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Title | Technetium phosphate bone scan in the diagnosis of septic arthritis in childhood |
Creator/Author | Sundberg, S.B. ; Savage, J.P. ; Foster, B.K. (Adelaide Childrens Hospital (Australia)) |
Publication Date | 1989 Sep 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5226960 |
Other Number(s) | ISSN0271-6798; CODEN: JPORD |
Resource Type | Journal Article |
Resource Relation | Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics ; Vol/Issue: 9:5 |
Subject | 550601 -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics; RHEUMATIC DISEASES-- DIAGNOSIS;SKELETON-- RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; CHILDREN;PHOSPHATES;TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES |
Related Subject | AGE GROUPS;BODY;COUNTING TECHNIQUES;DISEASES;ISOTOPES;ORGANS;OXYGEN COMPOUNDS;PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;SKELETAL DISEASES |
Description/Abstract | The technetium phosphate bone scans of 106 children with suspected septic arthritis were reviewed to determine whether the bone scan can accurately differentiate septic from nonseptic arthropathy.^Only 13% of children with proved septic arthritis had correct blind scan interpretation.^The clinically adjusted interpretation did not identify septic arthritis in 30%.^Septic arthritis was incorrectly identified in 32% of children with no evidence of septic arthritis.^No statistically significant differences were noted between the scan findings in the septic and nonseptic groups and no scan findings correlated specifically with the presence or absence of joint sepsis. |
Country of Publication | United States |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: 579-585 |
System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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