Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of kawasaki disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute multisystem vascular syndrome of unknown etiology that is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children of developed counties.

Objectives

We aimed to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics and clinical manifestations of KD in children residing in the southwest of Iran.

Patients and methods

In this retrospective study, we reviewed the medical records of all children with KD who had been admitted to the main children's hospital of Ahvaz, southwest Iran, from March 2000 to March 2010. Data regarding clinical and epidemiological characteristics, management, and the outcome of disease for each patient were obtained. The patients were divided into cardiac and non-cardiac groups based on echocardiographic results.<

SUBMITTER: Shamsizadeh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4255208 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature