Gout: an update

AT Eggebeen - American family physician, 2007 - aafp.org
Arthritis caused by gout (ie, gouty arthritis) accounts for millions of outpatient visits annually,
and the prevalence is increasing. Gout is caused by monosodium urate crystal deposition in …

Gout: Rapid evidence review

KT Clebak, A Morrison, JR Croad - American family physician, 2020 - aafp.org
Gout is caused by monosodium urate crystal deposition in joints and tissues. Risk factors
include male sex; obesity; hypertension; alcohol intake; diuretic use; a diet rich in meat and …

Chronic gout: epidemiology, disease progression, treatment and disease burden

RA Brook, A Forsythe, JE Smeeding… - … medical research and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Gout is a painful and disabling inflammatory arthritis of increasing prevalence
associated with hyperuricemia and the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in soft …

Hyperuricemia and gout: new concepts in diagnosis and management

PP Doghramji, RL Wortmann - Postgraduate medicine, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Gout is a chronic, progressive condition for which hyperuricemia is the primary risk factor.
The initial episodes of gout may be brief, only lasting for 3 to 5 days, and patients may …

Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of gout

BL Hainer, E Matheson, RT Wilkes - American family physician, 2014 - aafp.org
Gout is characterized by painful joint inflammation, most commonly in the first
metatarsophalangeal joint, resulting from precipitation of monosodium urate crystals in a …

Management of gout and hyperuricemia: multidisciplinary consensus in Taiwan

KH Yu, DY Chen, JH Chen, SY Chen… - … journal of rheumatic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Gout is an inflammatory disease manifested by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU)
crystals in joints, cartilage, synovial bursa, tendons or soft tissues. Gout is not a new disease …

Global epidemiology of gout: prevalence, incidence, treatment patterns and risk factors

M Dehlin, L Jacobsson, E Roddy - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2020 - nature.com
Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis and occurs when hyperuricaemia, sustained
elevation of serum urate levels resulting in supersaturation of body tissues with urate, leads …

Epidemiology of gout

E Roddy, HK Choi - Rheumatic Disease Clinics, 2014 - rheumatic.theclinics.com
Gout is a crystal deposition disease that arises when supersaturation of body tissues with
urate occurs, leading to the formation of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in and around …

Difficult-to-treat gouty arthritis: a disease warranting better management

N Schlesinger - Drugs, 2011 - Springer
Gouty arthritis is the most common inflammatory arthritis in adults and is characterized by
very painful flares. Gouty arthritis results from an elevated body uric acid pool, which leads to …

Overview of serum uric acid treatment targets in gout: why less than 6 mg/dL?

G Ruoff, NL Edwards - Postgraduate medicine, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Gout is a progressive, painful, debilitating form of inflammatory arthritis. It is caused by
factors that elevate the concentration of serum uric acid (sUA), leading to hyperuricemia …