Gout hospitalization exacerbated by failure to prescribe recommended urate-lowering treatment

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a Swedish study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 revealed an increasing incidence of hospitalization due to gout over the last decade, with a resultant increase in health care costs. Also, worryingly, many of the patients admitted to hospital had not been receiving the recommended urate-lowering treatment (ULT).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news