Flame On! The Hot Mess that is Kawasaki Disease, Toxic Shock Syndrome, and Multi-Inflammatory Syndrome of Children
Pediatric patients presenting with prolonged fever and laboratory signs of inflammation have a broad differential. In addition to the standards, such as viral illness and bacterial infection, we need to consider the inflammatory states of KD, TSS, and the emerging MIS-C. Join us on this journey through the fire and we review these three conditions in a podcast that accompanies a blog post for EMdocs.net.
References
In prolonged fever don’t forget the standard stuff
How common is TSS, how do we diagnose it, and how do we treat it?
Not one, not two, but three reviews of Kawasaki Disease
Adjuvant treatment of KD with steroids and cyclosporin
How do we diagnose MIS-C?