Características de los pacientes con cojera en Reumatología
- Murias, S.
- Remesal Escalero, Ana Belén
- Quiles, M.J.
- Merino, R.
ISSN: 1695-4033, 1696-4608
Año de publicación: 2012
Volumen: 76
Número: 5
Páginas: 290-293
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Anales de Pediatría: Publicación Oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría ( AEP )
Resumen
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.