Gout Author: Grace P. Teal, MD; Howard A. Fuchs, MD
Module updated - 2009-11-23
Author information and module status
Prevention
Screening
Diagnosis
Consultation for Diagnosis
Hospitalization
Non-drug Therapy
Drug Therapy
Patient Education
Consultation for Management
Follow-up

Tables
Figures
References
Glossary
What's New
Patient Information
Additional Resources
Tools
Additional Resources

Clinical Information
Guideline
   American College of Rheumatology
 Guidelines for the initial evaluation of the adult patient with acute musculoskeletal symptoms
   British Society for Rheumatology/British Health Professionals in Rheumatology
 Guideline for the management of gout
Article
   Annals of Internal Medicine
 Synovial fluid analysis for diagnosis of intercritical gout
 Diagnosis of intercritical gout
   Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
 Relation between adverse events associated with allopurinol and renal function in patients with gout
 The interleukin 1 inhibitor rilonacept in treatment of chronic gouty arthritis: results of a placebo-controlled, monosequence crossover, non-randomised, single-blind pilot study
   Archives of Internal Medicine
 Obesity, weight change, hypertension, diuretic use, and risk of gout in men: the health professionals follow-up study
 Long-term cardiovascular mortality among middle-aged men with gout
 Vitamin C intake and the risk of gout in men: a prospective study
   British Medical Journal
 Diagnosis and management of gout
   Circulation
 Independent impact of gout on mortality and risk for coronary heart disease
   Family Practice
 Gout, just a nasty event or a cardiovascular signal? A study from primary care
   Journal of Clinical Investigation
 Gout: new insights into an old disease
   Journal of Hypertension
 Comparative effects of losartan and irbesartan on serum uric acid in hypertensive patients with hyperuricaemia and gout
   Journal of Rheumatology
 Recent diuretic use and the risk of recurrent gout attacks: the online case-crossover gout study.
 Frequency and predictors of inappropriate management of recurrent gout attacks in a longitudinal study.
 The compliance-questionnaire-rheumatology compared with electronic medication event monitoring: a validation study
   Lancet
 Association of three genetic loci with uric acid concentration and risk of gout: a genome-wide association study
   Metabolism
 Clinical features of familial gout and effects of probable genetic association between gout and its related disorders
   New England Journal of Medicine
 Febuxostat compared with allopurinol in patients with hyperuricemia and gout
   Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
 Advances in the management of gout and hyperuricaemia
Review
   Annals of Internal Medicine
 Narrative review: diseases that masquerade as infectious cellulitis
 Pathogenesis of gout
   Current Opinion in Rheumatology
 Gout: diagnosis, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations
   Mayo Clinic Proceedings
 Gout medication treatment patterns and adherence to standards of care from a managed care perspective

Educational Resources
Educational Syllabus
   MKSAP 12
 The Obese Patient
 Surgically Managed Congenital Heart Disease
 Treatment Options for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
 Uric Acid Stone Disease
 Polyarticular Gout
 Approach to the Patient with Rheumatic Disease
 Laboratory Studies
 Making the Diagnosis

Patient Information
Web
 American College of Rheumatology: Gout
 Arthritis Foundation: Gout
 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: Questions and Answers About Gout
 American College of Rheumatology: Gout (Spanish)
FAQs | Patient Information
Grace P. Teal, MD (deceased) has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Howard A. Fuchs, MD, is a consultant for TAP Pharmaceuticals.
Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD, Editor, PIER, has received grant support from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd , and honoraria for continuing medical education grand rounds and lectures given.


The information included herein should never be used as a substitute for clinical judgment and does not represent an official position of ACP. Because all PIER modules are updated regularly, printed web pages or PDFs may rapidly become obsolete. Therefore, PIER users should compare the date of the last update on the website with any printout to ensure that the information being referred to is the most current available.
PIER is copyrighted (c) 2010 by the American College of Physicians,
190 N. Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572, USA.