title: [Clinical significance of hyperuricaemia in medically-hospitalized women over 50 years of age (author's transl)].
abstract: Hyperuricaemia was detected in 150 female patients over 50 years of age in a medical ward and was studied in detail.  Serum uric acid levels over 6.2 mg/100 ml were found in 29.1% of the females of this age group, the incidence of idiopathic hyperuricaemia being 6.4%.  The most common causes of urate elevation were the ingestion of diurectics (32%), pulmonary diseases (20%) and idiopathic hyperuricaemia (24%).  These findings suggest that treatment with saliuretics, especially in the case of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, requires the control of serum uric acid levels.  When serum uric acid levels are found to be elevated, treatment with allopurinol is essential.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000493:Allopurinol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D014527:Uric Acid; D000493:Allopurinol
vernacular_title: Bedeutung der Serumharnsäureerhöhung bei Frauen über dem 50. Lebensjahr an einer Internen Krankenabteilung