A 45 year old man presents to the emergency department compl…
A 45 year old man presents to the emergency department complaining of intense joint pain. The previous night the patient experienced similar pain accompanied by inflammation and redness of his wrists and large toe. The physician on-call orders testing for serum uric acid concentration. Which lab results are consistent with the physicians’s assessment? The reference interval for uric acid is 3.5 – 7.2 mg/dL.