Yousra Arab, Ashraf S Harahsheh, Nagib Dahdah, Nermeen El-Kholy, Maysam Y Abed, Sima Y Abu Al-Saoud, Hala M Agha, Fahad Alahmadi, Suad R Alamer, Zainab Al Awadhi, Sulafa Ali, Mohamed T Ali, Hanifa Alrabte, Hesham Al-Saloos, Khalfan S Al-Senaidi, Raed Alzyoud, Najat Awidat, Kenza Bouayed, Asma Bouaziz, Rachida Boukari, Mona M El Ganzoury, Hala M Elmarsafawy, Najat Elrugige, Zohra Fitouri, Alyaa Kotby, Mohamed S Ladj, Mokhtar Bekkar, Pierre Mouawad, Aso F Salih, Mohamed Suleiman, Nadine F Choueiter
Kawasaki disease (KD), the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries, merits conducting detailed studies in Arab countries. We introduce Kawarabi, as a multicenter research collaborative effort dedicated to improving diagnosis, care, and outcome of children and adults with KD in the Arab world. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there emerged a new multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children; a disease similar to KD. This highlighted the challenges that Arab physicians face in diagnosing and managing children with KD and KD-like illnesses...
November 19, 2023: World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery