Case-Based Lessons from the
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine:
Treating and Preventing Acute Gout Attacks
Acute Polyarthritis
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Release Date: June 4, 2010
Expiration Date: June 4, 2012
Estimated Time of Completion: 15 minutes
Description
This is an interactive case-based lesson from the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. Read each section of the case and answer the questions. You may proceed to the next section once you answer each question correctly. In addition to allowing you to proceed, the correct answer also reveals the rationale, with references when appropriate. Upon completing the CME activity and the evaluation and registration forms, you will have an opportunity to print your CME certificate for your records.
Purpose
The purpose of this case-based lesson is to narrow practice and knowledge gaps in the diagnosis and management of acute polyarticular arthritis.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Recognize gout as a cause of acute polyarthritis.
- Identify appropriate treatment options for polyarticular gout attacks.
Target Audience
This activity is directed to internists, family and general practitioners, rheumatologists, hospitalists, emergency physicians, and other physicians who manage patients with or at risk for gout attacks.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Activity Director
Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman of Medicine, Education Institute,
and Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases,
Center for Vasculitis Care and Research,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Faculty
Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD, MPH
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Disclosures
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty members indicated that they may have a relationship which, in the context of their contributions to this case-based lesson, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
| Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD | ||
| Consulting | URL Pharma (one-time consultation), Takeda Pharmaceuticals | |
| Teaching and Speaking | Takeda Pharmaceuticals (in a funded CME program) | |
The following faculty members have indicated they have no relationship which, in the context of their contributions to this case-based lesson, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD, MPH
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges an educational grant for support
of this activity from Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. (URL Pharma, Inc.), whose products include
a brand-name version of colchicine, which is among the therapies discussed in this case lesson.
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic
Center for Continuing Education and the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine.
