Evaluation of Epidemiological and Clinical Properties of Kawasaki Disease: A Single Center Experience
RESULTS The study included 72 patients with KD. The male/female ratio was 1.4. The mean age of diagnose was 35±26 months. The most frequent clinical finding was oropharyngeal inflammatory changes (n=64, 89%), and the most rare clinical finding was desquamation in the distal parts of the extremities (n=44, 61%). Coronary artery involvement was detected in 33 (46%) patients, which was higher than the other Asian countries but similar to other studies conducted in Turkey. The most frequently affected vessel was the left coronary artery (n=26, 79%). Coronary artery involvement was higher in males than in females (p<0.05). The clinical type was incomplete KD in 26 (36%) patients. During the study period, the number of the patients per year increased with every passing year. Throughout the study duration of 14 years, the number of newly diagnosed incomplete KD patients increased year by year, (17 patients (65%) were diagnosed in the last 5 years).