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Kawasaki disease classification
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Patients whose illness does not meet the diagnostic criteria of Kawasaki disease, but who have fever and coronary artery abnormalities, are classified as atypical or incomplete Kawasaki disease. For patients of atypical or incomplete Kawasaki disease, an evidence of coronary abnormalities or CAAs must be shown on the echocardiogram.
Classification
Classification
- Patients whose illness does not meet the diagnostic criteria of Kawasaki disease, but who have fever and coronary artery abnormalities, are classified as:[1]
- Atypical Kawasaki disease
- Incomplete Kawasaki disease
- For the patients of atypical or incomplete Kawasaki disease, an evidence of coronary abnormalities or CAA’s must be shown on the echocardiogram.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Sánchez-Manubens J, Bou R, Anton J (2014). “Diagnosis and classification of Kawasaki disease”. J. Autoimmun. 48-49: 113–7. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2014.01.010. PMID 24485156.
- ↑ Newburger, J. W.; Takahashi, M.; Gerber, M. A.; Gewitz, M. H.; Tani, L. Y.; Burns, J. C.; Shulman, S. T.; Bolger, A. F.; Ferrieri, P.; Baltimore, R. S.; Wilson, W. R.; Baddour, L. M.; Levison, M. E.; Pallasch, T. J.; Falace, D. A.; Taubert, K. A. (2004). “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. 114 (6): 1708–1733. doi:10.1542/peds.2004-2182. ISSN 0031-4005.
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