A Patient with an Acute Attack of Gout Is Treated

question 28

Multiple Choice

A patient with an acute attack of gout is treated with colchicine.The nurse determines that the drug is effective on observing which of the following findings?

• A) Relief of pain
• B) Increased urine purine levels
• C) Increased urine uric acid levels
• D) Decreased serum uric acid levels

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Definitions:

Sample Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of sample data points.

Alternative Hypothesis

A hypothesis used in hypothesis testing that proposes there is a significant difference between the observed data and the null hypothesis.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sample distribution of a statistic, used to estimate the accuracy of the sample mean as a predictor of the population mean.

Sample Proportion

The fraction or percentage of the sample that represents part of a particular category or characteristic of interest.