tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Can ultrasonography make identification of asymptomatic hyperuricemic individuals at risk for developing gouty arthritis more crystal clear"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Can ultrasonography make identification of asymptomatic hyperuricemic individuals at risk for developing gouty arthritis more crystal clear? | Schlesinger Arthritis Research Therapy 2011 13 107 http content 13 2 107 EDITORIAL L_ Can ultrasonography make identification of asymptomatic hyperuricemic individuals at risk for developing gouty arthritis more crystal clear Naomi Schlesinger See related research by Pineda etal. http content 13 1 R4 Abstract Hyperuricemia is the most important risk factor for gouty arthritis. The quandary is how to predict which patient with asymptomatic hyperuricemia will develop gouty arthritis. Can ultrasonography help identify hyperuricemic individuals at risk for developing gouty arthritis In the previous issue of Arthritis Research Therapy Pineda and colleagues found ultrasonography changes suggestive of gouty arthritis in 25 of hyperuricemic individuals. These were found exclusively in hyperuricemic individuals but not in normouricemic patients. Ultrasonography may serve as a noninvasive means to diagnose gouty arthritis in hyperuricemic individuals who have yet to develop symptomatic gouty arthritis. In the previous issue of Arthritis Research Therapy Pineda and colleagues present an interesting study evaluating the use of ultrasonography US to help identify hyperuricemic individuals at risk for gouty arthritis 1 . Hyperuricemia is the most important risk factor for gouty arthritis. The number of adults with hyperuricemia and gouty arthritis is increasing. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES data from 2007 to 2008 showed a hyperuricemia serum urate 7 mg dl prevalence of in men and in women 2 . Most individuals with hyperuricemia however do not develop gouty arthritis 3 . The reported gouty arthritis prevalence in the 2007 to 2008 NHANES data was in men and 2 in women Correspondence schlesna@ Division of Rheumatology Department of Medicine UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School MEB 468 One Robert Wood Johnson Pl. . Box 19 New Brunswick NJ 08903-0019 USA 2 BioMed .