Brief Report: Validation of a Definition of Flare in Patients With Established Gout.

Angelo L GaffoNicola DalbethKenneth G SaagJasvinder A SinghElizabeth J RahnAmy S MudanoYi-Hsing ChenChing-Tsai LinSandra BourkeWorawit LouthrenooJanitzia Vazquez-MelladoHansel Hernández-LlinasTuhina NeogiAna Beatriz Vargas-SantosGeraldo da Rocha Castelar-PinheiroRodrigo B C AmorimTill UhligHilde B HammerMaxim EliseevFernando Perez-RuizLorenzo CavagnaGeraldine M McCarthyLisa K StampMartijn GerritsenViktoria FanaFrancisca SiveraWilliam John Taylor

Published in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2018)

The definition of gout flare that requires fulfillment of at least 3 of 4 patient-reported criteria is now validated to be sensitive, specific, and accurate for gout flares, as demonstrated using an independent large international patient sample. The availability of a validated gout flare definition will improve the ascertainment of an important clinical outcome in studies of gout.

Keyphrases

uric acid
patient reported
metabolic syndrome
case report
high resolution