Patient pain and tissue trauma during syringe procedures: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1124-1129

  Moorjani, Gautam R ^a   Michael, Adrian A ^a   Peisajovich, Andres ^a   Park, Kye S ^a   Sibbitt Jr , Wilmer L ^a   Bankhurst, Arthur D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arthrocentesis; Injection; Procedure; Reciprocating device; Synovial; Syringe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; KNEE EFFUSION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RECIPROCATING PROCEDURE DEVICE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYRINGE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TISSUE INJURY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SUCTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYRINGES;

EID: 44949250015     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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