Update on Diagnosis and Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. doi.org/10.1161/cir.0000000000001295.

The study included all cases of Kawasaki disease diagnosed in Sweden from 1987 to 2018 (n = 1,774; median age at diagnosis, 2.6 years) in the National Patient Register, each of whom were matched ...

Neil Minkoff, MD: Yes, that’s a common thing. Once there’s a clearer pathway to diagnosis and treatment, all of a sudden disease prevalence seems to go up pretty much across disease states.

Kawasaki disease is a condition that causes inflammation of the blood vessels and mostly affects children under 5 years old. (1,2) Along with several days of fever, symptoms include rash; swollen ...

The American College of Rheumatology and the Vasculitis Foundation have released new guidelines for Kawasaki disease, focusing on diagnostic issues, high-risk patients and convalescent patient ...

Kawasaki disease was first described in the 1960s by Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, a Japanese pediatrician. Although it can occur anywhere in the world, it occurs at a higher rate in Japan.

Kawasaki Disease is little known, but very serious. In the UK & Ireland, research shows a shocking 39% of children under one year affected by Kawasaki Disease develop its most serious ...

The new statement, "Update on Diagnosis and Management of Kawasaki Disease," summarizes the data published since the 2017 American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Kawasaki Disease ...