THU0438 INADEQUATE CARE FOR PATIENTS HOSPITALISED WITH GOUT: EVIDENCE THAT EULAR GUIDANCE IS NOT UTILISED

Background: Hospitalisations due to gout have increased over the last decade, in direct contrast to declining admissions for other inflammatory arthritides including RA [1]. Gout is a treatable condition with recently published EULAR guidelines [2, 3]. Admissions could be avoided with effective use of urate-lowering therapies (ULT). Objectives: We hypothesised that the majority of patients attending hospital with acute gout attacks would not be...