Diagnosis and treatment for hyperuricemia and gout: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite the publication of hundreds of trials on gout and hyperuricemia, management of these conditions remains suboptimal. We aimed to assess the quality and consistency of guidance documents for gout and hyperuricemia.

Design

Systematic review and quality assessment using the appraisal of guidelines for research and evaluation (AGREE) II methodology.

Data sources

PubMed and EMBASE (27 October 2016), two Chinese academic databases, eight guideline databases, and Google and Google scholar (July 2017).

Eligibility criteria

We included the latest version of international and national/regional clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements for diagnosis and/or treatment of hyperuricemia and gout, published in English or Chinese.

Data extractio

SUBMITTER: Li Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720466 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature