Among the 80 charts reviewed, 55 patients had at least one documented gout attack and 25 had an antecedent gout. Of the 55 patients with an acute gout, which allowed the use of the ACR-EULAR 2015 classification, 39 patients (70.9%) had a positive articular punction for uric acid or the...
(72.9) EDs Emergency departments, NSAIDs Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, GF Gout flare, eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate, PPI Proton pump inhibitor aEarly and late treatment of gout flare that was less than or equal to 72 and was more than 72 h after attack onset, respectively...
Severe pain during a gout attack and its impact on physical and emotional health This was among the top concerns in eight nominal groups. Patients had problem with physical (inability to get out of bed) and emotional health (crying due to pain) and systemic effects of severe gout pain such...
(CG) patients.Objectives These claims-based analyses on a very large population examined and compared characteristics and comorbidity profile of patients with EOG and CG.Methods Patients with ≥1 ICD-9 or -10 gout code were identified in the Symphony claims database using Bellweather software (...
The ED visits for acute gout attack were most likely to occur in summer (29.1%). Among the ED cases of acute gout flares, 11.0% had a prescription history of allopurinol or febuxostat for the six months before the visit. The relative risks (RRs) of PM10 and O3 at lag0–7 were 1.02...
Participants in the control group who had a single recorded diagnosis of gout (ICD-10 code M10) were excluded (n = 13,809). Participants in the gout cohort were matched 1:4 with those in the control cohort on age, sex, income level, and region of residence. To prevent selection bias ...