Clinical characteristics of Kawasaki disease with pulmonary radiographic abnormalities and its impact on the incidence of coronary artery lesions: a randomized retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of Kawasaki disease (KD) in patients demonstrating pneumonia-like changes and pulmonary complications, as well as the subsequent impact on coronary artery lesions, by comparing them with those of KD patients with normal pulmonary imaging.

Method

From January 1, 2013 to October 1, 2022, this study included paediatric patients diagnosed with KD who were registered in the KD database at Yuying Children's Hospital affiliated with Wenzhou Medical University. Patients were divided into three distinct groups based on the presence and severity of abnormalities observed via lung imaging. We first compared the demographic and clinical characteristics across these groups. The imaging characteristics of KD patients w

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11839633 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature