Making You the Expert of You! (Smart Rules for Patients)
May 10, 2022
You’ve scheduled an appointment with your medical provider - how do you make the most of it? We've gathered these tips and suggestions to share with patients.
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Cool NEJM Case of Spinal Gout in 82-yr-old woman with 3-wk hx of severe LBP, rigors, anorexia, incomplete urination. Hx of PsA, CKD, CHF treated w/ Humira, HCQ, diuretics. Imaging tophi in spine, responded to steroids and allopurinol. https://t.co/JgH2bPsDeu https://t.co/RAPNxohe55
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May 16, 2022
Making You the Expert of You! (Smart Rules for Patients)
You’ve scheduled an appointment with your medical provider - how do you make the most of it?https://t.co/62mTqk4ksL https://t.co/gr7Hvt7EI3
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May 12, 2022
Allopurinol Use Does Not Increase Mortality in Gout w/ Chronic Kidney Disease
A trial has shown that allopurinol use dose escalation and achieving target uric acid levels, was not associated w/ increased mortality in patients with gout and concurrent CKD.https://t.co/8LHlRyTgS0 https://t.co/4Hu9cTwptO
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May 09, 2022
Gout affects >10 million (4%) in USA, but now w/ more ethnicity, with highest risk in Native Hawaiians (HR 2.21), followed by Black (1.34) and Japanese (1.14); but lower in Latinos (HR 0.78) compared to whites. https://t.co/lQiSx0ExAM https://t.co/bVx41mbquW
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May 06, 2022
What is JAKne? (5.6.2022)
May 06, 2022
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, journal reports, FDA actions, new side effects and changing prevalence of Gout.
Gout affects >10 million (4%) in USA, but now w/ more ethnicity, with highest risk in Native Hawaiians (HR 2.21), followed by Black (1.34) and Japanese (1.14);
There is 1.4 million transgender persons in the US. ACP has published a guideline "Care of the Transgender Patient" addressing health disparities, certain cancers, substance abuse, mental health conditions, infections, and chronic diseases. https://t.co/AoBeOzv9YH https://t.co/jKabVELPxH
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May 06, 2022
Allopurinol Use Does Not Increase Mortality in Gout with Chronic Kidney Disease
May 03, 2022
A population based trial has shown that allopurinol use dose escalation and achieving target uric acid levels (with allopurinol), was not associated with increased mortality in patients with gout and concurrent CKD
To examine the relation of allopurinol initiation, allopurinol dose
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COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake and Perceptions in Rheumatic Patients
Putman et al has reported vaccine survey results from the C19-GRA in Lancet Rheumatology showing the uptake and vaccine hesitancy among people with rheumatic diseases (RMD).https://t.co/sqsOHGThzV https://t.co/zeZrlDeQ9Z
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Apr 25, 2022
2 studies from NKF meeting shows gout occurs in 13.5% of CKD on dialysis; and seen in 17-28% of Stg 3,4 CKD pts. CKD w/ Gout has more bone/mineral Dz (40 vs 26%), CHF (21 vs 14%), DJD (17 vs 9%); >1/3 NOT on urate lowering therapy https://t.co/sn40xqxRyg https://t.co/ewb0tpWukw
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Apr 19, 2022
No Benefit to More Intensive Urate Lowering in Gout
While treat-to-target (T2T) is commonly advocated in gout management, it is unknown if T2T (or more intensive T2T) may result in less bony erosions in gout. https://t.co/uag4fJ4FSi https://t.co/djniwFl491
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Apr 15, 2022
Male vs. Female Responders (4.15.2022)
Apr 15, 2022
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal Reports from the past week on RheumNow.com - including fellowship COVID-19 concerns, the limits of T2T in gout and the real odds of RA remission with your first biologic.
