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Doença de Kawasaki

Última revisão: 15 Jan 2026
Última atualização: 07 Nov 2025

Resumo

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • erupção cutânea polimorfa
  • hiperemia conjuntival
  • mucosite
  • alterações cutâneas nos membros periféricos
  • linfonodos cervicais aumentados
  • aneurismas da artéria coronária
  • febre e irritabilidade extrema
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • pericardite com efusão
  • insuficiência cardíaca congestiva
  • dor na articulação ou edema
  • rouquidão
  • manifestações neurológicas
  • manifestações gastrointestinais
  • manifestações urológicas
  • outras manifestações dermatológicas
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Factores de riesgo

  • ascendência asiática
  • 3 meses a 4 anos de idade
  • sexo masculino
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • Hemograma completo
  • velocidade de hemossedimentação (VHS)
  • proteína C-reativa sérica
  • ecocardiograma
  • testes séricos da função hepática
  • urinálise
  • eletrocardiograma
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • radiografia torácica
  • ultrassonografia da vesícula biliar
  • ultrassonografia dos testículos
  • punção lombar
  • angiografia por tomografia computadorizada
  • angiografia por ressonância magnética (ARM)
  • cateterismo cardíaco e angiografia
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Pruebas emergentes

  • testes de peptídeos natriuréticos

Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

apresentação ≤10 dias a partir do início; ou apresentação >10 dias do início com evidências de inflamação contínua

apresentação >10 dias do início sem evidências de inflamação contínua

En curso

após o episódio inicial: Z-score sempre <2; sem comprometimento em nenhum momento

após o episódio inicial: Z-score ≥2.0 a <2.5; apenas dilatação

após episódio inicial: Z-score ≥2.5 a <5.0; aneurisma pequeno

após o episódio inicial: Z-score ≥5 a <10 (com dimensão luminal absoluta <8 mm); aneurisma médio

após episódio inicial: Z-score ≥10 ou diâmetro luminal absoluto ≥8 mm; aneurisma grande ou gigante

Colaboradores

Autores

Paul Brogan, BSc(Hon), MBChB(Hon), FRCPCH, MSc, PhD

Professor of vasculitis

University College London

London

UK

Divulgaciones

PB is chief investigator of the KDCAAP trial, results pending; trustee of Societi, a patient KD organisation; and is an author of several references cited in this topic.

Kirsty McLellan, BMedSci, MBChB, MRCPCH

Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Rheumatology

Great Ormond Street Hospital

London

UK

Divulgaciones

KM declares she has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Dr Paul Brogan and Dr Kirsty McLellan would like to gratefully acknowledge Professor Abraham Gedalia and Dr James Krulisky, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

AG declares that he has no competing interests. JK declares that he is a paid consultant for Axia Medical Solutions, a small skincare company from Carlsbad, CA.

Revisores por pares

Michael Levin, null

Professor of International Child Health

Imperial College London

London

Disclosures

ML declares that he has no competing interests.

Kirsten Bourke Dummer, MD

Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital

San Diego

CA

Disclosures

KBD declares that she has no competing interests.

David Burgner, BSc(Hons), MBChB, MRCP, MRCPCH, FRACP, DTMH, PhD

Principal Research Fellow

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

The Royal Children’s Hospital

Victoria

Australia

Disclosures

DB has received competitive research funding from the National Heart Foundation Australia and from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research of the Singapore Government. He is co-inventor on a patent related to diagnostics submitted through the Genome Institute of Singapore.

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Key articles

McCrindle BW, Rowley AH, Newburger JW, et al; American Heart Association. Diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of Kawasaki disease: a scientific statement for health professionals from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2017 Apr 25;135(17):e927-99.Full text  Abstract

de Graeff N, Groot N, Ozen S, et al. European consensus-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Kawasaki disease - the SHARE initiative. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Apr 1;58(4):672-82.Full text  Abstract

Jone PN, Tremoulet A, Choueiter N, et al. Update on diagnosis and management of Kawasaki disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2024 Dec 3;150(23):e481-500.Full text  Abstract

Gorelik M, Chung SA, Ardalan K, et al. 2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation guideline for the management of Kawasaki disease. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Apr;74(4):538-48. Abstract

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