irritable hip

OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of Lyme infection among children presenting with acute, nontraumatic hip pain in a Lyme… (More)

BACKGROUND The yield of synovial fluid cultures in patients meeting clinical criteria for septic hip arthritis remains low. In… (More)

We present a case report concerning a neuroblastoma of the hip that presented as an irritable hip in a 33-month-old girl. In… (More)

BACKGROUND The differentiation between septic arthritis and transient synovitis of the hip in children can be difficult. The… (More)

BACKGROUND A child who has an acutely irritable hip can pose a diagnostic challenge. The purposes of this study were to determine… (More)

A protocol for the management of irritable hip was assessed; this protocol avoids hospital admission while detecting all other… (More)

Between 1989 and 1992 we admitted 426 children with an irritable hip, 363 (85.2%) once and 63 (14.8%) on 143 occasions. We… (More)

We made a prospective study of 111 children with acute hip pain to assess whether ultrasound can replace traditional radiography… (More)

One hundred fifty patients with 160 irritable hip episodes and 120 patients with Perthes' disease who were treated between 1976… (More)

Three cases are reported which presented as "irritable" or "observation" hips and failed to respond to rest at home and in… (More)