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19 Feb 2019 |
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TKR - One or Two at a Time? |
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19 Feb 2019 |
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Review of 541,744 total knee replacement (TKR) in Australia (1999-2017) finds lower revision rates in RA vs. OA, but increased risk of infection in RA (esp. males) https://t.co/rIpSFWSNfY |
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18 Feb 2019 |
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Older Men Less Likely to be Assessed and Treated for Osteoporosis |
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18 Feb 2019 |
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Hip Replacements Lasting 25 Years |
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15 Feb 2019 |
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RT @EBRheum: Good morning from #RWCS2019! Year in Review #1: HCQ doesn't work for hand OA, so stop using it! Jack Cush @RheumNow has talke… |
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14 Feb 2019 |
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JBMR reports that women with single & multiple fractures (hip, spine, ribs) strongly negatively impacts the HRQL of older people over a prolonged period, and that they may not recover their prefracture QOL. https://t.co/1udPUiyCc0 |
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04 Feb 2019 |
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Opioid Use in Osteoarthritis Varies by State |
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31 Jan 2019 |
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RCT of Vitamin D in 379 elderly UK adults aged ≥70 y (48% women) give either 12,000 IU, 24,000 IU, or 48,000 IU. There was no ΔBMD, but parathyroid hormone decreased in all 3 groups (significantly betw 48,000 and 12,000-IU groups (P < 0.01). https://t.co/2ZxJ3kcYqx |
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29 Jan 2019 |
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2014-2015 study of 750K from Southern Sweden shows 24% of OA patients used opioids (2 fold higher than those without knee or hip OA). |
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29 Jan 2019 |
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Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty Shown to Be Ineffective |
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28 Jan 2019 |
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Metanalysis of 38 RCTs & 19 agents shows greater DEXA improvements assoc w/ greater reductions in vertebral & hip Fx risk. A 2% to 6% incr in total hip BMD--> expect 28%-66% reduced vert Fx risk. 2%-6% incr in hip BMD--> expect 16%-40% lower hip Fx risk https://t.co/ceY5X31xXh |
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20 Jan 2019 |
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Checkout the new QD lessons - from the Rheumatology Clinic. Daily cases and lessons- watch from the website or email daily or listen to a batch each week as a ~20 min podcast on iTunes or SoundCloud https://t.co/dHDieyLdoW |
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18 Jan 2019 |
ACR Video |
QD Video - Non-Traumatic Hemarthrosis |
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17 Jan 2019 |
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FDA Panel Backs Approval of Romosuzumab for Osteoporosis |
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10 Jan 2019 |
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Heberden’s Nodes Predict Knee OA Progression |
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09 Jan 2019 |
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FDA has approved a single-injection hyaluronic acid (Durolane – Bioventus) and an ER formulation of the synthetic corticosteroid triamcinolone acetonide (Zilretta – Flexion) for intra-articular (IA) treatment of osteoarthritic knee pain. https://t.co/7rgsflNMVq |
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09 Jan 2019 |
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NEJM Review - Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis |
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04 Jan 2019 |
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Finnish followup study of 68,800 hip fracture pts w hip surgery finds 4.6% w/ complications - esp with heavy alcoholism (HR 1.38); Parkinson’s (1.22); osteoarthritis (2.02); rheumatic Dz (1.44); those w/ depression/psychosis, operative delay, prior THR https://t.co/StahnHXRuZ |
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03 Jan 2019 |
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Chronic Urticaria associated with a 23% higher risk of osteoporosis, irrespective of steroid use. Population study from Israel compared 11,944 Chr urticaria w/ 59,829 controls. (HR = 1.23, 95% CI 1.10–1.37, p <0.001) https://t.co/eSq4BPV2J4 |
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03 Jan 2019 |
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Uncertain Long Term Efficacy in Trials of Knee Osteoarthritis |
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