Resumen de Características de los pacientes con cojera en Reumatología

S. Murias, Ana Belén Remesal Escalero, M.J. Quiles, R. Merino

• Introduction Limping is a frequent reason for consultation. Our aim is to describe the characteristics of patients who limp and are evaluated in Rheumatology.

  Material and Methods Cross-sectional study from October 2009 to June 2010. Variables included: epidemiological data, clinical symptoms and laboratory and imaging tests.

  Results A total of 95 patients were studied and classified into four groups according to their diagnosis, inflammatory 22%, infectious 17%, transient hip synovitis 13%, and miscellaneous 48%. There were differences between groups in age (P<0.0001) and arthritis (P<0.0001). In this population, the probability of an infectious/inflammatory limp fulfils the criteria �less than 3 years and fever� was 79% and reached 100% if it was also associated with arthritis.

  Conclusions Clinical evaluation and in particular, age, fever and arthritis seem to be the most relevant data in differentiating infectious/inflammation diagnosis in the child who limps.