The Complexities of the Diagnosis and Management of Kawasaki Disease.
The Complexities of the Diagnosis and Management of Kawasaki Disease.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.idc.2015.05.006
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发表时间:
2015-09
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Rowley AH
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Rowley AH
It is critical for pediatricians, especially infectious diseases specialists, to consider Kawasaki Disease (KD) in the differential diagnosis of any child with fever for 4–5 days and compatible clinical and laboratory features. The diagnosis should also be considered in any infant with prolonged fever and compatible laboratory features, even in the absence of the classic clinical signs. Prompt therapy is required, because delayed or unrecognized KD can lead to lifelong heart disease or death in previously healthy children. Most children with KD respond to a single 2 gram/kg dose of intravenous gammaglobulin with oral aspirin, but a small subset require additional therapies to resolve the clinical illness. The goal of therapy is to prevent or reduce coronary artery inflammation and subsequent coronary artery stenoses from thromboses and/or luminal myofibroblastic proliferation.