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ReviewNature reviews. Rheumatology2014

Optimizing current treatment of gout.

Frances Rees, Michelle Hui, Michael Doherty

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Review in Nature reviews. Rheumatology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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71citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Frances ReesDivision of Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital Nottingham, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK.
Michelle HuiDivision of Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital Nottingham, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK.
Michael DohertyDivision of Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital Nottingham, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis worldwide. Although effective treatments exist to eliminate sodium urate crystals and to 'cure' the disease, the management of gout is often suboptimal. This article reviews available treatments, recommended best practice and barriers to effective care, and how these barriers might be overcome. To optimize the management of gout, health professionals need to know not only how to treat acute attacks but also how to up-titrate urate-lowering therapy against a specific target level of serum uric acid that is below the saturation point for crystal formation. Current perspectives are changing towards much earlier use of urate-lowering therapy, even at the time of first diagnosis of gout. Holistic assessment and patient education are essential to address patient-specific risk factors and ensuring adherence to individualized therapy. Shared decision-making between a fully informed patient and practitioner greatly increases the likelihood of curing gout.

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalColchicineGoutHumansUric AcidAdrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalColchicineUric Acid

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