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[Lab test result] Elevated uric acid level [Nursing diagnoses] Alteration in comfort related to joint pain [Nursing Process] 
When uric acid levels become significantly elevated, urate crystals are deposited in joints and may cause severe pain. Patients with hyperuricemia due to gout, renal failure, or extensive cell destruction during cancer treatment, may be given the drug allopurinol to help prevent uric acid elevations. If pain is intense, the patient may require frequent analgesia until the uric acid level can be lowered.
Nursing Diagnoses/Renal Function
Nursing Process