Table 2 Clinical features and laboratory findings in responders and non responders patients
From: Kawasaki disease in Sicily: clinical description and markers of disease severity
Responders | Non responders | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Cardiac involvement | 50 % (28/56) | 71 % (10/14) | p < 0.05 |
Age | 2.34 ± 1.92 years | 2.17 ± 1.80 years | p = NS |
First dose of IVIG < 5 days | 5/56 (9 %) | 4/14 (29 %) | p < 0.05 |
Hyponatraemia (< 133 mEq/L) | 23/56 (41 %) | 11/14 ( 79 %) | p < 0.05 |
D-dimer (ng/ml) pre-IVIG | 818 ± 666 | 1342 ± 898 | p < 0.05 |
D-dimer (ng/ml) post-IVIG | 635 ± 545 | 1073 ± 1011 | p < 0.05 |