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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Family and Reproductive Health">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Family and Reproductive Health</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-8949</Issn>
      <Volume>15</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Impact of Early Treatment with High-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin on Incidence of Kawasaki Disease Complications in Iranian Children</title>
    <FirstPage>242</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>247</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Alireza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Karimi Yazdi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Parvin</FirstName>
        <LastName>Akbariasbagh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Yahya</FirstName>
        <LastName>Aghighi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Seyyed Reza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Raeeskarami</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Khadije</FirstName>
        <LastName>Toomaj</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sahar</FirstName>
        <LastName>Heidari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Shahnaz</FirstName>
        <LastName>Alamdari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Leyla</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sahebi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Family Health Research Institute, Maternal-Fetal, and Neonatal Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>24</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">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.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/1756</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/download/1756/580</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
