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
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
Factores de riesgo
- ascendência asiática
- 3 meses a 4 anos de idade
- sexo masculino
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
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
Pruebas emergentes
- testes de peptídeos natriuréticos
Algoritmo de tratamiento
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
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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References
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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