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Point-of-Care Uric Acid Testing

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In June 2022, I listened to several presentations on gout at EULAR’s European Congress of Rheumatology. Most began with data confirming a sad truth that we, as rheumatology providers, are all aware of: too many patients are taking subtherapeutic doses of urate-lowering therapy (ULT).1,2 Recommendations from the American College of Physicians in 2017 advocated for…

Rheumatology Case Report: Deep Vein Thrombosis Detected by Point-of-Care Ultrasound

Alvin Lee Day, MD, James W. Fant Jr., MD, & Michael Wagner, MD, FACP, RDMS  |  

Case A 46-year-old Caucasian female presented to the outpatient rheumatology clinic where she had been followed for several years. Her chief complaint was pain in her right knee, posterior right thigh and right hip that had begun gradually over the previous three weeks. Her past medical history was significant for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), obesity and…