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Week 3- Gout Flashcards

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what is gout?

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its a group of diseases of increased levels of uric acid in the blood- HYPERURICAEMIA

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what is gout caused by?

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increase production or decreased excretion or both

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what is happeneing during gout?

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  • Deposition of monosodium urate
    monohydrate crystals in joints & soft tissues
    ➔ acute inflammation & eventually tissue damage
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what is the epidemilogy of gout?

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  • more common in men 30-60yrs and in older ppl

- more likely if there is family history of it

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what is the physiology of gout?

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-normally for synthesis Uric acid is end product of purine (adenine & guanine) metabolism.
-last 2 steps controlled by xanthine oxidase
-nomrally for uric acid excertion
- Completely filtered by glomerulus
-90-100% reabsorbed in proximal tubule
(URAT-1 specific anion transporter)
-50% actively secreted in distal tubule
-40-45% post secretary reabsorption
➔ ~ 5-10% of original glomerular load is
excreted

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what is the aetiology of gout?

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-icnreased rate of synthesis of purine precursors of
uric acid (10%)
- decreased elimination of uric acid by kidney (90%)

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what are the 2 types of gout?

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-Primary:
– Due to rare inborn errors of metabolism or renal
excretion (not covered here)
- Secondary:
– Occur due to drugs or consequence of other
disorder

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what is the explantation of gout due to over consumption of uric aicd?

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-Offal (liver, kidney, heart, sweetbreads), game,
oily fish (anchovies, herring, mackerel, sardines,
sprats, trout), seafood, yeast or meat extracts.

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what is the explantation of gout due to over production of uric acid?

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⚫ Excessive cell turnover (E.g: neoplastic
disease, psoriasis, haemolytic anaemias)
⚫ Cell lysis caused by cancer chemotherapy &
radiotherapy
⚫ Excessive synthesis of uric acid due to rare
enzyme mutation defects

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what is the explantation of gout due to under excretion of uric acid?

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Hyperuricaemia ➔ large urate loads filtered
through glomerulus ➔ increased urate reabsorption
to avoid dumping of insoluble urate into
urinary tract
-Also reduction tubular secretion

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what type of situation would you get under excretion of uric acid?

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-renal failure, kidney cant excrete it
-alcohol (beer, red wine) have high levels of purine, when its breaks down produced uric acid and excretion in kidney
-Drugs:
– Diuretics - Especially thiazides, furosemide
– aspirin, ciclosporin,, omeprazole, ethambutol,
pyrazinamide, niacin, didanosine, levodopa,
cytotoxics

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what are other causes for gout and risk factors?

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⚫ Physical Stress
– Tight shoes, hill walking, hiking, history of joint
trauma
⚫ Other independent risk factors: hypertension,
obesity & hypertriglyceridaemia

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what is the gout pathophysiology?

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– Formation and deposition of monosodium urate crystals is more likely to occur when levels
are persistently > 380 micromol/mL (solubility limit)
⚫ HIGHER plasma urate level ➔ increased incidence of gout
⚫ PROLONGED DURATION of increase urate levels ➔ increased likelihood of developing gout.

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when is uric acid a probelm?

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-when its supersaturation withn join and formation crystals
-Solubility is influenced by:
– Temperature, pH, cation concentration, articular
dehydration and presence of nucleating agents (nonaggregated proteoglycans, insoluble collagens and
chondroitin)

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when may a patient have symptoms of gout?

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-crystal are shed in the bursa triggering inflammatory reaction (small sacs of synovial fluid surrounding
joint)
-Crystal deposition may continue for many
months or years without causing symptoms

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what are some symptoms that a patient might experience?

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Shedding can be triggered by e.g:
– Trauma, dehydration, rapid weight loss, illness &
surgery

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what do the urate crystals do once they are in the bursa?

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Urate crystals are directly able to initiate, amplify
and sustain inflammatory responses, through:
⚫ Humoral and cellular inflammatory mediators
⚫ Complement system
⚫ Overall this causes:
⚫ a proinflammatory cascade of cytokines, chemotactic factors,
TNF
⚫ Inflammatory cell accumulation (monocytes and mast cells in
the early phase and neutrophils in the later phase)
⚫ IL-1beta has been shown to be critically related to
the inflammatory response in gout

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what are the 5 stages clinical presentation of gout?

