ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 444 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Tej Bhavsar1, Wilmer Sibbitt Jr.1, Romy Cabacungan1, Timothy Moore1, Luis Salayandia1, Roderick Fields2, Arthur Bankhurst3, Suzanne Emil1, Monthida Fangtham1 and Konstantin Konstantinov4, 1Rheumatology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2Internal Medicine/ Rheumatology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 3Rheumatology, University of NM Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM, 41 University Of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose: Arthrocentesis has emerged as a highly valuable diagnostic and therapeutic intervention for rheumatic diseases since first standardized by Hollander in the 1950’s. Successful arthrocentesis…