Open AccessComorbidity in real clinical practice - the patient with gout, cardiovascular disease and kidney damage
Author(s) -
Н. А. Кошелева,
Н. А. Магдеева
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ûžno-rossijskij žurnal terapevtičeskoj praktiki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2712-8156
DOI - 10.21886/2712-8156-2021-2-3-112-117
Subject(s) - polypharmacy , medicine , comorbidity , gout , intensive care medicine , disease , clinical practice , kidney disease , physical therapy
In real clinical practice more and more often doctors treat comorbid patients. The high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases with various comorbid conditions contributes to the progressive increase in the number of patients with a concurrence of several diseases. A comorbid patient is a serious problem for any clinician, since in this case it is necessary to take into account several components of therapy, which makes it difficult to control treatment efficiency, contributes to an increase in polypharmacy, the risk of local and systemic side effects of drugs, and reduces adherence to therapy. A comorbid patient is a serious problem for any clinician. The paper describes and discusses the clinical case of a comorbid patient, who admitted to the cardiological department initially but he had also rheumatological problems (gout), kidney affection.