Quality of gout care in the emergency departments: a multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To report on prevalence of gout flare in emergency departments and to report the quality of gout care in emergency departments and causes of admission at emergency departments.

Methods

A retrospective chart review of visits that had a primary diagnosis in gout by the International Classification of Diseases, the tenth revision, at emergency departments from 6 universities in Thailand over a 5 year period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

Results

Six hundred thirty-two visits were included to the study. Prevalence of gout flare in emergency departments was 0.04. Only 29.3% of the visits had arthrocentesis. 628/632 (99.4%) and 519/585 (88.7%) of the visits were prescribed medications in emergency departments and had home medications, respectively. Alth

SUBMITTER: Towiwat P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7171834 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature