Results: Most patients were males, mean age of 61 years, who reported experiencing at least one acute gout flare in the past 12 months, and 12.3% (n = 76) reported presence of tophi. Among the 27. ...

Gout can be acute, with sudden onset symptoms, or chronic, with more frequent flare-ups and lasting symptoms. It may affect more than one joint. There may only be short breaks between flares.

Only one-third of patients who visited the ED for a gout flare had gout-related outpatient follow-up within 6 months, ...

“Swelling may last for a few days to a week in acute attack, though patients with severe disease start to develop intercritical gout [the time between gout flares] or symptoms and swelling that ...

The second phase, acute gouty arthritis ... study found that it did not significantly impact uric acid levels or gout flares ...

Pegloticase therapy for uncontrolled gout does not appear to significantly increase the risk for cardiovascular (CV) or thromboembolic (TE) events, despite the potential for increased gout flares ...

Treatment of gout takes a two-pronged approach, comprising treatment of acute flare-ups of gouty arthritis, and urate-lowering therapy in some patients. Several medications can be used for the ...