The target uric acid level in multimorbid patients with gout is difficult to achieve: data from a longitudinal Swiss single-centre cohort.
CONCLUSION: Only half of patients attended the planned follow-up visits, indicating low awareness for gout. Of those attending follow-up, only approximately 50% had achieved the serum urate target at 12 months. Although new treatments are available, care for gout patients remains insufficient, notably in difficult-to-treat multimorbid patient subsets as described in this cohort.
PMID: 31476243 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - Category: General Medicine Authors: Ankli B, Berger CT, Haeni N, Kyburz D, Hügle T, So AK, Daikeler T Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research
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