Performance of the 2015 American College of Rheumatology/European League against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for Gout in Korean Patients with Acute Arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to assess the performance of the 2015 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria for gout in Korean patients with acute arthritis and to compare the performance of the ACR/EULAR criteria to that of other sets of criteria for gout classification.

Methods

Patients with acute arthritis who underwent diagnostic arthrocentesis at one of the four participating rheumatology clinics were consecutively enrolled between February and December 2017. Crystal-proven gout was diagnosed upon confirming the presence of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in patients with a clinical impression of gout as judged by the rheumatologist. The performance of the ACR/EULAR and other gout classification criteria, including

SUBMITTER: Choi IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6556442 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature