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Gout
TREATMENT OF COMORBIDITIES Weight reduction towards ideal body weight and moderation in ethanol consumption have each been convincingly shown to reduce both the risk of incident gout and the expression of established gout. Other comorbidities have also been the subject of study. Hyperuricemia and gout are frequently accompanied by one or more major disorders, such as […]
Gout
INTRODUCTION Gout (monosodium urate [MSU] crystal deposition disease) is characterized biochemically by extracellular fluid urate saturation, which is reflected in the blood by hyperuricemia, with serum or plasma urate concentrations exceeding 6.8 mg/dL (approximately 400 micromol/L); this level of urate is the approximate limit of urate solubile The clinical manifestations of gout may include: ●Recurrent […]
Gout – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology
LABORATORY FINDINGS Synovial fluid analysis The gout flare is characterized by the presence of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in synovial fluid obtained from joints or bursas visualized by direct examination of a sample of fluid using compensated polarized light microscop. Urate crystals may also be identified frequently by this technique in material aspirated during the […]
