Open AccessPrimary Treatment of Kawasaki Disease with Corticosteroids
Author(s) -
Shubham Singhal,
Devendra Mishra,
Sumod Kurien,
Monica Juneja
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/7076.4366
Subject(s) - kawasaki disease , medicine , aspirin , incidence (geometry) , disease , heart disease , pediatrics , artery , surgery , cardiology , intensive care medicine , physics , optics
Kawasaki disease (KD), is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the developed world. The use of aspirin and intravenous immunoglobulin as the initial therapy in KD is the standard of care, as they reduce the incidence of coronary artery aneurysms, the major cardiac morbidity from this disease. The place of corticosteroids in the initial therapy is; however, controversial. We describe the course of a one-year-old child with Kawasaki disease who was treated with aspirin and corticosteroids as the initial therapy, and discuss pertinent issues.