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RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
卷 33, 期 4, 页码 1079-1082出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2245-8
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Gout; Tophi; Hospitalizations
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We performed a prospective study of all patients diagnosed with gout and who received treatment in Sarawak General Hospital from 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2010. There was a total of 138 patients in our study of which 92 (66.7%) were from the indigenous populations. They have a mean age of 56.5 +/- A 12.5 years with a mean duration of illness of 11.6 +/- A 8.7 years. The mean lag time between symptom onset to the diagnosis of gout was 2.8 +/- A 4.8 years and a mean lag time to appropriate treatment of gout of 8.8 +/- A 8.4 years. Sixty-six (47.8%) patients have family history of gout. The common complications of gout in our patients were tophi (47.1%), joint deformities (39.1%), kidney stones (16.7%), and uric acid nephropathy (0.7%). Hospitalization occurred in 93 (67.4%) patients. Gout is a serious medical problem in our centre. Gout affects middle-aged men, especially the indigenous populations. Almost half of our patients have a family history of gout and have tophi formations. Our gout patients have a significant delay in diagnosis and appropriate treatment, thus contributing to more complications and hospitalizations in our centre. There is an urgent need to educate both patients and healthcare workers on gout and its treatment to reduce the burden of chronic gout in Sarawak.
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