Gout is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis in adults, and gout-related use of the emergency department or inpatient care has a significant cost burden, explains Jasvinder A. Singh, MBBS, MPH. “Studies show that the...
Read MoreAs phones turned into cameras, HIPAA created national standards to protect a patient’s sensitive health information, including their image, from being disclosed without consent. We can capture anything easily…but are we allowed...
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Gout is often linked with other comorbidities that are clustered within the metabolic syndrome,...
Read MoreGout was associated with a modestly decreased risk for non-vertebral or hip fractures versus rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. However, nonvertebral fractures occurred...
Read MoreIn patients with chronic refractory gout whose serum urate (SU) was not maintained at 6 mg/dL or less, adding an additional tolerizing dose of pegloticase between the first and second biweekly administrations showed an overall...
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Although only in its beginning stages, the global healthcare gamification market is anticipated to...
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Physicians have averaged a 32% drop in revenue since February 2020, and the average number of...
Read MoreThis article originally appeared on KevinMD.com and is written by Taison Bell, MD. Dear pharmacist, You just paged me and, I must admit, I’m not feeling excited to call back. I estimate that I probably get paged, called, texted,...
Read MoreAdults with hyperuricemia and gout are most likely to develop liver dysfunctions and suffer associated morbidities, according to a study published in Diseases. Researchers examined the association between uric acid levels and...
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The incidence and prevalence of gout across indigenous groups from places like Europe, Asia, and...
Read MoreWith the use of video on the rise in court cases, attor- neys are also more sophisticated about tapping into its influence. But the legal standards regarding rules of evidence about a video’s credibility and authenticity are...
Read MorePatients with gout who received a consultation with a clinical nurse specialist reported high overall satisfaction, according to a study published in Reumatología Clínica. Investigators distributed surveys for the...
Read More“Gout has been synonymous with diet and lifestyle in popular culture for centuries,” wrote Jennifer Liddle and colleagues in Rheumatology: Advances in Practice. “However, it is only recently that the associations between dietary...
Read MoreRoughly 30% of patients with gout did not re- ceive an anti-inflammatory medication upon discharge, and opioids were frequently overused in gout management in the emergency depart- ment (ED), according to a study published in...
Read MoreThe GOUT-36 rule, a gout flare risk stratifica- tion tool for patients with gout hospitalized for non-gout conditions, is simple and sensitive for classifying people with high risk for inpatient gout flare, according to a study...
Read MoreAccording to prosecutors, in 2018, George Blatti set up a makeshift office in an old Radio Shack store and later prescribed pain medications from his car in parking lots without examinations to many who appeared to be...
Read MoreDual-energy computed tomography (DECT)- based monosodium urate (MSU)-coded plaques in peripheral arteries are strongly associated with calcifications and may not reflect genuine MSU crystal deposition in patients with gout,...
Read MoreDietary and clinical features, serum adipokine concentrations, and metabolites differ according to whether gout is early- or late-onset, according to a study published in Metabolites. The mech- anisms of gout may differ between...
Read More“The relationship between gout and cardiovascular (CV) disease risk is central to the management of gout, since patients with gout have a six-fold higher risk of suffering from CV events compared with the general population,”...
Read More“With proper management, gout flares induced by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals can be prevented, joint damage can be minimized, and existing crystal depositions can be dissolved,” explains Sara Nysom...
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