The management strategy for late preterm infants should be individualized, based on apnea and hypoglycemia. The respiratory state of late preterm infants should be monitored for at least 2 days, and they should be screened for hypoglycemia on postnatal day 0.
The RF classifier reliably identified KD patients at high risk for IVIG resistance, presenting clinical markers relevant to treatment failure. Evaluation in other patient populations is required to determine whether this risk assessment tool relying on RF has clinical value.
IVIG treatment by day 4 of illness is associated with the requirement for additional treatment even after adjustment of baseline characteristics. Increased resistance to IVIG when given by day 4 should be considered in order to improve the treatment regimen for early-diagnosed KD.
Persistent fever and elevated CRP after initial IVIG are predictive of non-response to rescue therapy for refractory KD. For patients at high risk of non-response, IVIG plus prednisolone, or even further intensified rescue therapy regimens may be preferable.
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