NEW GOUT CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA (ACR/EULAR 2015)

2015 Gout Classification Criteria

DOI 10.1002/art.39254 VC 2015 The Authors. Arthritis & Rheumatology is published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for com...

New classification criteria for gout: a framework for progress.

The definitive classification or diagnosis of gout normally relies upon the identification of MSU crystals in SF or from tophi. Where microscopic examination of SF is not available or is impractical, the best approach may differ depending upon the context. For many types of research, clinical classification criteria are necessary. The increasing prevalence of gout, advances in therapeutics and ...

2015 Gout Classification Criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Collaborative Initiative

OBJECTIVE Existing criteria for the classification of gout have suboptimal sensitivity and/or specificity, and were developed at a time when advanced imaging was not available. The current effort was undertaken to develop new classification criteria for gout. METHODS An international group of investigators, supported by the American College of Rheumatology and the European League Against Rheu...

Criteria for gout diagnosis?

[New classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis].

tendenza attuale è infatti quella di identificare in fase iniziale quei casi di artrite con potenziale evolutivo rispetto a forme autolimitanti non severe, piuttosto che classificare e trattare solamente pazienti con diagnosi certa di AR (3). Per sviluppare i nuovi criteri per l’AR sono stati considerati quindi pazienti con artrite all’esordio ed è stato applicato come criterio di classificazio...