TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Arthrocentesis
A1  - Mody, Elinor
A2  - McKean, Sylvia C.
A2  - Ross, John J.
A2  - Dressler, Daniel D.
A2  - Scheurer, Danielle B.
PY  - 2017
T2  - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
AB  - Excluding  cases  of  trauma,  pain  with  passive  motion  of  a  joint  or  palpation  of  the  joint  capsule  suggests  synovitis  and  requires  further  investigation.  In  the  hospital  setting,  arthrocentesis  is  usually  performed  to  diagnose  whether  a  patient  has  a  septic  joint  and  to  narrow  antibiotic  therapy  once  the  cultures  are  known  (Figure  127-1).  Although  radiography  is  essential  in  the  diagnosis  of  trauma,  it  has  no  role  in  the  early  diagnosis  of  a  joint  infection.  Neither  CT  or  MRI  or  radionuclide  scanning  can  distinguish  between  septic  and  noninfectious  causes  of  inflammatory  synovitis.  Imaging  is  indicated,  however,  in  patients  with  suspected:  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137613170
ER  -