Kawasaki Disease in Adolescents
Kawasaki Disease is most often seen in patients 6 months to 5 years, but that does not exclude other ages. Let us look at presentation of Kawasaki Disease in Adolescents.
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Kawasaki Disease Shock Syndrome
Evaluating and managing the child in SHOCK is certainly challenging. Identifying it (ex, Cap Refill, Shock Index, Lactate level) is challenging. Treating it is also challenging (see, Epi over Dopa). The challenge of determining the cause, though, should not be…
Delayed Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease
Vigilance can be the most difficult part of our job. After being inundated with kids who have all started back to school and swapped their various viruses with one another and now have new fevers (after having just got…
Kawasaki Disease
Kawasaki’s Disease (KD) is a condition that is often thought of while “pimping” students, but in clinical practice it is often quickly disregarded. Unfortunately, KD is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the developed world (surpassing…