Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated

2015; The Journal of Rheumatology Publishing Company Limited; Volume: 43; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3899/jrheum.150684

ISSN

1499-2752

Autores

William J. Taylor, Jaap Fransen, Nicola Dalbeth, Tuhina Neogi, H Ralph Schumacher, Melanie Brown, Worawit Louthrenoo, Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado, М. С. Елисеев, Géraldine McCarthy, Lisa K Stamp, Fernando Perez‐Ruiz, Francisca Sivera, Hang‐Korng Ea, Martijn Gerritsen, Carlo A Scire, Lorenzo Cavagna, Chingtsai Lin, Yin-Yi Chou, Anne-Kathrin Tausche, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, M. Janssen, Jiunn-Horng Chen, Ole Slot, Marco Cimmino, Till Uhlig, Tim L Jansen,

Tópico(s)

Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments

Resumo

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.

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