KAWASAKI DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
Kawasaki is also called Muco Cutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome or MCLNS
A child showing characteristic "strawberry tongue" seen in Kawasaki disease
Diagnostic criteria are
MCLNS
Kawasaki is also called Muco Cutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome or MCLNS
A child showing characteristic "strawberry tongue" seen in Kawasaki disease
Diagnostic criteria are
- Fever for MORE THAN 5 days
- AND at least 4 of the following 5 criteria
MCLNS
- M = Mucous membrane changes: injected pharynx, strwberry tongue, injected dry cracked lips
- C = Conjunctivitis: non purulent and bilateral
- L = Limb changes: edema, erythema and periungueal desquamation
- N = Nodes enlargement in the Neck: usulally > 1.5 cm in diameter
- S = Scarlattiniform rash
VACTERL Association
Nonrandom association of
V = Vertebral defects
A = Anal atresia (imperforate anus)
C = Cardiac defects (VSD and others)
T = TE fistula
E = Esophageal atresia
R = Renal defects
L = Limb defects (radial)
Nonrandom association of
V = Vertebral defects
A = Anal atresia (imperforate anus)
C = Cardiac defects (VSD and others)
T = TE fistula
E = Esophageal atresia
R = Renal defects
L = Limb defects (radial)
