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.
Tag persistent fever
Rat Bite Fever in Children
I often think of our medical knowledge as a collection of cross-referenced manilla folders that are stored in giant drawers in a large web of neurons. In the beginning, those folders have labels but are filled with sparse information. Through…
Fever of Unknown Origin
Fever is one of the most common chief complaints in the Peds ED. We are all very accustomed to the common considerations (ex, UTI, Croup, Bronchiolitis, Appendicitis, and Sinusitis). We also know there are “zebras” that may try to trample us (ex, Kawasaki’s, Myocarditis,…
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…