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Thiazide and gout

Posted Thursday 01 September 2011 - 14:44 PM by Peter Hutten-Czapski

Description

If the patient isdiagnosed with all of the diseases with code icd9:274, and taking all drugs with code atc:C03AA03 (Hydrochlorothiazide), then consider the following:
Please refer to http://www.em-consulte.com/showarticlefile/245669/main.pdf for details.

Evidence

Thiazides increase uric acid levels and may produce gout

Significance

Conditions

Consequence

  1. Warning
    Strength: Recommendation
    Text: Thiazides increase uric acid levels and may produce gout

Reference

http://www.em-consulte.com/showarticlefile/245669/main.pdf

Thiazide and gout

<guideline title="Thiazide and gout" evidence="Thiazides increase uric acid levels and may produce gout" significance=""> <conditions> <condition type="dxcodes" all="icd9:274" desc="" /> <condition type="drugs" all="atc:C03AA03" desc="Hydrochlorothiazide" /> </conditions> <consequence> <warning strength="recommendation">Thiazides increase uric acid levels and may produce gout</warning> </consequence> </guideline>

http://www.em-consulte.com/showarticlefile/245669/main.pdf

  1 comment so far

David Chan
David C.

Friday 30 September 2011 - 11:02 AM

Doesn't the START and STOPP criteria apply only to the older patients?

Agree

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