contents
Introduction
3 Understanding gout: Not just acute joint attacks
Frédéric Lioté
Guidelines
6 Current management guidelines
Alexandre Dumusc and Alexander So
Optimising treatment
9 The patient journey and optimising treatment
Tim Jansen and Matthijs Janssen
General practice
13 The general practitioner’s approach to gout
Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Estibaliz Andrés Trasahedo
and Sandra P Chinchilla
Comorbidities
16 Gout and cardiovascular disease
Claudio Borghi
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Editor, Secondary Care
Andrea Porter
Art Editor
James Depree
Commercial Director,
Secondary Care & Business Health
Greg Damalis
Gout and chronic kidney disease: An emerging risk factor
Austin Stack