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A one-year-old child with Kawasaki disease was treated with aspirin and corticosteroids as the initial therapy.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report discusses the controversial use of corticosteroids alongside aspirin as initial therapy for Kawasaki disease in a one-year-old child.
May support initial corticosteroids in infantile Kawasaki disease; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
Kawasaki disease (KD), is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the developed world. The use of aspirin and intravenous immunoglobulin as the initial therapy in KD is the standard of care, as they reduce the incidence of coronary artery aneurysms, the major cardiac morbidity from this disease. The place of corticosteroids in the initial therapy is; however, controversial. We describe the course of a one-year-old child with Kawasaki disease who was treated with aspirin and corticosteroids as the initial therapy, and discuss pertinent issues.
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A 2014 study conducted a case report in Kawasaki disease (n=1). Aspirin and corticosteroids was evaluated. A one-year-old child with Kawasaki disease was treated with aspirin and corticosteroids as the initial therapy.
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