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– Asymptomatic hyperuricaemia (long period before gout manifests)
– Acute gouty arthritis
– Interval gout/Intercritical gout
– Chronic tophaceous gout
– Gouty nephropathy
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what is acute gouty arthritis?

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-first acute attack of gout, 90% monoarticular
⚫ 80% first metatarsophalangeal joint of great
toe (podagra)
⚫ Others: small joints of feet/ankles, hands
(distal interphalangeal), elbows & knees
⚫ Caused by deposition of urate crystals in
joints

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what are some signs and symptoms of gout?

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⚫ Severe pain with hot, red, swollen and
extremely painful joints
⚫ Begin abruptly – max intensity 8-12hrs
⚫ Weight bearing impossible
⚫ Erythema(redness)
⚫ Synovitis(inflammation)
⚫ Leucocytosis(increase in wbc)
⚫ Confusion in elderly
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when do attacks of gout happen?

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⚫ Attack at anytime but can be caused by
trigger factors (E.g: food, alcohol,
dehydration, starting diuretic)
⚫ Left untreated last around 7 days ➔
desquamation(shredding of outer layer of skin) of overlying skin
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what is intercritical gout?

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⚫ Time between acute attacks of gout
⚫ Variable intervals of months to years when
there are no symptoms

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what is chronic tophaceous gout?

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⚫ Presence of tophi:
– White deposits of monosodium urate
– Nodule formation affecting joints
– Subcutaneous and periarticular areas
– Ear lobes, Achilles tendon, fingers
-paitent who have this had probs had gout for 10-15 years
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what is Gouty nephropathy/ Hyperuricaemia

induced renal disease?

