Rapid Crystal Dissolution in Gout - Medscape
WEBFor example, most patients (90%) with <10 years duration of gout but few patients (25%) with >10 years gout duration, were free of crystals by 12 months (median serum urate levels while on urate ...
Dual-energy CT: A New Diagnostic Tool for Gout - Medscape
WEBUric acid crystals were identified in synovial fluid in 12 patients, and CT was positive in all of them (100% sensitivity). In the 19 patients whose fluid was negative for uric acid crystals, CT ...
Target These Serum Urate Levels to Prevent Gout Flares - Medscape
WEBFeb 6, 2024 · Clinical efforts to get patients with a history of gout to reach specific target serum urate (SU) levels less than either 5 or 6 mg/dL could prevent the great majority of gout flares and ...
Another Benefit of Gout Treatment: CV Risk Reduction - Medscape
WEBMay 16, 2024. 0. NEW YORK CITY — Urate, the culprit of gout, affects the vasculature in multiple ways that can raise cardiovascular risk (CV) in an individual with gout, and following guidelines ...
Hyperuricemia Subtypes in Gout Show Distinct Traits - Medscape
WEBMar 18, 2024 · Hyperuricemia, a universal condition in patients with gout, can be classified into four subtypes on the basis of the urinary uric acid excretion values; however, the unique biologic traits of each ...
Treat Gout to Target Based on Uric Acid Level, Not Symptoms
WEBJun 18, 2024 · She argued that this controlled trial fills an evidence gap. T2T is defined as maintaining a serum uric acid (sUA) level below the physiologic threshold level of 36 mmol/L (< 6 mg/dL). T2S, in ...
Intensive Gout Treatment Meets Urate Goal, Lowers Tophi Burden
WEBNov 18, 2022 · American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2022 Annual Meeting: Abstract 1579. Presented November 13, 2022. Cite this: Intensive Gout Treatment Meets Urate Goal, Lowers Tophi Burden - Medscape - Nov ...
New Gout Drugs Might Increase Patients at Target Urate Level
WEBJul 9, 2024 · The proportion of patients achieving the more rigorous target of < 0.5 mg/dL was also higher with the higher and lower doses of ruzinurad vs placebo (43.1% and 38.8% vs 9.8%, respectively). The ...
Metformin Initiation Cuts Gout Risk in Prediabetes - Medscape
WEBMay 30, 2024 · Initiation vs no initiation of metformin resulted in 2.4 fewer cases of gout per 1000 person-years and a 32% reduced relative risk for incident gout (hazard ratio, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.48-0.96).
Treatment With Rasburicase of a Tophaceous Gout - Page 2
WEBGout is related to the deposition of MSU monohydrate crystals within the joints. It is the most common inflammatory joint disease in men, affecting at least 1% of the Western population.