Management of childhood arthritis. Part 2: chronic arthritis

Management of childhood arthritis. Part 2: Chronic arthritis.

Classification Chronic idiopathic arthritis of childhood encompasses a diverse group of disorders. This diversity is reflected in the diVerent classification systems in use in North America and Europe. 2 As concepts have evolved there have been attempts to modify the classification system. This is not just a matter of semantics, but a recognition that it is necessary to develop as much homogene...

Management of childhood arthritis. Part 1: Acute arthritis.

Arthritis in childhood is not uncommon. Estimates of the annual incidence of arthritis vary widely, but for all forms of chronic arthritis it is probably between 5 and 10 per 100 000 children aged 16 years or younger. 2 Acute forms of arthritis are perhaps four times more common. Most paediatricians will therefore see several patients with arthritis each year. The aim of this paper and part 2 o...

childhood arthritis: rate of different types

to determine the rate of different types of arthritis in children. we prepared a retrospective descriptive study and included the whole 100 cases of arthritis referred to 17-shahrivar hospital, rasht, guilan during a 3 years period. using their medical files, data including age, sex, season of admission, history of trauma, signs and symptoms, lab findings and duration of hospitalization were co...

Undifferentiated arthritis: predictive factors of persistent arthritis and treatment decisions

A number of patients with inflammatory arthritis due to inadequate clinical or laboratory data do not fulfill diagnostic criteria for a clinical disease categories. These patients with initial diagnosis of undifferentiated arthritis (UA) may remit or progress to a definite well- defined condition such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or remain as UA with persistence of inflammatory arthritis. The m...

Chronic Arthritis