Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated. 2016

William J Taylor, and Jaap Fransen, and Nicola Dalbeth, and Tuhina Neogi, and H Ralph Schumacher, and Melanie Brown, and Worawit Louthrenoo, and Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado, and Maxim Eliseev, and Geraldine McCarthy, and Lisa K Stamp, and Fernando Perez-Ruiz, and Francisca Sivera, and Hang-Korng Ea, and Martijn Gerritsen, and Carlo A Scire, and Lorenzo Cavagna, and Chingtsai Lin, and Yin-Yi Chou, and Anne-Kathrin Tausche, and Geraldo da Rocha Castelar-Pinheiro, and Matthijs Janssen, and Jiunn-Horng Chen, and Ole Slot, and Marco Cimmino, and Till Uhlig, and Tim L Jansen
From the University of Otago, Wellington; University of Auckland, Auckland; Department of Medicine, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand; Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen; Amsterdam Rheumatology Immunology Center (ARC), Department of Rheumatology, Westfries Gasthuis, Hoorn; Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, the Netherlands; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General de México, México City, México; Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology of Russia, Moscow, Russia; School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin; Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Cruces and BioCruces Health Research Institute, Vizcaya; Department Reumatologia, Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Alicante, Spain; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UFR de Médecine; Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), UMR 1132, Hôpital Lariboisière; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Lariboisière, Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Viggo Petersen, Pôle Appareil Locomoteur, Paris, France; Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR), Milan; Division of Rheumatology, University and IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia; Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation; Taichung Veterans' General Hospital; School of Medicine, China Medical University; Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Division of Rheumatology, Department of In

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of adverse events of diagnostic arthrocentesis in patients with possible gout. METHODS Consecutive patients underwent arthrocentesis and were evaluated at 6 weeks to determine adverse events. The 95% CI were obtained by bootstrapping. RESULTS Arthrocentesis was performed in 910 patients, and 887 (97.5%) were evaluated for adverse events. Any adverse event was observed in 12 participants (1.4%, 95% CI 0.6-2.1). There was 1 case (0.1%, 95% CI 0-0.34) of septic arthritis. CONCLUSIONS Diagnostic arthrocentesis is associated with a low frequency of adverse events. Septic arthritis rarely occurs.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009520 New Zealand A group of islands in the southwest Pacific. Its capital is Wellington. It was discovered by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642 and circumnavigated by Cook in 1769. Colonized in 1840 by the New Zealand Company, it became a British crown colony in 1840 until 1907 when colonial status was terminated. New Zealand is a partly anglicized form of the original Dutch name Nieuw Zeeland, new sea land, possibly with reference to the Dutch province of Zeeland. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p842 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p378)
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006073 Gout Metabolic disorder characterized by recurrent acute arthritis, hyperuricemia and deposition of sodium urate in and around the joints, sometimes with formation of URIC ACID calculi. Gouts
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000069237 Arthrocentesis Puncture and aspiration of fluid (e.g., SYNOVIAL FLUID) from a joint cavity. It is used sometimes to irrigate or administer drugs into a joint cavity. Arthrocentesis, TMJ,Arthrocentesis,Temporomandibular Joint,Aspiration,Temporomandibular Joint,Temporomandibular Joint Arthrocentesis,Temporomandibular Joint Aspiration,Arthrocenteses,Arthrocenteses, TMJ,Arthrocenteses, Temporomandibular Joint,Arthrocentesis, Temporomandibular Joint,Arthrocentesis,Temporomandibular Joints,Aspiration, Temporomandibular Joint,Aspiration,Temporomandibular Joints,Aspirations, Temporomandibular Joint,Joint Arthrocenteses, Temporomandibular,Joint Arthrocentesis, Temporomandibular,Joint Aspiration, Temporomandibular,Joint Aspirations, Temporomandibular,Joint, Arthrocentesis,Temporomandibular,Joint, Aspiration,Temporomandibular,Joints, Arthrocentesis,Temporomandibular,Joints, Aspiration,Temporomandibular,TMJ Arthrocenteses,TMJ Arthrocentesis,Temporomandibular Joint Arthrocenteses,Temporomandibular Joint Aspirations
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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