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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Bursitis accounts for 400 visits per 100,000 visits to primary care clinic. The prevalence and incidence of bursitis is unknown | Bursitis accounts for 400 visits per 100,000 visits to primary care clinic. The exact prevalence and incidence of bursitis is unknown. | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Prevalence and Incidence=== | ===Prevalence and Incidence=== | ||
*The incidence and prevalence of bursitis is not known. | *The exact incidence and prevalence of bursitis is not known. | ||
*The prevalence and incidence of bursitis | *The prevalence and incidence of bursitis may be influenced by the patient’s age gender and occupation. | ||
*The incidence of septic olecranon and prepatellar bursitis is estimated to be 10 to 100 cases per 100,000 hospital admissions. | *The incidence of septic olecranon and prepatellar bursitis is estimated to be 10 to 100 cases per 100,000 hospital admissions. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]
Overview
Bursitis accounts for 400 visits per 100,000 visits to primary care clinic. The exact prevalence and incidence of bursitis is unknown.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence and Incidence
- The exact incidence and prevalence of bursitis is not known.
- The prevalence and incidence of bursitis may be influenced by the patient’s age gender and occupation.
- The incidence of septic olecranon and prepatellar bursitis is estimated to be 10 to 100 cases per 100,000 hospital admissions.
Age
- Prepatellar bursitis can affect all age groups. However, septic bursitis may occur in pediatrics age group (immunocompromised patients).
- Olecranon bursitis affects middle-aged people (between the ages of 30 and 60 years).
Gender
- Male are more commonly affected with prepatellar bursitis and septic bursitis than women.
Race
- There is no racial predilection to the bursitis.