What paediatricians need to know about the updated 2017 American Heart Association Kawasaki disease guideline

Arch Dis Child. 2020 Jan;105(1):10-12. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315069. Epub 2019 Jul 3.

Authors

Linny K Phuong¹, Katherine Yh Chen^{1

2}, David P Burgner^{1

3}, Nigel Curtis^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 31270091
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315069

No abstract available

Keywords: Kawasaki disease; aspirin; diagnosis; intravenous immunoglobulin; management.

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / diagnosis*
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / therapy
Pediatrics / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Societies, Medical
United States