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Does the patient need
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?
About the patient's gout
Total Number of Flares
*
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Zero
One
Two or more
How many gout flares has the patient had in his or her life?
Flares per Year
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One or less
Two or more
How many gout flares does the patient have per year?
About the patient
CKD
*
Yes
No
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Does the patient have chronic kidney disease (CKD)?
Dialysis
Yes
No
Is the patient on
dialysis
?
Dialysis Type
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Hemodialysis
Peritoneal
What type of dialysis?
Time on Dialysis
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Less than six months
Between six months and a year
More than a year
How long since the patient started dialysis?
CKD Stage
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I
II
III
IV
V
What
stage
CKD? If unsure, but the patient's
baseline creatinine
is known, enter it below and GoutHelper will calculate the stage.
Baseline Creatinine
What is the patient's baseline creatinine? Creatinine is typically reported in micrograms per deciliter (mg/dL).
Age
How old is the patient?
Why do we need to know?
Biological Sex
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Male
Female
What is the patient's biological sex?
Why do we need to know?
Erosions
*
Yes
No
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Does the patient have
gouty erosions
on x-ray?
Hyperuricemia
*
Yes
No
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Does the patient have an elevated serum uric acid (greater than 9.0 mg/dL)?
Tophi
*
Yes
No
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Does the patient have gouty tophi? (Some
examples
courtesy of the Gout Education Society)
Urate Kidney Stones
*
Yes
No
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Does the patient have a history of
urate kidney stones
?
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