descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 10 Sep 2013 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:The Nurse Practitioner, volume 38, pages 34-39 (issn: 0361-1817,

Authors: Joseph Walsh; Sandra K. Voll;

doi: 10.1097/01.npr.0000431180.87429.03

pmid: 23958670

Arthrocentesis

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Abstract

Arthrocentesis is a procedure in the diagnostic workup and treatment of joint pain that has few complications. Analysis of joint fluid yields important treatment data. Corticosteroid and local anesthetic injections provide longer pain relief.

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Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
United States
Virginia Commonwealth University
United States

Keywords

Primary Care Nursing, Knee Joint, Arthralgia, Risk Assessment, Injections, Intra-Articular, Patient Education as Topic, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Humans, Paracentesis, Nurse Practitioners, Anesthetics, Local

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