Objective To analyze clinical features of patients with chikungunya fever and provide future reference for prevention and control of the disease. Methods Forty-six confirmed chikungunya fever inpatients were included. Their clinical symptoms, signs, blood count, key biochemical indicators and treatments were analyzed. The comparison between groups were done by ttest. Results The percentages of total cases presenting with fever, rash and joint pain were 100. 0% (46/46), 91. 3% (42/46) and 89. 1% (41/46), respectively. Fifteen (32.6%) cases displayed leucopenia. Increases in lactose dehydrogenase (LDH) and creatine kinase (CK) were observed in 45. 5%(20/44) and 28. 9%(13/45) of the cases, respectively. Three cases displayed an increase of alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Administration of ribavarin extend febrile time compared to symptom-relieving treatments (t=2. 588, P = 0. 013). Conclusions Clinical features of chikungunya fever include fever, rash and joint pain. Good prognosis can be resulted from symptom-relieving treatment. Antiviral treatment may not be beneficial to reducing course of disease. 相似文献
The masseter muscle is a common source of referred pain to the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), with a possibility of false positive diagnoses for arthralgia when diagnosed by research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders (RDC/TMD) clinical examination. The current study investigated the distribution of arthralgia diagnoses among individuals with myofascial pain, with or without pain on masseter palpation.
Methodology:
The study was conducted with 255 outpatients. Clinical data and questionnaires were directly entered into software that deploys algorithms based on the diagnostic criteria of the RDC/TMD, and automatically classifies and stores the diagnosis of each patient evaluated. An association between diagnostic subgroups was verified by calculating the odds ratio (OR), and the statistical significance was tested using the Chi-square test.
Results:
A higher frequency of concordance (about three times greater) between myofascial pain and arthralgia occurred when there was pain on palpation in the region of the ipsilateral masseter muscle, and the association was statistically significant.
Conclusions:
The results of this study revealed a threefold increase in the risk for the presence of temporomandibular arthralgia in cases of myofascial pain combined with pain on palpation in the region of the ipsilateral masseter muscle. 相似文献