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; Lorenzo Cavagna; Chingtsai Lin; Yin Yi Chou; Anne Kathrin Tausche; Geraldo Da rocha castelar pinheiro; Matthijs Janssen; Jiunn Horng Chen; Ole Slot; Marco A. 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, Lorenzo Cavagna, Chingtsai Lin, Yin Yi Chou, Anne Kathrin Tausche, Geraldo Da rocha castelar pinheiroMatthijs Janssen, Jiunn Horng Chen, Ole Slot, Marco A. Cimmino, Till Uhlig, Tim L. Jansen

IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo

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

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Keywords

Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Arthritis, Gouty
Arthrocentesis
Chi-Square Distribution
Cohort Studies
Confidence Intervals
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gout
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
New Zealand
Patient Safety
Poisson Distribution
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Distribution
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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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., Cavagna, L., Lin, C., Chou, Y. Y., Tausche, A. K., ... 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

Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated. / Taylor, William J; Fransen, Jaap; Dalbeth, Nicola; Neogi, Tuhina; Ralph Schumacher, H.; Brown, Melanie; Louthrenoo, Worawit; Vazquez-Mellado, Janitzia; Eliseev, Maxim; McCarthy, Geraldine; Stamp, Lisa K; Perez-Ruiz, Fernando; Sivera, Francisca; Ea, Hang Korng; Gerritsen, Martijn; Cavagna, Lorenzo; Lin, Chingtsai; Chou, Yin Yi; Tausche, Anne Kathrin; Da rocha castelar pinheiro, Geraldo; Janssen, Matthijs; Chen, Jiunn Horng; Slot, Ole; Cimmino, Marco A.; Uhlig, Till; Jansen, Tim L.

In: Journal of Rheumatology, Vol. 43, No. 1, 01.2016, p. 150-3.

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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, HK, Gerritsen, M, Cavagna, L, Lin, C, Chou, YY, Tausche, AK, Da rocha castelar pinheiro, G, Janssen, M, Chen, JH, Slot, O, Cimmino, MA, 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

Taylor, William J ; Fransen, Jaap ; Dalbeth, Nicola ; Neogi, Tuhina ; Ralph Schumacher, H. ; Brown, Melanie ; Louthrenoo, Worawit ; Vazquez-Mellado, Janitzia ; Eliseev, Maxim ; McCarthy, Geraldine ; Stamp, Lisa K ; Perez-Ruiz, Fernando ; Sivera, Francisca ; Ea, Hang Korng ; Gerritsen, Martijn ; Cavagna, Lorenzo ; Lin, Chingtsai ; Chou, Yin Yi ; Tausche, Anne Kathrin ; Da rocha castelar pinheiro, Geraldo ; Janssen, Matthijs ; Chen, Jiunn Horng ; Slot, Ole ; Cimmino, Marco A. ; Uhlig, Till ; Jansen, Tim L. / Diagnostic Arthrocentesis for Suspicion of Gout Is Safe and Well Tolerated. In: Journal of Rheumatology. 2016 ; Vol. 43, No. 1. pp. 150-3.

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