Abstract:Objective To implement the continuous standard treatment of blood uric acid in patients with primary and intractable gout, in order to draw attention of the patients and health care workers to this treatment, and provide scientific basis for the standardization of treatment and management measures. Methods Ninety-two patients with primary refractory gout in the Department of Rheumatic Immunology in our hospital from June 2013 to June 2015 were chosen. They were followed up for 1 year, and the treatment and disease control were recorded. Results In the past 1 year, 39 patients (42.4%) adhered to the continuous standard treatment of blood uric acid, the frequency of gout attack (p < 0.05) and the number of affected joints (p < 0.05) were significantly reduced, most tophi were nar-rowed (p < 0.05), and the number of the patients with complications were significantly reduced (p < 0.05). After one year of treatment, the frequency of gout attack (p < 0.05), the number of affected joints (p < 0.05) and the reduction rate of tophus volume (p < 0.05) were significantly decreased in the patients who adhered to the continuous standard treatment of blood uric acid compared to the patients who did not. Conclusions The continuous standard treatment of blood uric acid can effectively reduce the frequency of gout attack, the number of affected joints, the volume of tophi and the incidences of complications; hence we need to strengthen the health education, establish the patients' follow-up files and timely supervise the patients to review, standardize the drug and non-drug therapies for gout, and pay attention to complications, so as to promote better implementation of the continuous standard treatment of blood uric acid.