title: A study on the optimal dose of aspirin therapy in Kawasaki disease--clinical evaluation and arachidonic acid metabolism.
abstract: Aspirin is the basic treatment for Kawasaki disease, however its optimal dose is controversial. We investigated the therapeutic efficacy of high-dose (100 mg/kg/day, n = 30) versus low-dose (30 mg/kg/day, n = 30) aspirin. Duration of fever, transaminase, plasma thromboxane B2 (TxB2) and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha (PGF1 alpha) levels were compared before enrollment and on days 4, 7 and 14. In the high-dose group, duration of fever was significantly shorter than that of low-dose group (3.2 +/- 1.8 versus 5.4 +/- 4.3 days, p less than 0.05), however, serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase levels were elevated (157.4 +/- 187.7 versus 48.0 +/- 58.2I.U./liter, p less than 0.005). No differences in the incidence of coronary artery lesions were observed (5 of 30 versus 7 of 30). Plasma TxB2 production was completely blocked in both groups, plasma 6-keto-PGF1 alpha levels in the high-dose group on day 14 was lower than that in the low-dose group (39 +/- 26 versus 160 +/- 207 pg/ml, p less than 0.05). This latter observation suggest that high-dose therapy may be disadvantageous as anti-thrombotic treatment, and supports the notion that low dose therapy is safe in the acute stage of Kawasaki disease.
authors: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
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authors: T
authors: Akagi
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kato
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authors: O
authors: Inoue
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authors: Sato
mesh_terms: D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000097:blood; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D001241:Aspirin