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  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 150--153
VI  - 43
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/43/1/150.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/43/1/150.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2016 Jan 01; 43
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.Conclusions. Diagnostic arthrocentesis is associated with a low frequency of adverse events. Septic arthritis rarely occurs.