title: [Treatment of Gout: Reflections From the GEMA Study].
abstract: Evaluation of clinical handling of gout come from published surveys, but no audit on daily clinical practice has been published yet. The present study issues an audit of rheumatology practice in Spain for the diagnosis and treatment of gout from data of 803 patients from 41 rheumatology units, and related to the EULAR recommendations. Gout diagnosis was crystal-based in 26% of the patients. Treatment of acute gout was mostly adequate to recommendations, although adjustment for co-morbidities was not discussed in the EULAR recommendations. Serum urate levels <6 mg/dL, as recommended, were retrieved from less than half the files of the patients. No tendency to rise, swift or combine urate-lowering drugs was observed despite poor control of serum urate levels.
authors.affiliation: Facultativo Especialista de Área. Hospital de Cruces. Baracaldo. Vizcaya. España.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pérez Ruiz