Abstract
Background: The pediatric patient with a painful hip can be a challenging scenario to correctly and expeditiously diagnose. Kocher et al. described an accurate prediction algorithm to aid in the differentiation of septic arthritis and transient synovitis; Caird et al. later modified this algorithm. More recently, ultrasound (US) imaging has become a widespread tool in the workup of septic hip arthritis; however, this modality cannot differentiate septic hip arthritis from transient synovitis, as both conditions may present with …
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