Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 21.1 Sweling around lateral malleolus of right ankle with MRI of the region and ulcreated positive Mantoux test. (a) The arrow shows swelling and erythema around the lateral malleolus….

Disease status Parameters to be fulfilled per the JIA subcategory Inactive disease No active arthritis No fever, rash, serositis, splenomegaly, or generalized lymphadenopathy attributable to JIA No active uveitis Normal…

Pediatric Adult Triadic or family consultation Dyadic or individual consultation Assumes patient dependence Assumes patient independence Multidisciplinary team Limited multidisciplinary team Consultation time longer Consultation time shorter Procedural pain management…

© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017Sujata Sawhney and Amita Aggarwal (eds.)Pediatric Rheumatology10.1007/978-981-10-1750-6_8 8. Biologic Response Modifiers in Pediatric Rheumatology Alessandro Consolaro1   and Nicola Ruperto2   (1) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genova and Second Division of Pediatrics, Genova,…

Drug Dose (mg/kg/day unless otherwise noted) Maximal dose (mg/day) Doses per day Remarks Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) 80–100 (<25 kg); 2500 mg/m2 (>25 kg) Antiplatelet dose 3–5 mg/kg/day single dose 4900…

Fig. 1.1 An example of recent advances in pediatric rheumatology (From Infevers: an online database for autoinflammatory mutations. Copyright. Available at http://​fmf.​igh.​cnrs.​fr/​ISSAID/​infevers/​. Accessed April 13, 2016) That indeed is progress….

  Chr SNP Best p value OR SNP position PTPN22a 1 rs6679677 3.2 × 10−25 1.59 Intergenic ATP8B2-IL6R 1 11265608 2.8 × 10−8 1.33 Intergenic STAT4 2 Rs10174238 1.3 ×…

Fig. 6.1 An example of a trial with withdrawal design. In part I, patients are treated in an open-label fashion with the experimental therapy. In part II, only responders to…

Publication year Reference Authors District Case ascertainment JIA etc. Max (years) Prev. cases Prev per 100,000 Prev 95 % C.I. A.I.* per 100,000 1992 [3] Andersson Gare and Fasth Southwest…