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Kawasaki Disease : Treatments

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Children with Kawasaki disease are admitted to the hospital. Treatment must be started as soon as the diagnosis is made to prevent damage to the coronary arteries and heart.Intravenous gamma globulin is the standard treatment.
Source:ADAM
Date:December 10, 2007
Kawasaki syndrome is usually treated with a combination of aspirin, to control the patient's fever and skin inflammation, and high doses of intravenous immune globulin to reduce the possibility of coronary artery complications. Some patients with...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Kawasaki syndrome is usually treated with a combination of aspirin, to control the patient's fever and skin inflammation, and high doses of intravenous immune globulin to reduce the possibility of coronary artery complications. Some patients with...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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