Dissecting Kawasaki disease: a state-of-the-art review

SM Dietz, D Van Stijn, D Burgner, M Levin… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a pediatric vasculitis with coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) as its
main complication. The diagnosis is based on the presence of persistent fever and clinical …

Diagnosis, Progress, and treatment update of Kawasaki Disease

HC Kuo - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute inflammatory disorder that primarily affects children and
can lead to coronary artery lesions (CAL) if not diagnosed and treated promptly. The original …

Diagnosis of childhood febrile illness using a multi-class blood RNA molecular signature

D Habgood-Coote, C Wilson, C Shimizu… - Med, 2023 - cell.com
Background Appropriate treatment and management of children presenting with fever
depend on accurate and timely diagnosis, but current diagnostic tests lack sensitivity and …

Use of machine learning to differentiate children with Kawasaki disease from other febrile children in a pediatric emergency department

CM Tsai, CHR Lin, HC Kuo, FJ Cheng, HR Yu… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Early awareness of Kawasaki disease (KD) helps physicians administer
appropriate therapy to prevent acquired heart disease in children. However, diagnosing KD …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of machine learning in discriminating Kawasaki Disease and other Febrile illnesses: systematic review and Meta-analysis

J Zhu, F Yang, Y Wang, Z Wang, Y Xiao, L Wang… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - jmir.org
Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute pediatric vasculitis that can lead to coronary
artery aneurysms and severe cardiovascular complications, often presenting with obvious …

A novel score system of blood tests for differentiating Kawasaki disease from febrile children

CM Tsai, CH Chu, X Liu, KP Weng, SF Liu, YH Huang… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Kawasaki disease is the most common cause of acquired heart disease among
febrile children under the age of 5 years old. It is also a clinically diagnosed disease. In this …

Enhancing generalization in a Kawasaki Disease prediction model using data augmentation: Cross-validation of patients from two major hospitals in Taiwan

CS Hung, CHR Lin, JS Liu, SH Chen, TC Hung… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a rare febrile illness affecting infants and young children,
potentially leading to coronary artery complications and, in severe cases, mortality if …

N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide as biomarker for diagnosis of Kawasaki disease

M Rodriguez-Gonzalez, AA Perez-Reviriego… - Biomarkers in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic childhood vasculitis with peculiar tropism for the heart.
Coronary artery aneurysms are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in these …

Promising biomarkers of Kawasaki disease: markers that aid in diagnosis

MMH Guo, HC Kuo - Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Currently the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease is still heavily reliant on clinical
criteria which may be subject to interpretation or mimic other common febrile diseases of …

Single center blind testing of a US multi-center validated diagnostic algorithm for Kawasaki disease in Taiwan

HC Kuo, S Hao, B Jin, CJ Chou, Z Han… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in
children. The major challenge in KD diagnosis is that it shares clinical signs with other …