Gout: Diagnosis and Management in Primary Care - Medscape
2024年12月12日 · Gout commonly affects the first MTP joint, or base of the big toe, as is the case with Henry, but can also affect the midfoot, ankle, knee, hand, wrist, and elbow. ... Any …
Target These Serum Urate Levels to Prevent Gout Flares - Medscape
2024年2月6日 · In fact, "95% and 98% of gout flares can be potentially preventable at the population level if serum urate levels < 6 and < 5 mg/dL can be met, respectively, and 100% of …
Gout and the Antihypertensives - Page 3 - Medscape
2012年4月12日 · Dr. Choi: A number of variables affect serum uric acid levels and the risk of gout, including many lifestyle factors such as adiposity, represented by BMI; dietary factors, …
Gout Increases the Risk for a Wide Range of CVDs - Medscape
2024年2月27日 · Overall, patients with gout were 58% more likely to develop any CVD than their matched comparators without gout. There was a higher disease incidence among patients with …
Black Americans' High Gout Rate Stems From Social Causes
2022年8月16日 · Black Americans' High Gout Rate Stems From Social Causes. Louise Gagnon. August 16, 2022 ...
Rapid Crystal Dissolution in Gout - Medscape
Gout is one of the most common inflammatory arthritis, affecting up to 1–2% of adult men in western countries. Although in most patients gout is an episodic disease that can be taken as …
Unusual Causes of Kidney Disease: Searching for ‘Zebras’
2024年12月5日 · Wide Range of Infectious Causes The young woman who ate the contaminated McDonald’s sandwich was infected with Shiga toxin–producing E coli, which can lead to …
Sleep Apnea as a Cause of Gout Flares - Medscape
2009年1月5日 · The immune system's response to precipitation of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals from serum uric acid into a joint is well established as a cause of the severe pain and …
First-Line ULT for Gout: Is a Mechanism-Based Approach Best?
2024年12月17日 · Two gout experts debated whether first-line urate-lowering therapy should consist of a xanthine oxidase inhibitor or should instead be tailored to the mechanism of a …
Treat Gout to Target Based on Uric Acid Level, Not Symptoms
2024年6月18日 · Basing the treatment of gout on reaching and maintaining target serum uric acid level is already endorsed in guidelines, but a randomized trial finally showed the advantage …