PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - William J. Taylor AU - Jaap Fransen AU - Nicola Dalbeth AU - Tuhina Neogi AU - H. Ralph Schumacher AU - Melanie Brown AU - Worawit Louthrenoo AU - Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado AU - Maxim Eliseev AU - Geraldine McCarthy AU - Lisa K. Stamp AU - Fernando Perez-Ruiz AU - Francisca Sivera AU - Hang-Korng Ea AU - Martijn Gerritsen AU - Carlo A. Scire AU - Lorenzo Cavagna AU - Chingtsai Lin AU - Yin-Yi Chou AU - Anne-Kathrin Tausche AU - Geraldo da Rocha Castelar-Pinheiro AU - Matthijs Janssen AU - Jiunn-Horng Chen AU - Ole Slot AU - Marco Cimmino AU - Till Uhlig AU - Tim L. Jansen TI - Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated AID - 10.3899/jrheum.150684 DP - 2015 Dec 01 TA - The Journal of Rheumatology PG - jrheum.150684 4099 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2015/11/25/jrheum.150684.short 4100 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2015/11/25/jrheum.150684.full AB - 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. Conclusion Diagnostic arthrocentesis is associated with a low frequency of adverse events. Septic arthritis rarely occurs.