NUR 6121 EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS -
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY.
What is gout? - (answer)A systemic hereditary autoimmune metabolic disease caused by deposition of
monosodium urate crystals due to hyperuricemia.
What uric acid level causes crystal formation? - (answer)>6.8 mg/dL
What causes hyperuricemia? - (answer)Increased uric acid production, decreased renal excretion, or
both.
Does hyperuricemia always cause gout? - (answer)No, it can be asymptomatic for years.
Primary hyperuricemia cause? - (answer)Inborn metabolic error.
Secondary hyperuricemia cause? - (answer)Disease or medications.
Most common inflammatory arthritis - (answer)Gout
Most common joint affected in gout - (answer)1st MTP joint (podagra)
Classic gout flare symptoms - (answer)Pain, redness, swelling, warmth, decreased ROM.
When do gout flares often occur? - (answer)At night
Gold standard for gout diagnosis - (answer)Needle aspiration showing MSU crystals.
Four stages of gout - (answer)Asymptomatic hyperuricemia, Acute flare, Intercritical gout, Chronic
tophaceous gout.
First-line treatment for acute gout - (answer)NSAIDs
, NUR 6121 EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS -
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY.
Colchicine mechanism - (answer)Inhibits neutrophil migration.
Goal uric acid level in gout - (answer)≤6 mg/dL
First-line urate-lowering therapy - (answer)Allopurinol
When to start urate-lowering therapy - (answer)6-8 weeks after flare resolves.
Most common cause of low back pain - (answer)Mechanical or degenerative causes.
Most common spinal levels affected - (answer)L4-L5 and L5-S1
Acute low back pain duration - (answer)<6 weeks
Subacute low back pain duration - (answer)6-12 weeks
Chronic low back pain duration - (answer)>3 months
Straight leg test evaluates - (answer)L5-S1 radiculopathy
Femoral nerve stretch evaluates - (answer)L2-L4
Red flag for cauda equina - (answer)Saddle anesthesia or bladder dysfunction
First-line treatment for low back pain - (answer)NSAIDs
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY.
What is gout? - (answer)A systemic hereditary autoimmune metabolic disease caused by deposition of
monosodium urate crystals due to hyperuricemia.
What uric acid level causes crystal formation? - (answer)>6.8 mg/dL
What causes hyperuricemia? - (answer)Increased uric acid production, decreased renal excretion, or
both.
Does hyperuricemia always cause gout? - (answer)No, it can be asymptomatic for years.
Primary hyperuricemia cause? - (answer)Inborn metabolic error.
Secondary hyperuricemia cause? - (answer)Disease or medications.
Most common inflammatory arthritis - (answer)Gout
Most common joint affected in gout - (answer)1st MTP joint (podagra)
Classic gout flare symptoms - (answer)Pain, redness, swelling, warmth, decreased ROM.
When do gout flares often occur? - (answer)At night
Gold standard for gout diagnosis - (answer)Needle aspiration showing MSU crystals.
Four stages of gout - (answer)Asymptomatic hyperuricemia, Acute flare, Intercritical gout, Chronic
tophaceous gout.
First-line treatment for acute gout - (answer)NSAIDs
, NUR 6121 EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS -
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY.
Colchicine mechanism - (answer)Inhibits neutrophil migration.
Goal uric acid level in gout - (answer)≤6 mg/dL
First-line urate-lowering therapy - (answer)Allopurinol
When to start urate-lowering therapy - (answer)6-8 weeks after flare resolves.
Most common cause of low back pain - (answer)Mechanical or degenerative causes.
Most common spinal levels affected - (answer)L4-L5 and L5-S1
Acute low back pain duration - (answer)<6 weeks
Subacute low back pain duration - (answer)6-12 weeks
Chronic low back pain duration - (answer)>3 months
Straight leg test evaluates - (answer)L5-S1 radiculopathy
Femoral nerve stretch evaluates - (answer)L2-L4
Red flag for cauda equina - (answer)Saddle anesthesia or bladder dysfunction
First-line treatment for low back pain - (answer)NSAIDs
