Learning Objectives
After completion of this activity, the participant should be better able to:
| • | Utilize evidence-based strategies to make a case-based diagnosis of a patient suffering an acute attack of gout |
| • | Identify how to control inflammation and pain and how to provide prophylaxis against further attacks |
| • | Interpret when it is beneficial to start serum urate–lowering medication to benefit the individual patient with a history of acute gouty attacks |
| • | Implement an appropriate treatment plan, including patient education, to provide appropriate long-term care for patients with gout |