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⚫ Crystals of urate deposited around renal
tubules
➔ inflammatory response (interstitial
nephritis)
⚫ Proteinuria & renal impairment
⚫ Renal stone formation
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how is gout diagnosed?
⚫ Has to be based on clinical history and examination. ⚫ Uric acid levels can be useful but are not always raised when someone has an acute attack. ⚫ Joint fluid microscopy – presence of crystals and absence of infection (to rule out septic arthritis) – Not always done as it risks causing infection ⚫ Joint X-ray ⚫ Standard bloods – RF, lipids, glucose
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what are the aims for the treatment of gout?
⚫ Relieve pain/inflammation of acute attack ⚫ Terminate attack ⚫ Prevent further attacks ⚫ Prevent long term joint and organ damage ⚫ Avoid precipitating factors
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what should a patient do if they get an acute attack?
-rest -prompt treatment with full dose NSAIDs -avoid ASPIRIN, – Competes with uric acid for excretion and can worsen attack
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what is the first line treatment for gout?
-first line is NSAID relieve pain and inflammation and can abort an acute attack. if fast -should be started ASAP -Full therapeutic high dose for 24-48hrs then lower doses for 7-10 days until completely resolved ⚫ Consider gastroprotection (ppi) e.g. lansoprazole
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what is the second line treatment for gout?
COLCHICINE- when NSAID are ineffective or contraindicted in CV, heart failure or HT, renal disease, gastrointestinal -works by Slower onset + high level of toxicity ⚫ Inhibits neutrophil migration into joint -⚫ Dose: 0.5mg 2-4 times a day until relief of joint pain or development of GI side-effects or total 6mg taken – do not repeat course within 3 days ⚫ Lower dose of 0.5mg every 8 hrs in elderly and renal impairment -Response after 6 hrs, pain relief after 12 hrs and resolution after 48-72 hrs
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what are some interaction for colchicine?
-glycoprotein inhibitor
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what are some side effects of colchicine?
– Nausea & vomiting – Abdominal pain – **Diarrhoea** (stop therapy immediately) – Rashes, peripheral neuropathy, blood dyscrasias these are rare
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what is other treatment for gout
⚫ Oral: e.g. Prednisolone 30-35mg daily (or equivalent) -Pred 35mg daily for 5 days as effective as naproxen 500mg BD for 5 days for flare treatment -Pred 30mg daily for 5 days has analgesic effectiveness equivalent to indomethacin ⚫ Articular: e.g. Triamcinolone = good safety profile – Consider particularly in monoarthritis of easily accessible joint
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what is combination therapy for got?
NSAID with colchicine or corticosteroid
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how does prophylaxis(Urate Lowering Therapy – ULT) help gut?
helps prevent long term complications -should be considered when patient suffers two or more acute attacks per year, ), tophi, chronic gouty arthritis, joint damage, renal impairment, urolithiasis, diuretic use, young
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why dont you start prophylaxis during an acute attack?
⚫ Hyperuricaemic for several years ➔ no need to treat hyperuricaemia immediately ⚫ Changes (decrease ) serum uric acid levels ➔ mobilisation of uric acid stores ➔ may prolong attack or precipitate another
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what does Urate Lowering TherapY do?
``` – Reduces frequency of flare – Once crystals dissolved avoids recurrence – Reduces size and number of tophi – Facilitates tophi disappearance ⚫ IMPROVED QoL ```
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when is colchicine used as first line?
-when using prophylaxis AT A DOSE OF 0.5-1mg daily | if CI use low NSAIDS AND ppi
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What is used first line for ULR?
allopurinol ⚫ Controls symptoms ⚫ Some improvement in tophi (usually after about 6 months treatment)
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what is the mechanism of action for allopurional?
⚫ Xanthine oxidase inhibitor ⚫ Pro-drug ➔ undergoes hepatic metabolism to active metabolite, oxipurinol
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what dose of allopurinol is used?
– Start 100mg daily – increased every 3-4 weeks according to response to achieve decrease serum urate levels (target sUA <300µmol/L) – Usual maintenance 300mg daily (100-600mg) – Accumulate in renal impairment (Dose 50-100mg daily)
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what are some side effects of allopurinol?
– Rashes – Hypersensitivity reactions – Gastrointestinal disturbances
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what is febuxostat? how it works, dose, side effects?
⚫Alternative to allopurinol if intolerant or C/I (NICE2008) ⚫Non-purine selective inhibitor of xanthine oxidase ⚫Dose: 80mg od (↑ to 120mg if uric acid levels >357μmol/l after 2-4 weeks) ⚫Continue if acute attack occurs during prophylaxis ⚫Side-effects: G.I., headache, ↑LFTs, oedema, rash ⚫Rare but serious hypersensitivity reactions
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what is the second line for gout?how they work
-URICOSURIC AGENTS e.gSulfinpyrazone, Probenecid (unlicensed), Benzbromarone (unlicensed), -⚫ increase uric acid excretion by direct action on renal tubule ⚫ Avoid in urate nephropathy ⚫ Ineffective in poor renal function (CrCl <20-30 ml/min) ⚫ Need to maintain high fluid intake to decrease risk of stone formation
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what is canakinumab?
``` -very expensive ⚫ S/C injection ⚫ Recombinant monoclonal antibody ⚫ Severe, refractory tophaceous gout (NICE,2013) ⚫ Target interleukin-1ᵝ associated with inflammatory response induced by urate crystals ⚫ C/I in current infection – due to risk of sepsis ⚫ Acute flares – not approved by NICE ```
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what are some other treatment for gout?
⚫ Pegloticase – Pegylated uricase, catalysing the oxidation of uric acid into allantoin (more soluble end product) – For those with crystal proven, severe debilitating tophaceous gout and poor QoL where the SUA cannot be reached at fully optimised treatment – Not approved by NICE ⚫ Anakinra – IL-1 receptor antagonist – Not licensed for gout (licensed for RA) ⚫ Rilonacept – IL-1alpha/beta antagonist and IL-1R antagonist – Unlicensed in IK
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what is an important interaction involing allopurinol?
ALLOPURINOL+AZATHIOPRINE ⚫ Azathioprine metabolised to mercaptopurine ⚫ Mercaptopurine metabolised by Xanthine oxidase ⚫ Allopurinol causes accumulation ➔ Potentially fatal bone marrow suppression

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