Musculoskeletal ultrasound evaluates renal injury and predicts renal outcome in patients with gout

• Main Authors: Ze Li (Author), Li He (Author), Jiali Jiao (Author), Junjie Jia (Author), Haifan Xing (Author), Ting Zhou (Author), Qiming Zhang (Author), Yini Chen (Author), Lixin Jiang (Author), Niansong Wang (Author), Ying Fan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Kidney injury diagnosis is often delayed in patients with gout. We aimed to determine the characteristics of gout patients with CKD using musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) and whether MSUS could be used as an auxiliary assessment to evaluate kidney injury and predict renal outcome in p...