Italian Society of Rheumatology (SIR) recommendations for performing arthrocentesis;Raccomandazioni della Società Italiana di Reumatologia per l'esecuzione dell'artrocentesis

Reumatismo

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-234

  Punzi, Leonardo ^a   Cimmino, M A ^b   Frizziero, L ^c   Gerloni, V ^d   Grassi, W ^e   Modena, V ^f   Montecucco, C ^g   Ramonda, R ^a   Schiavon, F ^a   Spadaro, A ^h   Trotta, F ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Servizio di Reumatologia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthrocentesis; Joint aspiration; Joint effusion; Synovial fluid; Synovial fluid analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFORMED CONSENT; ITALY; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT EFFUSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTHRITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISINFECTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARACENTESIS; SKIN; SKIN ULCER; STANDARD; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHRITIS; DISINFECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; PARACENTESIS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SKIN ULCER; SYNOVIAL FLUID; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 39549117856     PISSN: 00487449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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