Basic Investigations in Pediatric Rheumatology

Aaqib Zaffar Banday; Rahila Nisar; Pratap Kumar Patra; Imtiyaz Ahmad; Anju Gupta

doi:10.1007/s12098-023-04821-4

Basic Investigations in Pediatric Rheumatology

Indian J Pediatr. 2023 Sep 7. doi: 10.1007/s12098-023-04821-4. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Aaqib Zaffar Banday¹, Rahila Nisar², Pratap Kumar Patra³, Imtiyaz Ahmad⁴, Anju Gupta⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190018, India. maaqibzb@gmail.com.
² Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College (GMC), Baramulla, India.
³ Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, India.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190018, India.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.

PMID: 37676468
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-023-04821-4

Abstract

The spectrum of pediatric rheumatological disorders is diverse and they are important differential diagnoses in a variety of clinical scenarios. Basic investigations not only provide supporting evidence for the diagnosis of a rheumatological illness but also help in exclusion of other diseases as well as for monitoring the activity of disease. Among these, complete blood count, biochemical assays including tests for inflammatory response, urine analysis, and various autoantibodies are often used. In addition, depending on the clinical features, imaging and tissue biopsies are used to confirm the diagnosis.

Keywords: Acute phase reactants; Autoantibodies; Diagnosis; Imaging; Rheumatic diseases.

Publication types

Review