Minnesota Medicine, Volume 97, Issue 10 (2014-10). pp. 50-51.
Language:
English
Abstract:
The article describes the case of a 3-year-old Hmong boy with late diagnosis of Kawasaki disease. Topics discussed include a table that outlines clinical criteria for diagnosis of Kawasaki disease, patient compliance in cases where index of suspicion for the said disease is high, and the percentage of children with the disease who develop an aneurysm without intravenous immune globulin therapy. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)