TY - JOUR
T1 - A primary care perspective on gout
AU - Rimler, Eva
AU - Lom, Jennifer
AU - Higdon, Jason
AU - Cosco, Dominique
AU - Jones, Danielle
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Rimler et al; Licensee Bentham Open.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Gout causes patients’ significant morbidity, work-related disability, loss of productivity, increased health care costs, and even all-cause hospital admissions. As a result, primary care providers must be armed with the knowledge to properly diagnose and manage gout. While many aspects of care remain the same, some key updates that primary care providers must consider when treating their patients with gout will be discussed. In this perspective we will highlight and discuss acceptable circumstances for empiric treatment, renewed emphasis on treat to target, access to commonly used medications, recommended first line agents, and the role of primary care physicians in gout flare prevention among other topics. These strategies will aid primary care physicians treat all but the most complex cases of gout.
AB - Gout causes patients’ significant morbidity, work-related disability, loss of productivity, increased health care costs, and even all-cause hospital admissions. As a result, primary care providers must be armed with the knowledge to properly diagnose and manage gout. While many aspects of care remain the same, some key updates that primary care providers must consider when treating their patients with gout will be discussed. In this perspective we will highlight and discuss acceptable circumstances for empiric treatment, renewed emphasis on treat to target, access to commonly used medications, recommended first line agents, and the role of primary care physicians in gout flare prevention among other topics. These strategies will aid primary care physicians treat all but the most complex cases of gout.
KW - Acute gout flare
KW - Gout
KW - Primary care provider
KW - Urate lowering therapy
KW - Xanthine oxidase inhibitors
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U2 - 10.2174/1874303X01609010027
DO - 10.2174/1874303X01609010027
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84960115486
SN - 1874-303X
VL - 9
SP - 27
EP - 34
JO - Open Urology and Nephrology Journal
JF - Open Urology and Nephrology Journal
IS - Suppl 1: M5
ER -