Lactate and T2 measurements of synovial aspirates at 1.5 T: Differentiation of septic from non-septic arthritis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 743-748

  Wiener, Edzard ^a   Zanetti, Marco ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^a   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lactate; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Septic arthritis; T2 relaxation time; Total protein

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT EFFUSION; MALE; NON SEPTIC ARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIUM;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 46649118243     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0505-9     Document Type: Article

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