This document provides clinical recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of Kawasaki disease.
Recommendations for the initial evaluation, treatment in the acute phase, and long-term management of patients with Kawasaki disease are intended to assist physicians in understanding the range of acceptable approaches for caring for patients with Kawasaki disease. The ultimate decisions for case management must be made by physicians in light of the particular conditions presented by individual patients.
Newburger et al. (2004) studied this question.