scholarly journals Arthrosonography of hip and knee joints in the follow up of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

2003 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Frosch
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Knee Joints

Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn L. Yancey ◽  
Robert A. Doughty ◽  
Barbara A. Cohlan ◽  
Balu H. Athreya
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Cardiac Tamponade ◽  
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Sinus Tachycardia ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Shortness Of Breath ◽  
Significant Morbidity ◽  
T Wave ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs

Cardiac tamponade is a rare complication of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Three cases seen in the last two years at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are reported and compared to four previously reported cases. All three children had systemic-type juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with tachypnea, shortness of breath, and chest pain. Cardiac signs in these children included decreased heart sounds, pericardial friction rub, jugular venous distention, and pulsus paradoxus greater than 12 mm Hg. Roentgenograms of the chest showed cardiomegaly with bilateral pleural effusions. Electrocardiograms showed sinus tachycardia and nonspecific ST-T wave changes. Echocardiograms demonstrated pericardial effusions in all subjects and poor ventricular movements in one child. All three children were treated with short-acting anti-inflammatory drugs and/or prednisone. Pericardiocentesis was performed in two cases. There was no significant morbidity after a mean follow-up of two years.

scholarly journals Levels of Health Theory With the Example of a Case of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 2515690X1877799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitri Chabanov ◽  
Dionysis Tsintzas ◽  
George Vithoulkas
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Holistic Approaches ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Health Group ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Contemporary Medicine

Objective. Contemporary medicine is in great need of a new patient health group classification that could be the basis for in-depth pathology assessments, disease development and prognosis, and the possibility of healing, as well as for possible complications of organism reactions to treatment processes. This classification is possible if founded on holistic approaches at the level of health assessment from the point of view of organism reactivity and resistance. Such a classification, assigning 12 levels and 4 health groups, exists in classical homeopathy. Methods. A new method for determining the group and level of health is shown in a case of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of a generalized form in an 11-year-old girl, treated with classical homeopathy. The follow-up of the case is 18 years. Conclusion. The method allows the physician to assess the organism dynamics as a whole during the pathology development.

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