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Tests in patients with suspected GCA
What tests should be performed in the case of suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA)? What should we look for in the physical examination, laboratory tests, and imaging studies?
2018-01-09
What tests should be performed in the case of suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA)? What should we look for in the physical examination, laboratory tests, and imaging studies?
What is the currently recommended treatment for chronic gout?
Can the available criteria for giant cell arteritis (GCA) be used to identify GCA in all clinical situations? What should we focus on?
What is the currently recommended treatment for gout attacks?
What is the current approach to treatment of giant cell arteritis?
Has evidence-based medicine been able to prove beneficial or harmful effects of any particular diets in patients with gout?
In which patients with polymyalgia rheumatica should we suspect giant cell arteritis?
Dr Filip Van den Bosch, associate professor of rheumatology at Ghent University, Belgium, reviews the current diagnostic methods, treatment, and activity measurement used in patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis in a conversation with Dr Mariusz Korkosz.
What in your opinion is most important in the diagnostics of gout? Which of the available diagnostic criteria seem most useful?
