Kawasaki Disease Research Links

Increasing numbers of patients who suffered Kawasaki Disease in childhood are transitioning to the care of adult services where there is significantly less awareness and experience of the condition than in paediatric services. The aim of this document is to provide guidance on the long-term management of patients who have vascular complications of Kawasaki Disease […]

The European Single Hub and Access point for paediatric Rheumatology in Europe initiative aimed to optimize care for children with rheumatic diseases. Kawasaki Disease is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children and an important cause of long-term cardiac disease into adulthood. Prompt diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki Disease is difficult due […]

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.

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

Predictors of intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease

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

‘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?

The importance of considering Kawasaki Disease early in the differential diagnosis.

Incomplete Kawasaki Disease in the Neonate – Case report of Kawasaki Disease in a 15 DAY old boy.

This paper looks at scoring methods to predict responses to IVIG therapy in a Caucasian population