The American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) has published guidance regarding perioperative management of antirheumatic medication in patients with rheumatic diseases undergoing elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty.
Investigators identified novel biomarkers of incident gout and replicated novel metabolomic biomarkers of gout, including plasma levels of glycoprotein acetyls.
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Community rheumatology practices are finding it increasingly difficult to source vital therapies and supplies to care for patients.
Vigorous physical activity may reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and gout.
Data from Sweden national registers provide insight into the increased risk of adverse outcomes, including fracture, cardiovascular events, and mortality risk, associated with primary hyperparathyroidism as well as the apparent reductions in risk achieved by undergoing parathyroidectomy.
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Data from an analysis of the National Inpatient Sample provides insight into the risk of pregnancy complications among women with systemic lupus erythematosus compared to their counterparts without systemic lupus erythematosus in the US over a decade-long period.
“The COVID-19 pandemic causes concern among patients with ARD due to increased risk of infection and heightened isolation from social distancing,” investigators explained.
New research suggests patients with psoriatic arthritis were at 8 times greater risk of sexual dysfunction and patients with rheumatoid arthritis were at 10 times greater risk when compared to their counterparts without either rheumatic disease.
The study, which assessed data from the JUVE-BASIS trial, suggests baricitinib significantly reduced both the time to and frequency of flares in patients with JIA when compared with placebo.
The utility of calculating interferon scores in SLE has generated considerable discourse amongst rheumatologists.
Differences among baseline clinical and laboratory characteristics between cases and controls were observed in those with a presence of subcutaneous tophi and higher serum urate levels.
Désirée van der Heijde, MD, PhD, explains the results of a recent trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of bimekizumab in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis.
Rheumatoid arthritis impacts men and women differently. How much do you know about the differences between the sexes? Take this quiz to find out.
The use of biological DMARDs was similar across countries, but in less wealthy countries, more patients with moderate/high disease activity were not receiving biologics.
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Nihar Bhakta, MD, explains Familial Mediterranean Fever, a rare rheumatic disease, and how Aristea Therapeutics is working to treat patients suffering from this condition.
Data indicate that higher levels of perceived pain related disability and greater difficulty falling asleep was associated with increased anxiety levels in adults with fibromyalgia and insomnia.
Karin Schenck-Gustafsson, MD, PhD, FESC, explains why sex and gender must be taken into account when treating and managing patients with rheumatic disease from a cardiologist's perspective.
Line Uhrenholt, MD, discusses the results of her randomized, open-label, equivalence trial study evaluating disease activity-guided tapering of biologics in patients with inflammatory arthritis.
Findings suggested that actigraphy may provide additional information to self-reported sleep measures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Investigators believe that treatment escalation within patients with rheumatoid arthritis should utilize interventions beyond the traditional physician-patient relationship.
The study objective was to determine if actigraphy could serve as a complementary clinical tool for sleep evaluation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Glucocorticoids are sometimes used as “bridging” therapy to alleviate symptoms in newly diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) prescribed a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD), until the DMARD kicks in. Test your knowledge of bridging therapy with this quiz.
A personal history rather than a family history of psoriasis is associated with the disease activity and severity of axial joint damage.
Rituximab-arrx is similar in safety and efficacy to rituximab for patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.
A recent study, conducted by CreakyJoints, demonstrated that patient-reported satisfaction is affected by both social and cultural norms in Spanish-speaking patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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