Key result
Aggressive multimodal therapy rescues a critically ill 19-month-old with Kawasaki disease and giant coronary aneurysms.
Why the study?
Kawasaki disease is an acute systemic vasculitis in young children that can cause coronary aneurysms, thrombosis, myocardial infarction, and sudden death if diagnosis is delayed.
Population
One 19-month-old male presenting with sudden cardiac arrest from Kawasaki disease
Design
Case report and review of literature
Authors
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May support intensive multimodal therapy in rare severe Kawasaki arrest cases; hypothesis-generating, should not yet change practice.
Early suspicion and aggressive multimodal therapies, including continuous renal replacement therapy and therapeutic plasma exchange, can yield favorable survival and neurological outcomes in children presenting with cardiac arrest due to severe, delayed-diagnosis Kawasaki disease.
Dat et al. (2025) studied this question. Early recognition and aggressive management of Kawasaki disease with giant coronary aneurysms improved survival and neurological outcomes in a critically ill 19-month-old patient.
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