Highlights from the February 2023 Issue
Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]
hyperuricemia
Uric Acid: Bedside to Bench and Back Again
For a long time, uric acid has been known as a presumably inert by-product of purine metabolism that is associated with gout and kidney stones. In recent years, there has [...]
Management of Gout in the CKD Patient…Not So Different After All!
One afternoon during my year as Chief Resident, I was asked to cover the resident Clinic at our Veteran’s Affairs (VA) hospital. One of the senior residents presented a [...]
Uric Acid and the Kidney
Hyperuricemia is a modifiable risk factor in the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and recent advances in the biology of uric acid have led to better understanding of [...]