The role of age-specific N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide cutoff values in predicting intravenous immunoglobulin resistance in Kawasaki disease: a prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Shuran Shao (Author), Chunyan Luo (Author), Kaiyu Zhou (Author), Yimin Hua (Author), Mei Wu (Author), Lei Liu (Author), Xiaoliang Liu (Author), Chuan Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The prediction of resistance to intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) is currently still one of the main research areas in Kawasaki disease (KD). Several studies have reported on the use of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-ProBNP) to this end. However, considering the ag...