title: Spectrum of kawasaki disease.
abstract: The authors report 22 patients of Kawasaki disease, diagnosed and treated over a period of 3 years at a tertiary care centre in New Delhi. Ten cases fullfiled the criteria of a "classical" case while 12 cases were "incomplete" cases. Echocardiography was performed in all cases and coronary artery involvement was found in 8 (36%) cases. All cases received high dose Intravenous Immunoglobulins (IVIG) as standard therapy. In two cases, a repeat dose of IVIG was required for defervescence to occur. All cases recovered after therapy. Those with coronary artery involvement were planned for a 2 years follow up from the time of diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pediatrics, Max Super-Specialty Hospital, New Delhi, India. meghaconsul@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Megha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Consul
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taneja
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D007155:Immunologic Factors