September 2012. Volume 8. Number 3

Additional use of prednisolone improves coronary artery outcomes in patients with severe Kawasaki disease

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Kobayashi T, Saji T, Otani T, Takeuchi K, Nakamura T, Arakawa H, et al; RAISE study group investigators. Efficacy of immunoglobulin plus prednisolone for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in severe Kawasaki disease (RAISE study): a randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoints trial. Lancet. 2012;379:1613-20.
Reviewers: Molina Arias M1, González de Dios J2.
1Servicio de Gastroenterología y Nutrición. Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.
2Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. España.
Correspondence: Manuel Molina Arias. Email: mma1961@gmail.com
Reception date: 03/07/2012
Acceptance date: 24/07/2012
Publication date: 01/08/2012

Abstract

Author's conclusions: addition of prednisolone to the standard treatment of immunoglobulin and aspirin improves coronary artery outcomes in patients with severe Kawasaki disease in Japan.

Reviewers' conclusiones: findings from this trial show that early use of prednisolone and its maintenance in patients with severe Kawasaki disease might effectively control inflammation and vasculitis before failure of standard treatment occurs.

How to cite this article

Molina Arias M, González de Dios J. El uso adicional de prednisolona disminuye las anomalías coronarias en la enfermedad de Kawasaki grave. Evid Pediatr. 2012;8:55.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Kobayashi T, Saji T, Otani T, Takeuchi K, Nakamura T, Arakawa H, et al; RAISE study group investigators. Efficacy of immunoglobulin plus prednisolone for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in severe Kawasaki disease (RAISE study): a randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoints trial. Lancet. 2012;379:1613-20.
Reviewers: Molina Arias M1, González de Dios J2.
1Servicio de Gastroenterología y Nutrición. Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.
2Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. España.
Correspondence: Manuel Molina Arias. Email: mma1961@gmail.com
Reception date: 03/07/2012
Acceptance date: 24/07/2012
Publication date: 01/08/2012

How to cite this article

Molina Arias M, González de Dios J. El uso adicional de prednisolona disminuye las anomalías coronarias en la enfermedad de Kawasaki grave. Evid Pediatr. 2012;8:55.

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