Nutritional rickets: beyond the chief complaint.
In the emergency department, opportunities exist for the emergency physician to make a diagnosis beyond the chief complaint. For example, an astute reader of pediatric radiographs may detect signs of rickets on plain films that are obtained for other reasons. Risk factors that should suggest nutritional rickets in an infant include a history of exclusive breast-feeding, time of presentation in late winter or early spring, and a physical examination that reveals pigmented skin.
Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Laurie
L
Hickey
Catherine
C
Cross
Michele Burns
MB
Ewald
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012279:Rickets / Q000175:diagnosis*