title: Emergency Department Point-of-Care Hip Ultrasound and Its Role in the Diagnosis of Septic Hip Arthritis: A Case Report.
abstract: We present a case of an 11-year-old girl with eye swelling and hip pain and the use of point-of-care hip ultrasound (US) to facilitate diagnosis of a septic hip. We review the US technique, sonographic findings, and relevant literature regarding point-of-care hip US.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Services, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; †Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; and ‡Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garrison
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Marin
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003646:Debridement; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents