Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated

William J Taylor; Jaap Fransen; Nicola Dalbeth; Tuhina Neogi; H Ralph Schumacher; Melanie Brown; Worawit Louthrenoo; Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado; Maxim Eliseev; Geraldine 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; Matthijs Janssen; Jiunn-Horng Chen; Ole Slot; Marco Cimmino; Till Uhlig; Tim L Jansen

doi:10.3899/jrheum.150684

Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated

William J Taylor, Jaap Fransen, Nicola Dalbeth, Tuhina Neogi, H Ralph Schumacher, Melanie Brown, Worawit Louthrenoo, Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado, Maxim Eliseev, Geraldine 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 TauscheGeraldo da Rocha Castelar-Pinheiro, Matthijs Janssen, Jiunn-Horng Chen, Ole Slot, Marco Cimmino, Till Uhlig, Tim L Jansen

Department for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases

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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 0.6-2.1). 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.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Rheumatology
Volume	43
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	150-3
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0315-162X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.150684
Publication status	Published - Jan 2016

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Taylor, W. J., Fransen, J., Dalbeth, N., Neogi, T., Ralph Schumacher, H., Brown, M., Louthrenoo, W., Vazquez-Mellado, J., Eliseev, M., McCarthy, G., Stamp, L. K., Perez-Ruiz, F., Sivera, F., Ea, H.-K., Gerritsen, M., Scire, C. A., Cavagna, L., Lin, C., Chou, Y.-Y., ... Jansen, T. L. (2016). Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated. Journal of Rheumatology, 43(1), 150-3. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.150684

Taylor, WJ, Fransen, J, Dalbeth, N, Neogi, T, Ralph Schumacher, H, Brown, M, Louthrenoo, W, Vazquez-Mellado, J, Eliseev, M, McCarthy, G, Stamp, LK, Perez-Ruiz, F, Sivera, F, Ea, H-K, Gerritsen, M, Scire, CA, Cavagna, L, Lin, C, Chou, Y-Y, Tausche, A-K, da Rocha Castelar-Pinheiro, G, Janssen, M, Chen, J-H, Slot, O, Cimmino, M, Uhlig, T & Jansen, TL 2016, 'Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated', Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 150-3. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.150684

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