Journal of Family and Reproductive Health (Nov 2021)

Impact of Early Treatment with High-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin on Incidence of Kawasaki Disease Complications in Iranian Children

  • Alireza Karimi Yazdi,
  • Parvin Akbariasbagh,
  • Yahya Aghighi,
  • Seyyed Reza Raeeskarami,
  • Khadije Toomaj,
  • Sahar Heidari,
  • Shahnaz Alamdari,
  • Leyla Sahebi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18502/jfrh.v15i4.7890
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 4

Abstract

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Objective: Kawasaki disease (KD) occurs in five-year-old or younger children. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin plus acetylsalicylic acid therapy on the prevention and treatment of coronary artery lesions and to evaluate the impact of high-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) on the hearing of the patients. Materials and methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 31 patients with KD were followed from January 2012 to December 2015. The clinical, para-clinical, color Doppler echocardiogram and audiometry results were evaluated. Results: Overall, seven cases (22.6%) developed coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) in the acute phase of the disease, of whom only two still had CAA at the end of the treatment (6%). One of the five children with CAA recovery had a delay in the onset of treatment and one of two patients with persistent CAA at the end of treatment was admitted within the first 10 days. There was no evidence-based abnormal liver biochemical test. None of the patients developed sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) on audiometry tests conducted before and after treatment. Conclusion: Recovery of coronary artery lesions was 71.43% after 28 days of the onset of treatment. The distribution of coronary artery aneurysm was not different in terms of the time of the treatment initiation (P-Value = 0.371). None of the children had a sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) 48 hours and 4 weeks after treatment.

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