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In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] writes >On 19 Nov 96 at 0:50, David Evans wrote: > > >> A quick search on Medline gave an incidence in the under 5s of between >> 4 and 6 per 100,000 per year. Off the top of my head I'd guess our >> practice of just under 10,000 has 600 under fives, which gives a rate >> of 1 case every 28 years! According to two other papers, the mortality >> rate is only 4 per 1000 amongst those diagnosed as having it. >> >> >I saw one case about 15 years ago and then about 5 years ago I saw >several cases within about 2 months that I thought were very suspicous enough to >convince >the consultants. Later on I found out that there had been an >"epidemic" of about 30 cases in the region which has several hundred >doctors. I have not seen any cases that made me suspicous since then. > >Considering the cases that I saw makes me think that the disease >could easily be missed and the incidence vastly under reported. > >Ray Simkus >[log in to unmask] >1-604-530-1181 voice >1-604-530-5609 fax 9.15 tuesday morn, first case ofcould it be Kawasaki. Entirely predictable for this mum. -- Steve Brown %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%