Gout

Concise and clinically focused, Gout, by Drs. Naomi Schlesinger and Peter E. Lipsky, provides a one-stop overview of recent developments regarding this common form of inflammatory arthritis. Impacting an estimated 8.3 million people in the U.S. alone, gout is seen frequently by both primary care physicians as well as rheumatologists. This resource provides detailed coverage of the epidemiology, causes, diagnosis, management, and treatment of patients with both acute and chronic gout.

Table of Contents:

1. Uric Acid Biology and Purine Metabolism

2. Silent Monosodium Urate Crystals Deposits

3. Genetics of Hyperuricemia and Gout

4. Immunoinflammatory Nature of Gout

5. Tophus Biology

6. Synovial Fluid Analysis and Crystal Identification

7. Epidemiology of Gout and Hyperuricemia

8. Comorbidities

9. Imaging

10. Gout Classification and Diagnosis

11. Clinical Features of Gout

12. Quality of Life

13. Treatment Guidelines: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

14. Nonpharmacological Treatments: Acute and Chronic Gout

15. Pharmacological Treatments: Acute Gout

16. Pharmacological Treatments: Chronic Gout

17. Treat to Target

18. Drugs in the Pipeline

Epilogue: Editors’ Look into the Future