Managing gout: How is it different in patients with chronic kidney disease?

Hossam El-Zawawy; Brian F. Mandell

doi:10.3949/ccjm.77a.09080

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Managing gout: How is it different in patients with chronic kidney disease?

Hossam El-Zawawy, MD, MS and Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 919-928; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09080

Hossam El-Zawawy

Assistant Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

Associate Staff, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL

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Brian F. Mandell

Chairman, Department of Medicine, Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic

Professor of Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic

Editor-in-Chief, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

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Many patients with gout have comorbidities, including hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The goals when treating gout are no different in these patients, but the choice and dosage of drugs may need to be modified.

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↵* Dr. Mandell has disclosed that he has been a consultant for Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and has conducted a clinical trial for Savient Pharmaceuticals.

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