title: Population-based study of Kawasaki disease shock syndrome in Taiwan.
abstract: By using a National Health Insurance database, we investigated the occurrence of Kawasaki disease (KD) shock syndrome in Taiwan. KD shock syndrome occurred most frequently in winter, and the incidence was 1.45 per 100 patients with KD. Compared with KD patients without shock, KD shock syndrome patients were older, more likely to develop coronary lesions (15.9% vs. 7.0%) and had longer hospitalization duration.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and Medical College, National Taiwan University, Taipei; †Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-chu Branch, Hsinchu City; and ‡Taiwan Bureau of National Health Insurance, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ming-Tai
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chun-Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: San-Kuei
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shin-Chung
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Mei-Hwan
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012769:Shock / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult