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Fever, weightbearing, sedimentation rate best for diagnosing hip infection
The Journal of Family Practice
|November 6, 2004
Abstract:
To distinguish septic arthritis from transient synovitis of the hip in children, the following factors are very helpful: a history of fever, inability to bear weight, erythrocyte sedimentation rate higher than or equal to 40 mm/hour, and a peripheral white blood cell count greater than 12,000/mm(3).
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