Kawasaki diseaseKawasaki Disease can be easy to diagnose when you have the pediatric patient, who presents with all 5 of the classic clinical findings. What happens when you have the prerequisite fever for ≥5 days, but only 2-3 clinical criteria?

  • What ARE the 5 classic findings?
  • When do you do waitful watching?
  • When do you perform an echo?
  • When do you treat empirically?

Check out the nice flowchart below which addresses these questions. They summarize the most recent (2004) American Heart Association’s consensus group’s recommendations.

PV Card: Kawasaki Disease (AHA 2004)


Adapted from [1] Go to ALiEM (PV) Cards for more resources.

Reference

  1. Newburger J, Takahashi M, Gerber M, et al. Diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of Kawasaki disease: a statement for health professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association. Circulation. 2004;110(17):2747-2771. [PubMed]
Michelle Lin, MD

Michelle Lin, MD

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Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
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Michelle Lin, MD