RESUMO
We conducted a retrospective chart review for all 42 patients, 9 males and 33 females, diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic oligoarthritis between July 1995 and October 2004 at the paediatric rheumatology clinic in King Hussein Medical Centre. Age range was 1.2-15.2 years, mean 3.6 (standard deviation 2.4) years. Of those <6 years, 80% were females. Most patients (64%) had monoarthritis; the knee was the most common joint affected (71%). Two patients had developed extended oligoarthritis. Nine (21%) had asymptomatic uveitis: 6 females (P = 0.350), 7 (77%) <3 years of age (P = 0.301) and 7 (77%) with antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) (P = 0.071). Eighteen (43%) females were positive for ANAs. Most patients had undergone unnecessary, lengthy work-up and treatment before diagnosis.
Assuntos
Artrite Juvenil/epidemiologia , Centros Médicos Acadêmicos , Adolescente , Distribuição por Idade , Anti-Inflamatórios/uso terapêutico , Anticorpos Antinucleares/sangue , Antirreumáticos/uso terapêutico , Artrite Juvenil/complicações , Artrite Juvenil/diagnóstico , Artrite Juvenil/tratamento farmacológico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Diagnóstico Precoce , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Jordânia/epidemiologia , Masculino , Metotrexato/uso terapêutico , Ambulatório Hospitalar , Vigilância da População , Prednisolona/uso terapêutico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Sexo , Uveíte/epidemiologia , Uveíte/etiologiaRESUMO
We conducted a retrospective chart review for all 42 patients, 9 males and 33 females, diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic oligoarthritis between July 1995 and October 2004 at the paediatric rheumatology clinic in King Hussein Medical Centre. Age range was 1.2- 15.2 years, mean 3.6 [standard deviation 2.4] years. Of those < 6 years, 80% were females. Most patients [64%] had monoarthritis; the knee was the most common joint affected [71%]. Two patients had developed extended oligoarthritis Nine [21%] had asymptomatic uveitis: 6 females [P = 0.350], 7 [77%] < 3 years of age [P= 0.301].and 7 [77%] with antinuclear antibodies [ANAs] [P = 0.071]. Eighteen [43%] females were positive for ANAs. Most patients had undergone unnecessary, lengthy work- up and treatment before diagnosis
