Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Difference between revisions
Emily Betz (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Emily Betz (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
== Prevalence == | == Prevalence == | ||
JIA affects 30,000 to 50,000 children in the United states<sup>2</sup><br> | |||
== Characteristics/Clinical Presentation == | == Characteristics/Clinical Presentation == |
Revision as of 02:25, 17 March 2011
Original Editors - Emily Betz from Bellarmine University's Pathophysiology of Complex Patient Problems project.
Lead Editors - Your name will be added here if you are a lead editor on this page. Read more.
Definition/Description
[edit | edit source]
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), formerly Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that occurs before the age 16 and can occure in all races. The heterogeneous group of diseases that JIA refers to all share synovitis as a common symptom. The subcategories are:
- Oligoearthritis JIA
- Polyarthritis JIA (positive RF)
- Polyarthritis JIA (negative RF)
- Systemic onset JIA
- Psoriatic JIA
- Enthesitis-related arthritis
- Other arthritis
JIA is classified based on the number of joints involved/affected and the presence of other signs and symptoms.
Prevalence[edit | edit source]
JIA affects 30,000 to 50,000 children in the United states2
Characteristics/Clinical Presentation[edit | edit source]
add text here
Associated Co-morbidities[edit | edit source]
add text here
Medications[edit | edit source]
add text here
Diagnostic Tests/Lab Tests/Lab Values[edit | edit source]
add text here
Etiology/Causes[edit | edit source]
add text here
Systemic Involvement[edit | edit source]
add text here
Medical Management (current best evidence)[edit | edit source]
add text here
Physical Therapy Management (current best evidence)[edit | edit source]
add text here
Alternative/Holistic Management (current best evidence)[edit | edit source]
add text here
Differential Diagnosis[edit | edit source]
add text here
Case Reports/ Case Studies[edit | edit source]
add links to case studies here (case studies should be added on new pages using the case study template)
Resources
[edit | edit source]
add appropriate resources here
Recent Related Research (from Pubmed)[edit | edit source]
see tutorial on Adding PubMed Feed
Extension:RSS -- Error: Not a valid URL: Feed goes here!!|charset=UTF-8|short|max=10
References[edit | edit source]
see adding references tutorial.