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Primary Care Diagnosis of Gout Compared to a Primary Care Diagnostic Rule for Gout and to Classification Criteria

WATSON, LORRAINE; MULLER, SARA; RODDY, EDWARD

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Abstract

We read with interest the recent study by Dehlin and colleagues1, investigating the validity of a gout diagnosis in primary care. We have also investigated how a primary care diagnosis of gout compares to a primary care diagnostic rule for gout and to classification criteria. Our objective was to determine the proportion of patients with a primary care diagnosis of gout who fulfilled the primary care diagnostic rule by Janssens, et al for acute gouty arthritis2 and the 1977 American Rheumatism Association (ARA) criteria for the classification of acute arthritis of primary gout3.

Journal Article Type Letter
Acceptance Date Jul 15, 2019
Online Publication Date Jul 15, 2019
Publication Date Jul 15, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Rheumatology
Print ISSN 0315-162X
Publisher Journal of Rheumatology
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 46
Issue 11
Article Number 1542
DOI https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190495
Keywords gout; primary care; diagnosis
Publisher URL http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/07/10/jrheum.190495