• Pediatric emergency care · Nov 2020

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    Current Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Incomplete Kawasaki Disease in the Emergency Department.

    • Kimberly A Morishita and Ran D Goldman.
    • From the Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics.
    • Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Nov 1; 36 (11): 537-541.

    AbstractKawasaki disease (KD) is one of the most common vasculitides of childhood and frequently presents to the emergency department. Although the diagnosis of KD is based on clinical criteria, children who do not fulfill the criteria but have sufficient supportive features of KD are diagnosed as having incomplete KD and warrant the same course of therapy as children with classic KD. The diagnosis of incomplete KD is challenging and requires a high index of suspicion. The purpose of this article is to review presenting features of incomplete KD and the diagnostic approach and management of children in the emergency department.

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