[Nursemaid's elbow: diagnosis and treatment in emergency department].

Introduction: Painful pronation (PD), also known as "nursemaid's elbow", is a common injury caused by abrupt longitudinal traction of the hand while the forearm is pronated and the elbow extended.

Objective: to describe a sample of patients diagnosed with painful pronation and the different reduction tech niques used for this pathology.

Patients And Method: retrospective study of patients who visited the emergency department of a referral hospital, from January 2018 to September 2019.