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Post Test and CE-registration

Gout

Speaker: Lawrence Edwards

1. Females have a higher prevalence of gout ?

a. True
b. False

2. Gout prevalence appears to be increasing. Which of the following factors does not support this finding?

a. Increased risk factors such as longevity
b. Dietary Trends
c. Environmnental Pollution
d. Limitations in Treatment
e. Improved survival

3. Which of the following dietary risk factors decreases the risk of gout ?

a. Meat consumption
b. Seafood consumption
c. Purine rich vegetables
d. Dairy products
e. Alcohol intake

4. Gout treatment utilizes different methods based on acute attack, preventions and correction of the metabolic problem. In an acute attack which of the following is not used?

a. Steroids
b. Allopurinol
c. NSAIDs
d. Colchicine


5. Target Serum Urate Levels are easily achieved with allopurinol ?

a. True
b. False

6. The key to the effective treatment of gout includes which of the following ?

a. Maintaining Serum urate between 5 – 6 mg/dl
b. Lifelong therapy
c. During acute attacks if the patient is on allopurinol don’t stop it
d. During acute attacks if the patient is not on allopurinol don’t start it
e. All of the above


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