Friday, January 18, 2008

limping child

L - leg short, lose, foreign body
I - injury, capsular damage, dislocation
M - muscle strain
P - psychological, poliomyelitis
S - slipped epiphysis (10-15 years), subluxation of hip

I - infection in groin, skin
N - neoplasia

P - perthes (5-10 years)
A - arthritis juvenalis
I - infection of joints, tuberculosis
N -nervous, cerebral palsy, dysraphism, nutritional - rickets


http://student.bmj.com/issues/06/01/education/10.php

great article

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