Gout is a common medical condition characterized by the accumulation of monosodium urate (MSU) monohydrate crystals in the tissues, often resulting in painful flares that can last for one to two weeks. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), gout is more prevalent in men than in...
Management of chronic gout: 61.6% agreed with not treating asymptomatic hyperuricemia. Allopurinol or febuxostat are used as the first-line therapies according to 88.7%. Half of respondents lowered target SUA when gout was tophaceous. Conclusions The guidelines generally met with the approval of ...
Cyclophosphamide Versus Methylprednisolone for Treating Neuropsychiatric Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013;(2):CD002265. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002265.pub3.Search in Google Scholar PubMed PubMed Central [81] Blumenfeld Z, Mischari O, Schultz N, et al....
In nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH), ARBs are reported to be effective for reversing pathological changes such as fibrosis.536 POINT 7E Gout/hyperuricemia 1. In hypertension complicated by hyperuricemia, lifestyle gui- dance such as restriction of energy intake, routine practice of aerobic ...
angiotensin II receptor blockers, and direct renin inhibitors are, contraindicated due to adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes. Although BP-lowering is mandatory, the agents to use should be individualized for treating severe hypertension (≥160/110 mmHg). All antihypertensive drugs taken are excreted...
New chapters on admission, pre-op and post-op orders prepare you for every step of the patient treatment process. Addition of ICD-9 codes within the chapters makes classifying diseases with ICD codes easy. New content on Parkinson's disease, gout, testicular cancer, multiple sclerosis, bite ma...
Bone fracture patients should be managed by a multi-disciplinary clinical team that includes case management to ensure that patients are being properly and fully evaluated and treated for osteoporosis and the risk of future fractures, according to clinic
If autoimmune hepatitis is suspected, liver biopsy is necessary for diagnosis and treatment guidance. Support groups should be recommended to patients with PBC. Clinicians who care for patients with PBC should consider addition of clinical audit tools to document and improve quality of care....
Methods: A comprehensive quantitative survey was administered between February 11 and February 22, 2013, to physicians treating patients with gout; the survey included a patient record chart review informed by prior qualitative interviews. Eight criteria from the ACR gout management guidelines were used...
8) Aldosterone antagonists and potassium-sparing diuretics Aldosterone antagonists such as spironolactone and eplerenone may be particularly effective for low renin hypertension, and are also useful for treating resistant hypertension.498 As aldosterone affects the cardiovascular system, aldosterone antagonists ...