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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300354803321

Autore

Perez-Ruiz Fernando

Titolo

Managing Gout in Primary Care / / by Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Ana Maria Herrero-Beites

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tarporley : , : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : , : Imprint : Springer Healthcare, , 2014

ISBN

1-907673-67-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (78 p.)

Disciplina

616.3999

Soggetti

Rheumatology

Pharmacotherapy

Orthopedics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Disease Overview -- Physiopathology of Gout -- Diagnosis of Gout -- Treatment of Hyperuricemia in Gout -- Prevention and Treatment of Inflammation in Gout -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook discusses developments and the future of gout treatment, which looks promising. Gout has been a well-known disease for over 2000 years, and is the most common cause of joint inflammation in adult males. It has become apparent that no therapeutic target based on hyperuricemia outcome had been defined. Very few controlled trials were available to test the efficacy and safety of treatments, and no research on diagnosis and management had been done despite data showing that patients with gout were generally improperly treated even in the hands of specialists. In the last 10 years, good-quality evidence on gout impact and management has grown exponentially, renal transporters have been recently identified, and a number of new drugs have been approved or are under current development.