Hyperuricaemia and gout the value of uric a cid excretion factor

ABSTRACT

Study of patients having high blood uric acid accompanied with various complaints, and the basis of their treatment. We prospectively reviewed 86 patients with hyperuricaemia presenting with a variety of clinical manifestations. Evaluation of the serum uric acid and the 24-hour uric acid in the urine. From these two items we could find out an equation to denote the uric acid excretion index [UAEI] which guided us in the choice of the maintenance thug therapy in the different groups studied. We could differentiate the patients into three groups 60 under excretors [69.8%], 10 over producers [11.6%] and 16 normal excretors [18.6%]. We strongly recommend the routine calculation of the UAEI before deciding the long term medical treatment in hyperuricaemia