Joint Fluid Analysis: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
You may not be able to have this test or the results may not be useful if:
- You do not have enough fluid in the joint space.
- You are on blood-thinning medicine, such as warfarin, and your blood is too thin.
- You have recently had cortisone injected into the same joint.
- You have an infection in the skin near the joint.
| Last updated: | June 12, 2008 |
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| Author: | Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Stanford M. Shoor, MD - Rheumatology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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