A randomized controlled trial of the cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intraarticular injection of inflammatory arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-263

  Sibbitt Jr , Wilmer L ^a   Band, Philip A ^b   Chavez Chiang, Natalia R ^a   DeLea, Suzanne L ^a   Norton, Hillary E ^a   Bankhurst, Arthur D ^a  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Injection; Intraarticular; Outcome; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYRINGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ARTHRITIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551692919     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100866     Document Type: Article

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