Características de los pacientes con cojera en Reumatología

• Autores: S. Murias, Ana Belén Remesal Escalero, M.J. Quiles, R. Merino
• Localización: Anales de Pediatría: Publicación Oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría ( AEP ), ISSN-e 1696-4608, ISSN 1695-4033, Vol. 76, Nº. 5, 2012, págs. 290-293
• Idioma: español
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  • Characteristics of limping patients in Rheumatology
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  • Introduction Limping is a frequent reason for consultation. Our aim is to describe the characteristics of patients who limp and are evaluated in Rheumatology.

    Material and Methods Cross-sectional study from October 2009 to June 2010. Variables included: epidemiological data, clinical symptoms and laboratory and imaging tests.

    Results A total of 95 patients were studied and classified into four groups according to their diagnosis, inflammatory 22%, infectious 17%, transient hip synovitis 13%, and miscellaneous 48%. There were differences between groups in age (P<0.0001) and arthritis (P<0.0001). In this population, the probability of an infectious/inflammatory limp fulfils the criteria �less than 3 years and fever� was 79% and reached 100% if it was also associated with arthritis.

    Conclusions Clinical evaluation and in particular, age, fever and arthritis seem to be the most relevant data in differentiating infectious/inflammation diagnosis in the child who limps.