Watch the 2020- UCSD KD Parent Symposium (Virtual Event) Annual Kawasaki Disease Parent Symposium hosted by the University of California San Diego, Kawasaki Disease Research Center. The event was held virtually via Zoom. Video Time Stamp Speaker Topic 0:05:15...
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THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN (MIS-C) WITH DR. ADRIANA TREMOULET Summary Four weeks after a COVID exposure, children may not be entirely in the clear. MIS-C is a post-infectious inflammatory state that affects pediatric...
Ask the KD Experts: KD & COVID-19 Update The following update was provided by Jane Burns, M.D. Professor and Director, Kawasaki Disease Research Center. June 23, 2020 1. KD patients who are well, healthy people, with normal functioning hearts...
My son’s fight with Kawasaki disease taught me to trust my instincts (CNN)The latest pandemic news has many parents on edge. If we didn’t have enough to worry about already during this pandemic, parents now have another dire warning...
Rady Re-Evaluating Recent Kawasaki Cases For New Pediatric Illness Tied To Coronavirus San Diego’s Children’s Hospital is reviewing patients it recently treated for Kawasaki disease to determine if they were actually suffering from a similar but rare new illness connected...
Dear KD Parents, There has been a lot of recent media attention regarding a pediatric inflammatory shock syndrome linked to COVID-19 that appears to affect a few patients who share some features of Kawasaki Disease, including coronary artery aneurysms...
Statement to the Media following the 2 May Pediatric Intensive Care-COVID-19 International Collaborative Conference Call With many parents throughout the world wondering about the new information presented by mainstream media regarding COVID-19 and Kawasaki Disease, we wanted to share...
Ask the KD Experts: KD & COVID-19 Latest News Dear KD Parents, We wanted to reach out to provide information and reassurance to our KD parents in light of new information that is emerging about children who develop a...
KD Awareness Advocates: Mckenzie Graham In the Fall of 2019, the Foundation was approached by Mckenzie Graham and her mother who expressed interest in contributing to KD awareness. Mckenzie’s younger sister, Savannah, was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at the...