Abstracts tagged "prescribing trends and uric acid"

Abstract Number: 1904 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Patterns of Gout Treatment and Related Outcomes in US Community Rheumatology Practices: the Relation Between Gout Flares, Time in Treatment, Serum Uric Acid Level and Urate Lowering Therapy
Max I. Hamburger¹, John RP Tesser², John L. Skosey³, Allan H. Morton⁴ and Karl M. Kilgore⁵, ¹Rheumatology Associates, Melville, NY, ²AZ Arthritis Rheum Assoc, Paradise Valley, AZ, ³Illinois Bone & Joint Institut, Chicago, IL, ⁴Warren, MI, ⁵Cetus Group, LLC, Hunt Valley, MD
Background/Purpose: Study patterns of gout treatment and related outcomes in US community rheumatology practices, specifically the relation between likelihood and severity of gout flares, time…