2015 Academics Point-of-Care Testing 
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
A 2011 meta-analysis in the journal of Academic Emergency Medicine found ESR, CRP, and PCT were not acutely useful in the diagnosis of septic arthritis due to wildly varying sensitivities and specificities between studies. 2015 Mar;18(3):352-9. They recommended synovial fluid analysis as essential to the diagnosis [30]. PMID: 25469944.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
However, results may take some time and, as such, rapid point-of-care tests are increasingly used. 2015 Jun 23 [cited 2022 Dec 28]; Available from: [link] Venekamp RP, Schilder AGM, van den Heuvel M, Hay AD. 2015 May 19;12(5):e1001825. 2015 Feb;20(2):55–60. Antibiotics for acute otitis media in children.
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