Kawasaki syndrome and disease

Kawasaki syndrome is a disease also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. It is a vasculitis, sometimes affecting coronary arteries, that tends to occur in infants and children between 1 year and 8 years of age. The most common symptoms are anorexia, hyperemia, oropharyngeal erythema, strawberry tongue, erythematous eruptions, hardening of the hands and feet, desquamation of the fingertips, arthritis, and meningism.

Which are the immediate procedures?

In case of cardiac involvement, it is necessary to maintain respiration and hydrate by fluid infusion. Laboratory tests to be performed are CBC + formula + PLT, ESR, urine, blood glucose, azotemia, electrolytes, Ca, Mg, cratinemia, ECG.

In addition, it is necessary to monitor the patient with a variety of tests, such as echocardiography, scintigraphy, and other laboratory tests.

Source: Mediserve‘s Medical Emergencies in Pediatrics.

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