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8 Νοε 2023 · Kawasaki disease causes swelling, called inflammation, in the walls of small to medium-sized blood vessels that carry blood throughout the body. Kawasaki disease most often affects the heart arteries in children.
10 Ιουλ 2023 · Kawasaki disease is a rare condition that features a fever and inflamed blood vessels in children under age 5. Researchers don’t know the cause, but they’ve found treatments that work for many. Prompt treatment is important for a good prognosis.
31 Μαΐ 2024 · Kawasaki disease (KD), also known as Kawasaki syndrome, is a disease that can cause damage to the heart and blood vessels, mostly in children younger than 5 years old. It affects boys more often than girls.
Kawasaki disease (also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a syndrome of unknown cause that results in a fever and mainly affects children under 5 years of age. [6] It is a form of vasculitis, where medium-sized blood vessels become inflamed throughout the body. [1]
18 Ιουλ 2023 · Kawasaki disease (KD) is diagnosed when a patient runs a fever of at least 100.4°F and above for at least five days. (If the fever isn’t treated, it can last up to 11 days.) The fever is accompanied by at least four of the following five symptoms: A rash over the torso and extremities.
31 Μαΐ 2024 · Overview. For epidemiologic surveillance, CDC defines a case of Kawasaki Disease (KD) as illness in a patient with fever that lasts 5 or more days (or fever until the intravenous immunoglobulin is given, if given before the fifth day of fever), and having at least 4 of the following 5 clinical signs: Rash.
26 Ιουν 2023 · Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limited medium vessel vasculitis that has a predilection for the coronary arteries. This activity reviews the evaluation and treatment of Kawasaki disease and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in improving care for patients with this condition. Objectives:
