A randomised controlled trial of the reciprocating syringe in arthrocentesis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1084-1087

  Draeger, H T ^a,b   Twining, J M ^b   Johnson, C R ^b   Kettwich, S C ^b   Kettwich, L G ^b   Bankhurst, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYRINGE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAIN; PARACENTESIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYRINGES;

EID: 33746549793     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.045781     Document Type: Article

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