Images in Primary Care Medicine: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Gout

Gout is the most common crystal arthropathy and is frequently diagnosed and managed by primary care physicians. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a valuable tool to aid in the diagnosis of gout via the identification of the double contour sign, aggregates of crystals, tophi, and erosions. In addit...

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Autores principales: Espejo, Dennis, Dearing, Elizabeth, Ogle, Kathleen Y, Portela, Maria, Boniface, Keith S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8211301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34155462
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15096
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author Espejo, Dennis
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Portela, Maria
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description Gout is the most common crystal arthropathy and is frequently diagnosed and managed by primary care physicians. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a valuable tool to aid in the diagnosis of gout via the identification of the double contour sign, aggregates of crystals, tophi, and erosions. In addition, POCUS can aid in the management of gout by recognizing early signs of gout, monitoring the effectiveness of urate-lowering therapy, and guiding aspiration and corticosteroid injection.
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spelling pubmed-82113012021-06-20 Images in Primary Care Medicine: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Gout Espejo, Dennis Dearing, Elizabeth Ogle, Kathleen Y Portela, Maria Boniface, Keith S Cureus Family/General Practice Gout is the most common crystal arthropathy and is frequently diagnosed and managed by primary care physicians. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a valuable tool to aid in the diagnosis of gout via the identification of the double contour sign, aggregates of crystals, tophi, and erosions. In addition, POCUS can aid in the management of gout by recognizing early signs of gout, monitoring the effectiveness of urate-lowering therapy, and guiding aspiration and corticosteroid injection. Cureus 2021-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8211301/ /pubmed/34155462 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15096 Text en Copyright © 2021, Espejo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Images in Primary Care Medicine: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Gout
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