Why the study?
Does a protocol of immediate ultrasound guided aspiration prevent hospital admission and detect serious pathology in children with painful hips?
Population
50 children with painful hips
Design
Cohort
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May support outpatient management of irritable hips via immediate aspiration; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective validation before practice change.
Does a protocol of immediate ultrasound guided aspiration prevent hospital admission and detect serious pathology in children with painful hips?
An immediate ultrasound-guided aspiration protocol for irritable hip in children safely avoids hospital admission while ensuring early diagnosis of septic arthritis.
Fink et al. (1995) studied this question.
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