The National Centre for Paediatric Rheumatology was established at CHI at Crumlin in 2006 and cares for over 2,500-3000 children and adolescents with chronic inflammatory disorders in Ireland every year. It provides a daily ambulatory service, biweekly infusion clinics, joint injections and a busy day ward and active inpatient service. CHI at Temple St also provides a weekly Rheumatology clinic, day ward services and inpatient services.
Paediatric rheumatology is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory diseases and disorders that can affect the bones, muscles, joints, tendons and connective tissues.
Contact us
Call this line if you have a query about your child’s stay in the hospital such as date of admission.
The rheumatology multidisciplinary team is central to providing holistic care of children and young people with rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders.
These include paediatric consultant rheumatologists, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, clinical psychologists, and play specialists.
Conditions we treat
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Lupus and related conditions including mixed connective tissue disease, Sjogren’s syndrome and scleroderma
Juvenile Dermatomyositis and other forms of muscle inflammation
Vasculitis, which involves inflammation of the blood vessels
Auto-inflammatory syndromes including PFAPA and other periodic fever syndromes
