Retrospective evaluation of 130 cases with Kawasaki disease follow-up in a tertiary care center in Turkey between 1999-2019: a 20-year experience.

Uğur Topçu Nihal Sahin Özlem Kayabey Kadir Babaoglu

Published in: Postgraduate medicine (2024)

The rate of CAL is approximately three times higher in our results than in the Japanese data in recent years. We showed that the time of IVIG administration is the most critical factor for preventing CAL. Wide-ranging studies are needed to decently predict the disease process according to the age and region of patients.

Keyphrases

tertiary care
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
electronic health record
patient reported outcomes
machine learning
deep learning
case control