Kawasaki Disease

Question 1

What is Kawasaki Disease?

Answer 1

Kawasaki disease is a type of vasculitis which is predominately seen in children.

Whilst Kawasaki disease is uncommon it is important to recognise as it may cause potentially serious complications, including coronary artery aneurysms.

Question 2

What type of vascular do Kawasaki tend to affect?

Answer 2

Middle-size arteries, the most important and common one is CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSMS, the main complication

Question 3

Features of Kawasaki Disease?

CRASH

Answer 3

high-grade fever which lasts for > 5 days. Fever is characteristically resistant to antipyretics

conjunctival injection

bright red, cracked lips

strawberry tongue

cervical lymphadenopathy

red palms of the hands and the soles of the feet which later peel

Question 4

Most useful investigation to screen for the complications of Kawasaki disease?

Answer 4

echocardiogram-

as coronary artery aneurysms are a complication of Kawasaki disease so you have to screen using the echodiagram diagram.

Question 5

Management of kawasaki disease

Answer 5

aspirin high dose

intravenous immunoglobulin

Question 6

crash- features of kawasaki disease

Answer 6

Conjunctival injection

polymorphous Rash

lymphAdenopathy

Strawberry tongue

edema of Hands and feet