Increased serum uric acid has been considered a cardiovascular risk factor but no study has assessed its relation with hospital mortality or length of stay. On the basis of data obtained from a prospective registry, the prevalence of gout/hyperuricemia and its association with these and other clinical parameters was evaluated in an Italian cohort of elderly patients acutely admitted to internal medicine or geriatric wards.

Gout, allopurinol intake and clinical outcomes in the hospitalized multimorbid elderly.

GUASTI, LUIGINA;MARESCA, ANDREA MARIA;SQUIZZATO, ALESSANDRO;
2014-01-01

Abstract

Increased serum uric acid has been considered a cardiovascular risk factor but no study has assessed its relation with hospital mortality or length of stay. On the basis of data obtained from a prospective registry, the prevalence of gout/hyperuricemia and its association with these and other clinical parameters was evaluated in an Italian cohort of elderly patients acutely admitted to internal medicine or geriatric wards.
2014
Allopurinol; Comorbidities; Elderly; Gout; Hyperuricemia; Outcomes; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Allopurinol; Cardiovascular Diseases; Chronic Disease; Comorbidity; Female; Gout; Hospital Mortality; Hospitalization; Humans; Hyperuricemia; Kidney Diseases; Length of Stay; Male; Treatment Outcome; Uric Acid
Franchi, C.; Salerno, F.; Conca, A.; Djade, C. D.; Tettamanti, M.; Pasina, L.; Corrao, S.; Marengoni, A.; Marcucci, M.; Mannucci, P. M.; Nobili, A.; S...espandi
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