Gout: A Lesser Known Type of Arthritis
Contact Hours: 1
Cost: $10.00
This instructional course has been designed to provide relevant information to healthcare clinicians regarding gout. Patients with gout may present in any healthcare setting. The nurse may be involved in obtaining a medical history, performing diagnostic procedures, providing patient education and/or medication administration to treat the disease. All clinicians involved in caring for patients receiving uric acid-lowering medications need a working knowledge of the diagnosis for which they are given, side effects of the drugs, appropriate interventions, and the psychological implications of having this disease and the treatments used to control it.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
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Explain the role of uric acid in gout
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Describe the 4 stages of gout
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Discuss treatments for gout, including lifestyle modifications, medications used for
acute attack symptom relief, and uric acid-lowering drugs
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Definition
Scope of the Issue
Risk Factors
Comorbidities
Chapter 2: Description of the Disease
Stages of the Disease
Symptoms
Chapter 3: Diagnosis
Chapter 4: Treatment
Colchicine
NSAIDs
Corticosteroids
Uric Acid Lowering Therapy
1. Allopurinol
2. Febuxostat
3. Probenecid
4. Lesinurad
5. Pegloticase
Chapter 5: References