CHRONIC POLYARTICULAR GOUT IN THE ELDERLY: A REPORT OF SIX CASES
| Autor: | Kathy Davey, N. L. Gilchrist, Richard Sainsbury, John T. Schousboe |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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musculoskeletal diseases Aging Acute arthritis medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Geriatric rehabilitation Gout medicine.medical_treatment Arthritis Osteoarthritis Gout suppressants Gout Suppressants Fingers Humans Medicine Aged Rehabilitation business.industry General Medicine Hand medicine.disease Radiography Physical therapy Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business |
| Zdroj: | Age and Ageing. 15:8-16 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2834 0002-0729 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/15.1.8 |
| Popis: | This report describes six elderly patients with previously undiagnosed and untreated chronic polyarticular gout, five of whom were seen at a Geriatric Rehabilitation and Assessment Unit within a 3-month period. All were on long-term diuretic therapy. Four patients had coexisting osteoarthritis. Three patients were unable to recall any prior history of attacks of acute arthritis and four patients were significantly disabled from gout. Chronic polyarticular gout in these patients was previously misdiagnosed and inadequately treated, resulting in otherwise preventable disability. |
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