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Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Statement for Health Professionals From the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association
PEDIATRICS · 2004 · Vol. 114(6) · pp. 1708–1733
Jane W. Newburger✉Masato TakahashiMichael A. GerberMichael H. GewitzLloyd Y. TaniJane C. BurnsStanford T. ShulmanAnn F. BolgerPatricia FerrieriRobert S. BaltimoreWalter R. WilsonLarry M. BaddourMatthew E. LevisonThomas J. PallaschDonald A. FalaceKathryn A. Taubert
Abstract
Recommendations for the initial evaluation, treatment in the acute phase, and long-term management of patients with Kawasaki disease are intended to assist physicians in understanding the range of acceptable approaches for caring for patients with Kawasaki disease. The ultimate decisions for case management must be made by physicians in light of the particular conditions presented by individual patients.
Kawasaki Disease and Coronary ComplicationsCoronary Artery AnomaliesStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsMedicineKawasaki diseaseHeart diseaseRheumatic feverDiseasePediatricsSystemic vasculitisIntensive care medicineVasculitisSurgery
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AlgorithmsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAspirinChildCoronary AneurysmCoronary ThrombosisEchocardiographyFeverHeart DiseasesHumansMucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromeSteroidsImmunoglobulins, IntravenousCoronary AngiographyRisk Assessment
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