BACKGROUND Kawasaki disease is an inflammatory condition. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio is a marker reflecting inflammation. AIMS The aim of the study is to evaluate usefulness of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in diagnosis of Kawasaki disease and in prediction of coronary artery lesions. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study. METHODS Seventy-five children with Kawasaki diseas...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine whether left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation indices can detect subclinical abnormalities in Kawasaki disease convalescence. We hypothesized that subclinical myocardial abnormalities due to inflammation represent an early manifestation of the disease that persists in convalescence. BACKGROUND Myocardial inflammation has been descr...

Kawasaki disease is one of the major causes of acquired heart disease of children in developed countries. This study was performed to determine the frequency of cardiac sequelae of kawasaki disease and related risk factors based on a descriptive cross-sectional study between 1994-1999 in the pediatric ward of AI-Zahra Hospital of Isfahan. Out of 45 patients, 29 were male (64.4%) and 16 wer...

It has been 28 years since Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki originally described mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, now known as Kawasaki disease.! First thought to be a benign self-limited febrile illness, Kawasaki disease today is recognized as the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children in the United States. It is almost exclusively an illness of young children about 80 percent of patie...

kawasaki disease is one of the major causes of acquired heart disease of children in developed countries. this study was performed to determine the frequency of cardiac sequelae of kawasaki disease and related risk factors based on a descriptive cross-sectional study between 1994-1999 in the pediatric ward of ai-zahra hospital of isfahan. out of 45 patients, 29 were male (64.4%) and 16 were fem...

Parents worry about meningitis, but few have heard of Kawasaki disease, and most doctors have never seen a case. But Kawasaki disease is an important diagnosis not tomiss in febrile children because treatmentwithin the first 10 days of illness may prevent acute and long term coronary artery damage, which on rare occasions can be fatal. Diagnostic difficulty arises becausemany of the early clini...

INTRODUCTION Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis which occurs primarily in children under the age of 5. The etiology of the disease is still unknown. Diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki disease are fever and at least four of the five additional clinical signs. Incomplete Kawasaki disease should be taken into consideration in case of all children with unexplained fever for more than 5 days, ass...

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic features of Kawasaki disease in China is still not clear. METHODS A questionnaire form and diagnostic guidelines for Kawasaki disease were sent to hospitals in Shanghai, which provided with pediatric medical care. All patients with Kawasaki disease diagnosed during January 1998 through December 2002 were recruited in this study. RESULTS A total of 768 patients with ...