Joint aspiration and injection and synovial fluid analysis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-169

  Courtney, Philip ^a   Doherty, Michael ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals; Intra articular corticosteroid; Monosodium urate crystals; Synovial fluid analysis

Indexed keywords

APATITE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; LACTIC ACID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; OXALIC ACID; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE; URATE; YTTRIUM;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ANKLE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASEPSIS; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CHRONIC MONOARTICULAR SYNOVITIS; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL ARTHRITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INFORMATION; GOUT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMARTHROSIS; HIP; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT ASPIRATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSCOPE; MONARTHRITIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SHOULDER; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL FLUID ANALYSIS; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 84878526811     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2013.02.005     Document Type: Review

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