Publications by authors named "Eleonora Norkuviene"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates whether ultrasound detection of monosodium urate crystals can predict the development of symptomatic gout in individuals with elevated urate levels over a five-year period.
- It involves more than 250 participants with asymptomatic hyperuricemia, assessing various health metrics and using ultrasound imaging to monitor the presence of MSU crystal deposition.
- The research is ethically approved and aims to share findings through peer-reviewed publications and conferences.
Objectives: To determine whether changes in ultrasonography (US) features of monosodium urate crystal deposition is associated with the number of gouty flares after stopping gout flare prophylaxis.
Methods: We performed a 1-year multicentre prospective study including patients with proven gout and US features of gout. The first phase of the study was a 6-month US follow-up after starting urate-lowering therapy (ULT) with gout flare prophylaxis.
Objectives: We aimed to determine the ability of ultrasonography (US) to show disappearance of urate deposits in gouty patients requiring urate-lowering therapy (ULT).
Methods: We performed a 6-month multicentre prospective study including patients with: proven gout; presence of US features of gout (tophus and/or double contour sign) at the knee and/or first metatarsophalangeal joints; and no current ULT. US evaluations were performed at baseline and at months 3 and 6 (M3, M6) after starting ULT.
Objective To identify the optimal sites for classification of early gout by ultrasonography. Methods Sixty patients with monosodium urate crystal-proven gout (25 with early gout [≤2-year symptom duration], 35 with late gout [>2-year symptom duration], and 36 normouricemic healthy controls) from one centre were prospectively evaluated. Standardized blinded ultrasound examination of 36 joints and the triceps and patellar tendons was performed to identify tophi and the double contour (DC) sign.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To evaluate the level of education and participation in an internship abroad and to European league against rheumatism (EULAR) on line course of young rheumatologists. To define new tools for learning.
Methods: Questionnaires were administered to 170 trainees and young specialists in 2008-2009 during official EULAR meetings or using the mailing list of European young rheumatologists in training.