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Criteria for Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease
Fever of ≥5 days' duration associated with at least 4† of the following 5 changes
Bilateral nonsuppurative conjunctivitis
One of more changes of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, including pharyngeal injection, dry fissured lips, injected lips, and "strawberry" tongue
One or more changes of the extremities, including peripheral erythema, peripheral edema, periungual desquamation, and generalized desquamation
Polymorphous rash, primarily truncal
Cervical lymphadenopathy >1.5 cm in diameter
Disease cannot be explained by some other known disease process
†A diagnosis of Kawasaki disease can be made if fever and only 3 changes are present in conjunction with coronary artery disease documented by two-dimensional echocardiography or coronary angiography.
Source: Nelson's essentials of pediatrics [1]
  1. ^ Behrman, Richard E.; Kliegman, Robert; Karen Marcdante; Jenson, Hal B. (2006). Nelson essentials of pediatrics. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN  1-4160-0159-X.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Criteria for Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease
Fever of ≥5 days' duration associated with at least 4† of the following 5 changes
Bilateral nonsuppurative conjunctivitis
One of more changes of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, including pharyngeal injection, dry fissured lips, injected lips, and "strawberry" tongue
One or more changes of the extremities, including peripheral erythema, peripheral edema, periungual desquamation, and generalized desquamation
Polymorphous rash, primarily truncal
Cervical lymphadenopathy >1.5 cm in diameter
Disease cannot be explained by some other known disease process
†A diagnosis of Kawasaki disease can be made if fever and only 3 changes are present in conjunction with coronary artery disease documented by two-dimensional echocardiography or coronary angiography.
Source: Nelson's essentials of pediatrics [1]
  1. ^ Behrman, Richard E.; Kliegman, Robert; Karen Marcdante; Jenson, Hal B. (2006). Nelson essentials of pediatrics. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN  1-4160-0159-X.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

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