Rheumatic Fever-Jones Criteria: Management

Although the incidence of acute rheumatic fever has been declining in developed countries, it remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children, particularly in developing countries. Acute rheumatic fever is a clinical diagnosis, and therefore subject to the judgment of the clinician. Dr T. Duckett Jones in 1944 came up with the jones criteria as a vital tool for the evaluation of acute rheumatic fever. Since then, the Jones Criteria have been amended to better assist doctors... Read more