Table 4 Clinical phases of Kawasaki disease

Acute phase (first and second week):

- presence of fever and other acute classic signs

Subacute phase (third and fourth week):

- it begins with defervescence and when other acute signs vanish

- irritability, anorexia, and conjunctivitis can still be present

- digital skin desquamation

- thrombocytosis

- coronary artery aneurysms might appear

- in this phase there is a risk of sudden death

Convalescence phase (fifth to eighth week):

- all disease signs and symptoms disappear

- inflammatory indexes return completely to normal

- endothelial dysfunction might cause cardiovascular acute events