Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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International
United States
●American College of Rheumatology (ACR): Guideline for the management of gout (2020)
●American College of Physicians (ACP): A clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis of acute gout (2016)
●ACP: A clinical practice guideline for management of acute and recurrent gout (2016)
●ACR/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR): Gout classification criteria (2015)
●Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC): Guidelines for human leukocyte antigen-B genotype and allopurinol dosing (2013, updated 2015)
Europe
●European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR): Updated evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of gout, 2018 (published 2019)
●EULAR: Updated evidence-based recommendations for the management of gout (2016)
●American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/EULAR: Gout classification criteria (2015)
●EULAR: Recommendations for calcium pyrophosphate deposition – Part I: Terminology and diagnosis (2011)
●EULAR: Recommendations for calcium pyrophosphate deposition – Part II: Management (2011)
United Kingdom
●British Society for Rheumatology (BSR): Guideline for the management of gout (2017)
Australia-New Zealand
Japan
●[In English] Japanese Society of Gout and Nucleic Acid Metabolism (JSGNAM): Guidelines for management of hyperuricemia and gout, 3rd edition, 2019 (published 2020)
●[In Japanese] JSGNAM: Guidelines for management of hyperuricemia and gout, 3rd edition (2019)