MCQ Medicine 21

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An 82-year-old woman was hospitalized for treatment of congestive heart failure. She experienced a warm, painful right knee on the 3rd hospital day. The most appropriate procedure would be

A. Blood cultures followed by IV antibiotics
B. Arthrocentesis for diagnostic/therapeutic purposes
C. IV colchicine
D. Allopurinol
E. Ultrasound study of right knee, including popliteal fossa

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