To explore the clinical value of rapid joint puncture fluid naked eye analysis in rapid diagnosis of joint diseases.

From June 2015 to August 2017, 180 patients with knee, ankle or wrist diseases in Guangzhou Huadu District People’s Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The characteristics of rapid articular puncture fluid (including color, diaphaneity, viscosity and so on) were observed through naked eye to assist diagnosis, combining with the diagnosis before and after puncture and the coincidence rate of final diagnosis, the contribution of naked eye character of rapid articular puncture fluid to joint disease diagnosis was analyzed. The inclusion criteria was patients with joint pain and joint effusion, and all were completed by the same physician, exclude criteria was patients who cannot complete the final diagnosis for various reasons.

There were 168 cases of knee joint puncture, nine cases of ankle joint and three cases of wrist joint. All the patients had no complication such as infection caused by rapid puncture, vascular or nerve injury, etc. The rate of diagnosis before puncture was 88.3% and that after the puncture was 95.6%.

The analysis of the color, viscosity and transparency of the rapid articular puncture fluid under the naked eye has a certain reference value in the rapid diagnosis of joint diseases.