Gout News

Patients with gout demonstrate an increased risk for COVID-19-related death, with a greater burden in those with female vs. male sex, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

Joint replacement in patients with inflammatory arthritis is often beset with pitfalls like disease flares and infectious complications, and up until recently, the emergence new treatments were rendering the current guidelines outdated.

Rilzabrutinib induced rapid and durable clinical activity in previously treated patients with immune thrombocytopenia, according to results of a phase 1/phase 2 clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases should engage in both aerobic and strengthening exercises, aiming for at least moderate intensity, according to new EULAR recommendations.

The American College of Rheumatology and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons have released updated recommendations for the perioperative management of antirheumatic medication in patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty.

All around the world, gout prevalence is growing at an alarming pace, while gout treatment remains as “horribly mismanaged” as ever.

High adherence to healthy diet options found within the USDA’s 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including the heart-healthy DASH or the Mediterranean diet, significantly reduces the risk for gout in women, according to data.

A more intensive serum urate target is difficult to achieve with oral urate-lowering therapy, compared with a standard target of 0.3 mmol/L, and fails to improve bone erosion scores in patients with erosive gout, according to a study.

Tenosynovitis detected through power Doppler ultrasound predicts rheumatoid and inflammatory arthritis development in patients with clinically suspect arthralgia, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Patients with gout are 20% more likely to undergo lower extremity amputation versus those without gout, independent of comorbidities and other risk factors, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.