For Clinicians

Societi is a young organisation – we celebrated our third birthday in December 2018. As we grow over time, we will extend this section of our website to include even more resources, information and downloadable documents/links.

If you’d like us to include your information on our website, links to relevant academic papers or articles, please contact us.

Learning information and resources for clinicians

Understanding some of the possible longer term issues

A leaﬂet written for parents and carers of children who have been affected by Kawasaki Disease.

TEMPERS! Awareness Raising Leaflet

We are working to make Kawasaki Disease memorable! Download our TEMPERS leaflet to help us do this - and raise awareness of Kawasaki Disease.

General Awareness Raising Poster

Pin this poster in any busy place - from a GP surgery waiting room to your local Post Office - and help us let people know about Kawasaki Disease.

NHS Improvement Service – Patient Safety Alert – Stage One Warning

This is a patient safety alert issued in May 2016 to all NHS Trusts in England. It asked for action from all providers of NHS funded care to assess and act on risks re failure to recognise acute coronary syndromes in Kawasaki Disease patients.

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Kawasaki Disease Research

Kawasaki Disease: a prospective population survey in the UK and Ireland from 2013 to 2015

August 2018

Kawasaki Disease is an increasingly common vasculitis with risk of coronary artery aneurysms. The last UK survey was in 1990. Current epidemiology, treatment patterns and complication rates are unknown. The aim of this study, undertaken across the UK and Ireland, was to address this knowledge gap.

Kawasaki disease: New info to enhance our index of suspicion

May 2018

Every clinician needs a high index of suspicion. This paper contains new information to enhance it.

How to spot zebras – Kawasaki Disease

May 2018

‘When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras’ – the old adage is well-known to GPs but what should you do when faced with a zebra, not a horse?

More research articles and links for clinicians »

Kawasaki Disease Management

Understanding some of the possible longer term issues

A leaﬂet written for parents and carers of children who have been affected by Kawasaki Disease.

Utility of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Acute-Phase Adult-Onset Kawasaki Disease

A Japanese paper describing the use of CCTA to support Kawasaki Disease diagnosis.

NHS Improvement Service – Patient Safety Alert – Stage One Warning

More resources about Kawasaki Disease Management »