Historically, synovial fluids have been classified as noninflammatory (WBC count 50-1000), inflammatory (WBC count 1000-75,000), septic (WBC count>100,000), or hemorrhagic. However, septic synovial fluid can have cell counts as low as a few thousand early in the infectious process; thus, differentiation of inflammatory and septic joints is not truly possible...

Infective arthritis may represent a direct invasion of joint space by various microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, mycobacteria, and fungi. Reactive arthritis, a sterile inflammatory process, may be the consequence of an infectious process located elsewhere in the body. Although any infectious agent may cause arthritis, bacterial pathogens are the most...

Septic arthritis in infancy and childhood is a true clinical emergency. Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis can result in disastrous complications, including complete destruction of the articular cartilage and the underlying epiphysis, loss of the adjacent growth plate, and dislocation of the joint. With prompt treatment,...

Septic arthritis is inflammation of a synovial membrane with purulent effusion into the joint capsule, usually due to bacterial infection. This disease entity also is referred to in the literature as bacterial, suppurative, purulent, or infectious arthritis. Septic arthritis is a rather rare but important disease that typically affects monoarticular joints....

Definition Septic arthritis is a common destructive arthropathy that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment to avoid the significant morbidity that results from the loss of a joint. Therefore, it should be strongly considered in the differential diagnosis of monoarticular disease. Diagnosis Traditionally, the diagnosis of septic arthritis was based on clinical assessment and...

Gout and pseudogout are the 2 most common crystal-induced arthropathies. They are debilitating illnesses in which pain and joint inflammation are caused by the formation of crystals within the joint space. Gout is inflammation caused by monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU) crystals.
Pseudogout is inflammation caused by calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals and is...

Optimal surgical management of the unicompartmental osteoarthritic knee has eluded the orthopedist for decades. McKeever is credited with recognizing that arthritis of the knee could be unicompartmental in nature. Treatment options for medial compartment arthritis have varied extensively, including valgus unloading braces; opening or closing wedge osteotomies of the proximal...

Patellofemoral arthritis usually affects the same patient population affected by arthritis of other joints. Increasing age, obesity, overuse, chronic joint instability, prior interarticular fractures, and systemic inflammatory conditions are risk factors for the development of arthritis in the hip, knee, patella, and other weight-bearing joints. Patellofemoral arthritis can also occur...

OTA 2002 - Session 5 Session V - Foot and Ankle Sat., 10/12/02 Foot & Ankle, Paper #31, 9:16 AM Operative Management of Talar Neck Fractures: Outcomes and the Effect of Timing Heather A. Vallier, MD ; Sean E. Nork, MD; David P. Barei, MD; Stephen K. Benirschke, MD; Bruce J....

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative condition in which the articular cartilage on the surfaces of the bones that form joints progressively deteriorates. The terms osteoarthrosis and OA are often used interchangeably. Although inflammation is generally absent in this degenerative condition, most physicians commonly refer to it as OA. Hence, this...

Although modern medicine has been successful in managing infection and saving victims of multiple trauma, healthcare providers have offered little relief to individuals with chronic diseases, such as arthritis. Many patients with arthritis are seeking help with disease management from alternative therapies. When used along with allopathic medicine, these therapies...

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Scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) of the wrist is the most common pattern of degenerative arthritis in the wrist. Watson and Ballet coined the term SLAC wrist in 1984. Findings of bilateral SLAC wrist on a prehistoric skeleton provide paleopathological evidence of the existence of this disease 7000 years ago. The...

Answers questsion related to how arthritis affects the body, managment,treatment, and types of arthritis and some statistics on who gets arthritis.

Material meant for parents of a child with arthritis. Includes facts about juvenile arthritis, diagnosis, evaluation, management, treatment, and coping. Separate section on juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Gout is an inflammatory arthritis caused by cellular reaction to uric acid crystal deposition. Usually, gout is hyperacute in presentation, but it may progress to chronic arthritis or even present as chronic arthritis. Diagnosis is based on identification of causative crystals or classic radiographic findings but is not based on...

The differential diagnoses of a limp in a child are broad. Normal age-related gait must first be differentiated from gait impairment. Once gait impairment is identified, differential diagnoses are narrowed as the history and physical examination findings begin to suggest a source for the limp. In many instances, a diagnosis...

Bombay Hospital Journal Volume 44 No.1, January 2002
JD Jagiasi, S Aiyer, JV Patankar, AB Goregaonkar
Septic Arthritis in newborn Babies is a well-known entity. If not treated at the right time can cause disasters. We present here a series of eight new born babies (six hips, one knee and one shoulder)...

From Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Osteomyelitis/Septic Arthritis Caused by Kingella kingae Among Day Care Attendees - Minnesota, 2003 Posted 04/05/2004 Content Kingella kingae is a fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus that colonizes the respiratory and oropharyngeal tract in children. K. kingae occasionally causes invasive disease, primarily osteomyelitis/septic arthritis in young children, bacteremia...

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OTA 2002 - Session 10 Session X - Upper Extremity Sun., 10/13/02 Upper Extremity, Paper #71, 11:19 AM *Health Status after Wrist Arthrodesis for Posttraumatic Arthritis Lauren P. Adey, MD; David C. Ring, MD ; Jesse B. Jupiter, MD; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (a-AO Foundation) Background: Total wrist...

The glenohumeral joint normally functions through a wide range of motions in a smooth congruent fashion. When the articular surfaces of the humeral head or the glenoid are damaged, the smooth fluid motion is compromised, and arthritis commonly is the result.
Synonyms and related keywords: arthritis of the shoulder, shoulder osteoarthritis,...