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Hospitalization Increases the Risk of Acute Arthritic Flares in Gout: A Population-based Study over 2 Decades
Nour Zleik1,2, Mohanad M Elfishawi1,2, Zoran Kvrgic1,2
1From the Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Objective:
To assess in-hospital gout flares in patients with gout.
Methods:
Hospitalizations were evaluated for gout flares in a cohort of Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents with incident gout in 1989-1992 or 2009-2010.
Results:
There were 429 patients followed up to 5 years. Of these, 169 patients experienced 454 hospitalizations. Hospitalization rates increased without reaching statistical significance from 1989-1992 to 2009-2010 [rate ratio (RR) 1.19, 95% CI 0.98-1.45]. The gout flare rate increased significantly during hospitalization (RR 10.2, 95% CI 6.8-14.5). In-hospital gout flare increased the average hospital stay by 1.8 days (p < 0.001).
Conclusion:
Hospitalization increased the risk of gout flares 10-fold. In-hospital gout flares were associated with longer hospitalization.
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