Kawasaki disease: practical guidance on diagnosis and management
Abstract Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis that requires prompt treatment to prevent coronary artery aneurysms and subsequent cardiac complications. This practice point presents guidance on the diagnosis and management of KD, including scenarios with severe disease and high risk for developing coronary artery aneurysms where subspecialty consultation is important.
Authors
- Bianca Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5686-4276)
- Paul Tsoukas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1782-4458)
- Evelyn Rozenblyum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2458-0830)
- Andrea Human (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7888-2806)
- Rosie Scuccimarri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7491-3318)
- Piya Lahiry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1427-4945)
- Mercedes Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8715-5931)
- Peter Wong
- Herman Tam
- Rae S M Yeung
- Jennifer Lee
- Nagib Dahdah
- Audrea Chen
Institutions
- Canadian Paediatric Society (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Paediatrics & Child Health
- Published
- 2026-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxag014
- Primary Topic
- Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00