The 5th revised edition of the Kawasaki disease diagnostic guidelines updates criteria to account for early IVIG treatment and atypical presentations.
Clinicians should apply updated Kawasaki disease criteria for early IVIG or atypical cases; extends prior guidelines to improve diagnostic accuracy.
Diagnostic guidelines for Kawasaki Disease was revised to meet the present situation in 2002. This issue intends to explain new guidelines and their backgrounds. Major alterations are interpretation of cases with 4 or fewer febrile days shortened by early intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, and the clinical importance of atypical (incomplete, or suspected) cases.
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