Highlights from this issue

Writing these notes for the start of the journal, I usually need to decide how focused—or wide ranging—they are going to be. By this, I mean, am I going to write about just one or two articles, or am I going to try to cover all of the journal? This month I'm particularly interested in a pair of papers about Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki disease has an illustrious history in Education and Practice, not least because a paper by Ian Maconochie from the very first issue of this journal1 is still one of our most popular downloads online. Of course, things have come a long way since 2004 in our understanding of this disease, and how to treat it, haven't they? Haven't they? If I summarise the treatment alternatives and Ian's conclusions in 2004, he describes (and of course I grossly simplify): Aspirin good, immunoglobulins good, steroids,...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Immunology (including allergy), Dermatology, Medical humanities Epistle Source Type: research