Characteristics and trends in diagnosis of Kawasaki disease outside the usual age range

ConclusionsThe proportion of KD outside the usual age range did not increase over time. Older and younger children have different clinical and laboratory characteristics.Key Points•The number of patients outside the usual age increased over time, but the proportion of these patients did not increase.• Patients aged 0 to 2 months and ≥ 10 years had more delayed diagnoses in their respective age groups.• Younger children had more cases of incomplete KD and abnormal laboratory parameters, while older children had longer duration of fever and were more difficult to diagnose promptly.
Source: Clinical Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research