Journal article
Incidence and short-term outcomes of Kawasaki disease
Abstract
ObjectiveKawasaki disease (KD) is a childhood vasculitis with conflicting reported North American trends in incidence and patient characteristics. Objectives: (1) determine KD incidence between 1995 and 2017; (2) compare patient characteristics by era and age group; (3) determine complication and cardiovascular follow-up rates.MethodsWe used population-based health administrative data to identify children (0–18 yr) hospitalized with KD in …
Authors
Robinson C; Chanchlani R; Gayowsky A; Brar S; Darling E; Demers C; Klowak J; Knight B; Kuenzig E; Mondal T
Journal
Pediatric Research, Vol. 90, No. 3, pp. 670–677
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 2021
DOI
10.1038/s41390-021-01496-5
ISSN
0031-3998