Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features and epidemiologic pattern of Kawasaki disease(KD) in Seoul metropolitan area for the 9-year-period.
Methods : An epidemiologic survey on KD was retrospectively performed. The...
Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features and epidemiologic pattern of Kawasaki disease(KD) in Seoul metropolitan area for the 9-year-period.
Methods : An epidemiologic survey on KD was retrospectively performed. The questionnaire was sent to 3 hospitals including Seoul Paik hospital, Sanggye Paik hospital and Ilsan Paik hospital, and obtained data were analyzed.
Results : Data from a total of 1,297 cases were collected. The male-to-female ratio was 1.33:1(741:556), and the mean age of onset was 32.2 months. The monthly number of patients was slightly higher in May, June and December. There was no sibling case and rate of recurrence cases was 2.31%(30/1,297), and the proportion of patients with KD among total hospitalized pediatric patients was 2.05%. Coronary arterialu..A) abnormalities were detected at follow-up by echocardiogram in 17.2%(204/1,185) of cases including 0.76% of aneurysms.
Conclusion : Comparing with the data of the KD patients in Korea(1.48%), our data of 1,297 KD patients area showed higher proportion of patients with KD among total hospitalized pediatric patient(2.05%).