@article {Taylorjrheum.150684, author = {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}, title = {Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated}, elocation-id = {jrheum.150684}, year = {2015}, doi = {10.3899/jrheum.150684}, publisher = {The Journal of Rheumatology}, abstract = {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{\textendash}2.1). There was 1 case (0.1\%, 95\% CI 0{\textendash}0.34) of septic arthritis. Conclusion Diagnostic arthrocentesis is associated with a low frequency of adverse events. Septic arthritis rarely occurs.}, issn = {0315-162X}, URL = {https://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2015/11/25/jrheum.150684}, eprint = {https://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2015/11/25/jrheum.150684.full.pdf}, journal = {The Journal of Rheumatology} }