Effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin alone and intravenous immunoglobulin combined with high-dose aspirin in the acute stage of Kawasaki disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Auteurs principaux: Ho-Chang Kuo (Auteur), Mindy Ming-Huey Guo (Auteur), Mao-Hung Lo (Auteur), Kai-Sheng Hsieh (Auteur), Ying-Hsien Huang (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Abstract Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis most commonly seen in children under 5 years old. High-dose aspirin is often administered, but the duration of such treatment varies. Many centers reduce the aspirin dose once the patient is afebrile, even before treat...