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August 27, 2026RheumatoOpen Access

Kawasaki Disease: Contemporary Clinical Approaches and Challenges

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WCWinnie Kwai Yu Chan

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Overview

Clinical review highlights diagnostic challenges and therapeutic strategies for Kawasaki disease in children, emphasizing early intervention to prevent lifelong coronary artery complications.

Key Points

  • To review the clinical spectrum, diagnostic complexities, therapeutic management strategies, and emerging biomarker developments in Kawasaki disease.
  • Narrative review summarizing current clinical approaches, diagnostic criteria, and risk scores for Kawasaki disease.
  • Evaluation of primary treatment regimens, strategies for refractory cases, and ongoing etiopathogenesis research.
  • Prompt administration of intravenous immunoglobulin and aspirin serves as the cornerstone of therapy to reduce coronary artery inflammation.
  • Clinical risk prediction scores aid in early identification of treatment resistance, while emerging research explores epigenetic markers, immune profiles, and gut microbiome interactions.

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Winnie Kwai Yu Chan (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fe9da10c91c1e92621df2https://doi.org/10.3390/rheumato6030020
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