Intraarticular triamcinolone in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Transient remission of systemic manifestations following intraarticular triamcinolone hexacetonide injection in a boy with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Feasibility and efficacy of intraarticular steroids (IAS) in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Thirteen children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) were treated with intraarticular steroid injection of triamcilone acetonide as a day care procedure. More than half (53.4%) the children were free of pain, limp and NSAID's use, with improvement in functional score at 12 weeks. No side effects were reported during the period of the study.

A reappraisal of intra-articular corticosteroid therapy in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Intraarticular corticosteroid (IAC) injection is a safe and rapidly effective treatment for synovitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). This procedure can be performed in an ambulatory care setting using local anaesthesia, with or without conscious sedation. Younger children, or those candidate to multiple injections, require general anaesthesia. Triamcinolone hexacetonide i...

Durability of response to intra-articular corticosteroid injections with triamcinolone hexacetonide in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Methods A retrospective chart review was conducted of all JIA patients who received IACI from 6/05 to 3/10, and had at least six months of follow-up. Data collected included demographic information, JIA subtype, date of injection and arthritis flare, type of joint injected and concomitant medications. Any joint that did not flare by the study end date in 9/10 was censored. Time to flare of arth...

Elbow monoarthritis: an atypical onset of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic condition in childhood and an important cause of short and long term disability. Oligoarthritis is defined as an arthritis that affects four o fewer joints during the first 6 months of disease. The large majority of patients within this category belongs to a quite well defined disease which is not observed in adults. It is...