Kawasaki disease: a clinical and epidemiological study of 70 children in Brazil-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Kawasaki disease: a clinical and epidemiological study of 70 children in Brazil

Published:2009-04 Issue:2 Volume:39 Page:99-101
ISSN:0049-4755
Container-title:Tropical Doctor
language:en
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Author:

Magalhães Cristina M R¹²,Vasconcelos Patricia A C¹,Pereira Marne R¹,Alves Natália R M¹,Gandolfi Lenora²,Pratesi Riccardo²

Affiliation:

1. Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Brasilia General Hospital, Federal District Health Department, Brasilia, DF

2. Graduate Programs in Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasilia, DF, Brazil

Abstract

This is a prospective study of a cohort of 70 children with Kawasaki disease (KD) admitted from April 2002 to April 2007 to a tertiary hospital in Brasilia, Brazil. Of the 70 children, only 32 (45.7%) were referred during the acute phase of the disease and only 15 (21.4%) were referred with the correct diagnosis. Coronary aneurysms were detected in 13 (18.5%). A high suspicion index is essential in order to detect new cases as KD is probably underdiagnosed in Brazil and other developing countries, and an early diagnosis will dramatically decrease its life-threatening complications.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/td.2008.080124

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