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Clinical and Laboratory Profile of Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Kawasaki Disease: A Single Centre Cross-Sectional Study.

Anu MaheshwariSameer GulatiVanshika KakkarD R KavyaMeenakshi AggarwalSrikanta BasuDeonath Mahto
Published in: Indian pediatrics (2024)
Nearly one-third of the children with KD had MAS. Clinicians should consider screening all children with KD for MAS at admission. A classification tree based on the presence of myocardial dysfunction, duration of fever > 6 days, ALT levels and hypoalbuminemia can identify MAS in the course of KD.
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