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Kawasaki Disease MCQs with Answers

Child Health (Paediatrics) › Paediatric Cardiac · 39 questions on this topic in NurseRank, 6 free to practise now.

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Sample Kawasaki Disease questions

Q1. High-dose aspirin in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease is:

  1. 10–15 mg/kg/day
  2. 200 mg/kg/day
  3. 80–100 mg/kg/day
  4. 3–5 mg/kg/day
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Answer: C. 80–100 mg/kg/day

Aspirin in Kawasaki – high dose 80–100 mg/kg/day in 4 doses until afebrile 48–72 hours, then 3–5 mg/kg/day for 6–8 weeks; indefinitely if coronary abnormality.

Q2. Aschoff bodies in the heart are characteristic of which condition?

  1. Infective endocarditis
  2. Viral myocarditis
  3. Kawasaki disease
  4. Rheumatic carditis
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Answer: D. Rheumatic carditis

Aschoff bodies – nodules in the heart typical of rheumatic carditis; mitral valve is most affected, leading to mitral stenosis.

Q3. On assessment of a child admitted with acute-stage Kawasaki disease, the nurse expects to note which clinical manifestation of the acute stage of the disease?

  1. Cracked lips
  2. Desquamation of the skin
  3. Normal appearance
  4. Conjunctival hyperemia
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Answer: D. Conjunctival hyperemia

Kawasaki disease, also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is an acute systemic inflammatory illness. In the acute stage, the child has a fever, conjunctival hyperemia, red throat, swollen hands, rash, and enlargement of the cervical lymph nodes. In the subacute stage, cracking lips and fissures, desquamation of the skin on the tips of the fingers and toes, joint pain, cardiac manifestations, and thrombocytosis occur. In the convalescent stage, the child appears normal, but signs of inflammation may be present.

Q4. Which laboratory value is consistent with clubbing of Rebecca's finger and toe nails?

  1. Decreased hematocrit
  2. Elevated white blood cell (WBC) count
  3. Elevated red blood cell (RBC) count
  4. Decreased mean corpuscular volume Four-year-old Bobby is admitted to the pediatric unit with Kawasaki disease. Today is the 7th day of fever. Laboratory studies reveal C-reactive protein of 3.1 mg/dL (29.5 mmol/L) and a WBC count of 17,000 mm3 (17 × 109/L)
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Answer: C. Elevated red blood cell (RBC) count

Clubbing occurs with chronic arterial desaturation. Chronic arterial desaturation can result in polycythemia (increased RBCs). This would result in increased hematocrit, not a decrease. Increased WBCs are indicative of infection. Decreased mean corpuscular volume is associated with diseases that may affect formation of the RBCs such as microscopic anemia resulting from iron deficiency. Focus: Prioritization.

Q5. What is the main complication of Kawasaki disease?

  1. Stroke
  2. Renal failure
  3. Mitral stenosis
  4. Coronary artery aneurysm
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Answer: D. Coronary artery aneurysm

Kawasaki – main complication – coronary artery aneurysm (risk of thrombosis and MI); echocardiography at diagnosis and again after 2 weeks.

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They are useful for AIIMS NORCET, RRB, ESIC, CHO, DSSSB and state staff nurse or nursing officer exams, and for NCLEX-style practice.

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