Not all Septic Shock is due to infection !
We describe a case of Atypical Kawasaki disease presenting as septic shock in a 3 month old male baby. Atypical Kawasaki disease should be considered in all infants with unexplained fever for > 5 days associated with 2 or 3 of the principal clinical features of Kawasaki disease . Because young in...
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| description | We describe a case of Atypical Kawasaki disease presenting as septic shock in a 3 month old male baby. Atypical Kawasaki disease should be considered in all infants with unexplained fever for > 5 days associated with 2 or 3 of the principal clinical features of Kawasaki disease . Because young infants may present with fever and few clinical features, echocardiography should be considered in any infant aged <6 months with fever of > 7 days’ duration, laboratory evidence of systemic inflammation, and no other explanation for the febrile illness |
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| spelling | doaj.art-465ee5c8f9214d15a282cb6ff06b99a22022-12-21T23:45:39ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pediatric Critical Care2349-65922455-70992014-01-0112727410.21304/2014.0102.00020Not all Septic Shock is due to infection !V S V PrasadWe describe a case of Atypical Kawasaki disease presenting as septic shock in a 3 month old male baby. Atypical Kawasaki disease should be considered in all infants with unexplained fever for > 5 days associated with 2 or 3 of the principal clinical features of Kawasaki disease . Because young infants may present with fever and few clinical features, echocardiography should be considered in any infant aged <6 months with fever of > 7 days’ duration, laboratory evidence of systemic inflammation, and no other explanation for the febrile illnesshttp://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2014;volume=1;issue=2;spage=72;epage=74;aulast=Vincomplete kawasaki diseasethrombocytosiscoronary aneurysm |
| spellingShingle | V S V Prasad Not all Septic Shock is due to infection ! Journal of Pediatric Critical Care incomplete kawasaki disease thrombocytosis coronary aneurysm |
| title | Not all Septic Shock is due to infection ! |
| title_full | Not all Septic Shock is due to infection ! |
| title_fullStr | Not all Septic Shock is due to infection ! |
| title_full_unstemmed | Not all Septic Shock is due to infection ! |
| title_short | Not all Septic Shock is due to infection ! |
| title_sort | not all septic shock is due to infection |
| topic | incomplete kawasaki disease thrombocytosis coronary aneurysm |
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