Child with fever, rash, and abnormal gait

Ojukwu, Elizabeth; Anderson, JR; Orandi, Amir B.

doi:10.1002/emp2.12069

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“…Any history of acute trauma is prone to the diagnoses of fractures, intraarticular injury, strain, and sprains. Gradual worsening of the symptoms without a history of trauma, in the presence of fever or chills, indicates infection and inflammatory process, and without fever or chills is suspicious to stress fractures [9] [10] [11] [12] [13].…”

Section: Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Orthopedic Approach to a Child with a Limp: A Step-by-Step Review Article

Shirbache,

Ilharreborde,

Shirbacheh

et al. 2023

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This article explains the orthopedic approach to limping in children. This is a review article including a selected collection of new articles extracted from PubMed and Google Scholar searched for clinical points and beneficial approaches to limping children. In this paper, limping is divided into two categories, painful and painless. After stating the important points in the patient's medical history and explaining specific examinations in this area, different gait types in children are explained and the best evaluation method for them is presented. Then, paraclinical examinations and imaging are described in a practical evaluation, high-risk etiologies of limping such as infections, tumors, and fractures are explained in detail and red flags are considered at each step. The algorithms and the list of differential diagnoses for each age group are included, which can provide physicians with a more comprehensive approach to limping in children.

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Section: Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Preceding history of pharyngitis could indicate transient synovitis, acute rheumatic fever or migratory polyarthralgia as probable causes of limping. History of insect bites or travelling to rural areas indicates the possibility of Lyme disease [10] [11].…”

Section: Historymentioning

confidence: 99%