (see Table). The fever is the most consistent presentation, is minimally responsive to antipyretics, and typically remains higher than 38.5 degrees Celsius.[1][6]A...
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...