Comparison of acute phase reactant levels of Kawasaki disease patients who visited with less than 5 days duration of fever and with 5 days or longer

Comparison of acute phase reactant levels of Kawasaki disease patients who visited with less than 5 days duration of fever and with 5 days or longer

Purpose Kawasaki disease (KD) is a common, acute systemic vasculitis in children. Acute phase reactants (APRs) have been used to assist diagnosis, and to predict outcome in children with KD. However, it remains unknown on levels of APRs depending on duration of fever. We aimed to compare APR levels...

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Main Authors: Hyun Jeong Do, Jin Hee Jeong, Dong Hoon Kim, Tae Yun Kim, Changwoo Kang, Soo Hoon Lee, Sang Bong Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2019-06-01
Series:Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal
Subjects:
blood platelets
c-reactive protein
fever
leukocyte count
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Online Access:http://pemj.org/upload/pdf/pemj-2018-00304.pdf

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