The epidemiology of Kawasaki disease: a global update

S Singh, P Vignesh, D Burgner - Archives of disease in childhood, 2015 - adc.bmj.com
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a childhood vasculitis and the most frequent cause of paediatric
acquired heart disease in North America, Europe and Japan. It is increasingly recognised in …

[HTML][HTML] The global epidemiology of Kawasaki disease: review and future perspectives

MT Lin, MH Wu - Global cardiology science & practice, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Kawasaki disease (KD) is one of the most common childhood vasculitides and may lead to
coronary arterial complications. KD has been reported in more than 60 countries over five …

Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during the covid-19 pandemic in Paris, France: prospective observational study

J Toubiana, C Poirault, A Corsia, F Bajolle… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objectives To describe the characteristics of children and adolescents affected by an
outbreak of Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome and to evaluate a potential …

Epidemiologic features of Kawasaki disease in Shanghai from 2013 through 2017

L Xie, W Yan, M Huang, M Huang, S Chen… - Journal of …, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: We sought to investigate epidemiologic features of Kawasaki disease (KD) in
Shanghai from 2013 through 2017 and identify risk factors for coronary artery lesions (CAL) …

Diagnosis and management of kawasaki disease

A Saguil, M Fargo, S Grogan - American family physician, 2015 - aafp.org
Kawasaki disease is an acute, systemic vasculitis that predominantly affects patients
younger than five years. It represents the most prominent cause of acquired coronary artery …

[HTML][HTML] Reality of Kawasaki disease epidemiology

GB Kim - Korean journal of pediatrics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epidemiologic studies of Kawasaki disease (KD) have shown a new pattern or change of its
occurrence suggestive of its pathophysiology or risk factors from the first patient with KD …

[HTML][HTML] Kawasaki disease: global burden and genetic background

K Elakabawi, J Lin, F Jiao, N Guo, Z Yuan - Cardiology Research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a childhood vasculitides associated with serious coronary artery
lesions. It is the most common cause of pediatric acquired heart disease in developed …

Kawasaki disease

MBF Son, JW Newburger - Pediatrics in review, 2013 - publications.aap.org
1. Clinicians should not dismiss the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease (KD) in children with
symptoms commonly attributed to viral illness. For example, severe headache and …

Kawasaki disease: guidelines of the Italian Society of Pediatrics, part I-definition, epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical expression and management of the acute …

A Marchesi, I Tarissi de Jacobis, D Rigante… - Italian Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
The primary purpose of these practical guidelines related to Kawasaki disease (KD) is to
contribute to prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment on the basis of different specialists' …

Kawasaki disease: epidemiology and the lessons from it

Y Nakamura - International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A half of century has passed since Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki reported his 50 cases with
Kawasaki disease (KD) in 1967. Since then, more than 300 000 cases have been reported …