The Limping Child - What a Pediatrician Should Know?
Diagnosis of a limping child can be challenging for the clinician given the vast array of conditions that present in this manner. This review article discusses the history, examination and subsequent differential diagnoses that should be considered along with the most appropriate investigations for each diagnosis. The latest evidence regarding choice of investigation to make the clinician's task less onerous is also discussed.
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Dominic
D
O'Dowd
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK. james.fernandes@sch.nhs.uk.
James Alfred
JA
Fernandes
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005684:Gait; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D000072143:Pediatricians
Irritable hip; Limping child; Non accidental injury; SUFE; Septic arthritis