Kawasaki Disease or Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department and Inpatient
Goals and Metrics
Goals
For patients with complete Kawasaki disease or incomplete Kawasaki disease:
- Standardize clinical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment
- Standardize admission and discharge criteria
- Provide evidence-based treatment
- Provide patient/family education
- Provide appropriate plan for outpatient follow-up
Metrics
- Length of stay
- Readmissions
- Day of fever that KD diagnosis made
- Day of fever that first dose IVIG administered
- Rate of aneurysms
- Utilization of steroids
- Utilization of Infliximab
- Utilization of IVIG
- Rate of post-hospitalization PCP and specialist follow-up
- Rate of progression of coronary involvement (Z score) on follow-up echocardiogram
- Rate of delayed and/or missed diagnosis