Objective To determine which clinical, laboratory, and imaging features most accurately
distinguished gout from non‐gout. Methods We performed a cross‐sectional study of …

Objective To examine the performance of ultrasound (US) for the diagnosis of gout using the
presence of monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU) crystals as the gold standard. Methods …

Objective To perform external validation of a provisional definition of disease flare in
patients with gout. Methods Five hundred nine patients with gout were enrolled in a cross‐sectional …

Objectives To compare the sensitivity and specificity of different classification criteria for gout
in early and established disease. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of consecutive …

Objective To identify the best‐performing survey definition of gout from items commonly
available in epidemiologic studies. Methods Survey definitions of gout were identified from 34 …

Objective. To determine the frequency of adverse events of diagnostic arthrocentesis in
patients with possible gout. Methods. Consecutive patients underwent arthrocentesis and were …

Objective. To determine the relationship between gout flare rate and self-categorization into
remission, low disease activity (LDA), and patient acceptable symptom state (PASS). …

Gout is an auto-inflammatory tophaceous disease characterized by the deposition of crystals
of monosodium urate and developing in connection with this inflammation in people with …

During the first months after the initiation of urate-lowering therapy in gout patients, the risk
of exacerbation of arthritis considerably rises, which often results in discontinuation of the …

The guided and leaky modes of the optical waveguides (fibers) are analyzed by the finite-element
method (FEM) with the integral boundary conditions. The initial equations are reduced …