Difference between revisions of "GOUT"
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Wilkinson, I. (2017). Oxford handbook of clinical medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | Wilkinson, I., Furmedge, D. and Sinharay, R. (2017). Oxford handbook of clinical medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [https://amzn.to/3YHrI6K Get it on Amazon.] | ||
<br/>Feather, A., Randall, D. and Waterhouse, M. (2020). Kumar And Clark’s Clinical Medicine. 10th ed. S.L.: Elsevier Health Sciences. [https://amzn.to/3k7WSW0 Get it on Amazon.] | |||
<br/>Hannaman, R. A., Bullock, L., Hatchell, C. A., & Yoffe, M. (2016). Internal medicine review core curriculum, 2017-2018. CO Springs, CO: MedStudy. | <br/>Hannaman, R. A., Bullock, L., Hatchell, C. A., & Yoffe, M. (2016). Internal medicine review core curriculum, 2017-2018. CO Springs, CO: MedStudy. | ||
<br/>Therapeutic Guidelines. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited. https://www.tg.org.au [Accessed 2021]. | <br/>Therapeutic Guidelines. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited. https://www.tg.org.au [Accessed 2021]. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:03, 13 March 2023
SUMMARY
1. Gout is caused by an excess of uric acid in the serum with deposition of monosodium urate crystals into joints, causing recurrent bouts of acute arthritis and, ultimately, chronic arthropathy.
2. Acute gout usually presents after 10-30 years of sustained hyperuricemia in male patients > 40 years of age and after menopause in females (estrogen appears to be a uricosuric agent).
3. Excess uric acid (UA) is caused by either decreased renal excretion (under-excretors; 90%), its increased production (over-producers; < I0%), or a combination of the two.
4. To determine whether a patient is an "under-excretor" or an "over-producer," measure the amount of UA in the urine over 24 hours.
5. Under-excretors have low-to-normal 24-hour urine UA levels in the setting of increased serum levels.
6. Diagnosis is made by finding intracellular monosodium urate crystals.
Reference(s)
Wilkinson, I., Furmedge, D. and Sinharay, R. (2017). Oxford handbook of clinical medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Get it on Amazon.
Feather, A., Randall, D. and Waterhouse, M. (2020). Kumar And Clark’s Clinical Medicine. 10th ed. S.L.: Elsevier Health Sciences. Get it on Amazon.
Hannaman, R. A., Bullock, L., Hatchell, C. A., & Yoffe, M. (2016). Internal medicine review core curriculum, 2017-2018. CO Springs, CO: MedStudy.
Therapeutic Guidelines. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited. https://www.tg.org.au [Accessed 2021].
