Hein Janssens and colleagues (May 31, p 1854) 1 are to be commended for their
randomised trial that showed prednisolone to be as effective as naproxen for the treatment …

Objectives The incidence of gout in the UK appears to have declined since 2013; however,
whether such a trend occurred across participants born in different years (ie, birth cohort) is …

The burden of gout increased globally across the 20th and 21st centuries. 1 However, a
study using cross-sectional datasets demonstrated stable prevalence of hyperuricaemia and …

Background: Alternative strategies exist for diagnosing gout that do not rely solely on the
documentation of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals. Purpose: To summarize evidence …

In January, 2009, a 70 year old man was referred to us because a blood count done after a
night of nausea, vomiting, and fever showed a platelet count of 32× 10⁹/L. He had no …

Gout is a metabolic disorder of purine metabolism that results in crystallization of uric acid in
the form of monosodium urate crystals, affects 8.3 million Americans and is the most …

Each author/panelist received an honorarium for participating in the roundtable that formed
the basis of this article (Dr. Mandell's honorarium was donated to the Cleveland Clinic …

Urate is a frequently measured blood test in people with gout and those at risk of gout.
Although gout is potentially curable with long-term urate lowering therapy, confusion about …

A historical review of gout parallels the history of medicine. The first clinical description was
recorded as early as 2500 BC During examination of an Egyptian mummy in 1952, Kettridge …