Downward Effects! Real world data from 22,934 UK #RA pts
No Benefit to More Intensive Urate Lowering in Gout
Apr 14, 2022
While treat-to-target (T2T) is commonly advocated in gout management, it is unknown if T2T (or more intensive T2T) may result in less bony erosions in gout. Dalbeth et al has studied this is a prospective trial noted that more intensive serum urate lowering is difficult to achieve (orally),
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211 pts presenting w/ hot swollen joint to the ER; 28 w/ septic arthritis; pseudogout 32; gout 50; & others: 101. Predictors of Septic Arthritis: RA (OR 3.4); skin infx (OR 3.3); liver Dz (OR 9.9); knee involv (OR 3.5); immunosuppressive use (OR 3.5) https://t.co/uASovNVOWb https://t.co/Fq3obVDavm
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Apr 05, 2022
Japanese study using Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis of the association between coffee consumption, gout & uric acid levels - showing coffee consumption can causally reduce gout risk (OR = 0.50), independent of SUA levels https://t.co/ymovYj5y40 https://t.co/uI7OqY9FcU
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Mar 31, 2022
Ask Cush Anything! Have a rheumatology question or case for Dr. Cush? Submit it here and we may feature it on an upcoming podcast. https://t.co/KgPIeScthr https://t.co/nk4re9mlcH
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Mar 25, 2022
Comorbidity Drives Risk of Death in Gout Patients
Mar 24, 2022
A study of men with gout from the US Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA) shows that excess mortality in gout could be attributed to comorbidities.
A matched cohort study done between 1999 - 2015, compared gout and non-gout patients, looking at clinical variables and mortality rates
Read ArticleConsequences of TNF inhibition (3.18.2022)
Mar 18, 2022
This week we're going to talk about the downside of TNF inhibitors, a few interesting observations in gout, and yes, kids do get COVID. We're also going to preview what's coming in April (hint: it's about PsA). This and more as Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past
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Disappointment Behind Acute Gout Hospitalizations
Mar 16, 2022
Analysis of emergency department visits from two UK hospitals shows a high rate of hospitalization, and low use of urate-lowering therapies (ULT) and treat-to-target (T2T) management.
Between 2017 and 2020 there were 1,220 emergency attendances for gout flares - 23.5% required
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Gout is common but disproportionately affects certain groups (e.g., the elderly, Pacific Islander, Blacks). Ethnic links to gout were also recently shown to be linked to modifiable behavioral factors that may prove useful in managing gout patients.https://t.co/uvIuw3zFnq https://t.co/EZomBGQIyt
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Mar 08, 2022
Ethnic and Behavioral Drivers of Gout Risk
Mar 07, 2022
Gout is common but disproportionately affects certain groups (e.g., the elderly, Pacific Islander, Blacks). Ethnic links to gouts were also shown to be linked to modifiable behavioral factors and such information maybe useful in managing gout patients.
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An odd association - Swedish Registry analysis matched incident gout (1:5) w/ non-gout & looked for birth associations. Future gout risk was assoc w/ maternal diabetes ( https://t.co/Tsz72SeTC8 3.1), congenital malformation (OR 1.33), $ small gestational (OR 1.75) https://t.co/r9dGMzBopK
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Mar 04, 2022
Polarized microscopy of synovial fluid to identify uric acid crystals was shown to high utility and reliability in a study of 5 rheumatologists (4 consultants, 1 registrar). 50 SF samples - good agreement w/ κ = 0.71 for MSU, 0.88 for CPP https://t.co/5c7N7spc0t https://t.co/9wXsHuCY6D
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Mar 03, 2022
Low COVID-19 Vaccine Risks in Rheumatic Patients
Feb 23, 2022
Data from the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Coronavirus Vaccine registry shows that patients with with inflammatory or noninflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease have similar adverse event rates as the general public.
Data from this registry was
Read Article Taiwan study of 12,786 pre-dialysis advanced CKD patients with gout shows that use of febuxostat or allopurinol was assoc w/ a reduced sepsis/infection risk - most w/ FEB (HR, 0.68; 0.52–0.87), but no signif difference in MACE or CVA https://t.co/zp7JLwzah8
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Feb 15, 2022
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