Treatment of Acute Gout Flares in the Emergency Department

TY - JOUR

T1 - Treatment of Acute Gout Flares in the Emergency Department

AU - Schlesinger, Naomi

AU - Brunetti, Luigi

N1 - This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/2/14

Y1 - 2020/2/14

N2 - Acute gout flares account for a substantial number of visits to the emergency department (ED). Treatment of the acute gout flare in the ED was the subject of an interesting article by Dalal DS et al.. The authors reported that 28.3% of the 456 patients included in the study received an opioid at discharge. Furthermore, 80% of the opioid prescriptions were new, indicating a large proportion of patients without previous exposure to an opioid were now exposed. We reported on the diagnosis and treatment of acute gout flares in a large series of 541 consecutive ED visits over a 7-year period (3).

AB - Acute gout flares account for a substantial number of visits to the emergency department (ED). Treatment of the acute gout flare in the ED was the subject of an interesting article by Dalal DS et al.. The authors reported that 28.3% of the 456 patients included in the study received an opioid at discharge. Furthermore, 80% of the opioid prescriptions were new, indicating a large proportion of patients without previous exposure to an opioid were now exposed. We reported on the diagnosis and treatment of acute gout flares in a large series of 541 consecutive ED visits over a 7-year period (3).

U2 - 10.1002/acr.24166

DO - 10.1002/acr.24166

M3 - Article

C2 - 32058646

SN - 2151-4658

JO - Arthritis Care and Research

JF - Arthritis Care and Research

ER -