to review children with kawasaki disease admitted in 17-shahrivar hospital of rasht from 1999 to 2007. we reviewed retrospectively 64 children with kawasaki disease between 1999-2007 admitted in 17-shahrivar hospital of rasht. frequency distributions of variants including age, sex, season, clinical and laboratory manifestations, response to treatment and complications of the patients were abstr...

OBJECTIVE To observe the clinical characteristics of patients with Kawasaki disease whose parent also had the same disorder. DESIGN Cross-sectional study using the data from nationwide surveys of Kawasaki disease in Japan. SETTING All hospitals with a bed capacity of 100 or more and pediatric departments in Japan. PATIENTS All patients described on the 16th and 17th surveys covering the 4...

Background: Cardiac involvement was the major leading cause of death in patients with Kawasaki and IVIG administration reduces cardiac complications. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of cardiovascular complications and duration of fever with regard to the time of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) administration of patients with Kawasaki disease. Methods: This follow...

BACKGROUND Recurrent Kawasaki disease is rare. CASE CHARACTERISTICS An eight-month old infant had classic Kawasaki disease with transient coronary artery dilatation. OBSERVATIONS Recurrence of incomplete Kawasaki disease after two years of initial diagnosis. OUTCOME The index episode of Kawasaki disease was resistant to single infusion of immunoglobulin, while repeat episode responded wit...

conclusions this preliminary study showed that patients with kd and a high kobayashi score are at greater risk of being unresponsive to ivig treatment. further studies, preferably multicenter evaluations, are required in order to understand the exact application of various scoring systems in the management of people with kd in iran. objectives to evaluate the kobayashi scoring system with regar...

background: concerns have been raised about the possibility of a predisposition of kawasaki disease (kd) to abnormal lipid profile after an acute phase of disease, which can predispose them to premature atherosclerosis later in life. we determined the lipid profile of children late after kd, and compared it with controls. methods: this historical cohort was conducted on 32 subjects: 16 children...

background: kawasaki disease is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis mainly affecting children under 5. its etiology is still unknown. kawasaki disease can only be diagnosed clinically as there exists no specific laboratory test that can tell if someone has it. the cardiac complications are, by far, the most important aspect of the disease. this study reports the signs and the symptoms of patie...

OBJECTIVE To explore the diagnostic value of blood N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and interleukin-17(IL-17) for incomplete Kawasaki disease. METHODS Patients with Kawasaki disease, Incomplete Kawasaki disease and unclear infectious fever were included in this retrospective study. Their clinical features, and laboratory test results of blood NT-proBNP and IL-17 were colle...