Inflammasomes: caspase-1-activating platforms with critical roles in host defense [PDF]
Activation of the inflammatory cysteine protease caspase-1 in inflammasome complexes plays a critical role in the host response to microbial infections.
Lieselotte eVande Walle +3 more
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Long‐Term Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study From the Veterans Health Administration
Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of long‐term opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed long‐term opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget +7 more
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Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the cost‐effectiveness of low‐dose colchicine prophylaxis for preventing gout flares when starting allopurinol using the “start‐low go‐slow” approach. Methods Participants with gout, fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology recommendations for starting urate‐lowering therapy and with serum urate
Yana Pryymachenko +4 more
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Studies on the Anti-Gouty Arthritis and Anti-hyperuricemia Properties of Astilbin in Animal Models
The purpose of this study was to investigate potential anti-gouty effect of astilbin (AS) and its possible mechanisms. In mice with hyperuricemia induced by potassium oxonate (OXO) and yeast extract powder (YEP), AS and febuxostat (FB) reduced the serum ...
Yan Han +6 more
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Metabolic and Crystal Arthropathies [70-72]: 70. Single Intramuscular Depot Methylprednisolone Injection: A Convenient, Efficacious and Safe Treatment for Gouty Arthritis in an Inpatient Setting [PDF]
Background: Various modalities of treatment have been used and recommended in the treatment of acute gout. These include drugs such as colchicine, NSAIDs and oral prednisolone.
Arulmani, Udayasankar +15 more
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Disseminated cutaneous gout: a rare manifestation of a common disease [PDF]
Disseminated cutaneous gout is a rare atypical cutaneous manifestation of gout in which widespread dermal and subcutaneous tophi develop at extra-articular body sites.
Adler, Brandon L +4 more
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Feasibility randomised multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy controlled trial of anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist versus intramuscular methylprednisolone for acute gout attacks in patients with chronic kidney disease (ASGARD): protocol study [PDF]
Introduction: Acute gout occurs in people with chronic kidney disease, who are commonly older people with comorbidities such as hypertension, heart disease and diabetes.
Ahmed, Khalid +14 more
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Objective Asymptomatic hyperuricemia is a precursor of gout and is also associated with cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. The aim of this study was to understand perceptions about asymptomatic hyperuricemia and views about urate‐lowering therapy in people with asymptomatic hyperuricemia. Methods Participants in a multinational study of
Nicola Dalbeth +19 more
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Objective This study aimed to examine the diagnostic value of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels for identifying bacterial infection in febrile patients with chronic gouty arthritis.
Jing Zhang +7 more
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ETHORICOXIB IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES
Ethoricoxib is a new-generation selective COX-2 inhibitor. It has been recently licensed in Russia for the treatment of osteoarthrosis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and acute gouty arthritis.
Yu A Olyunin, Yu A Olyunin
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