Publication details

Kawasakiho choroba provázená šokem

Title in English Kawasaki shock syndrome
Authors

DOLEŽEL Zdeněk MACKŮ Marie FRÁŇOVÁ Jana SCHÜLLER Marcel HOMOLA Lukáš VÍT Pavel

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Pediatrie pro praxi
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://www.pediatriepropraxi.cz/artkey/ped-202005-0013_kawasakiho_choroba_provazena_sokem.php
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.36290/ped.2020.075
Keywords Kawasaki shock syndrome; heart failure; hypotension; immunoglobulins; corticosteroids
Description Kawasaki disease (KD) was described more than 50 years ago and is still rare in our country. Etiopathogenesis KD has not been elucidated yet and similar findings of auxilliary examinations are missing. KD diagnosis still depends on the sequence of clinical signs that allow the determination of the classical variant of KD, but also the incomplete variant. Occasionally, it has been reported that some KD patients might present hemodynamic instability with severe shock symptoms. Herein we describe our experience with this serious course of KD.

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