Joint puncture
- indications:
- diagnosis
- pain relief by drainage
- intra-articular injection of drugs
- risks:
- infection
- inflammation
- direct trauma to the joint
- procedure:
- sterile technique - samples of synovial fluid should be sent for white cell count and differential, polarised light microscopy, gram stain and culture
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