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abstract L04 shoes increase risk of CV disease in patients who have calcium pyrophosphate deposition dz. A VA study of 24,000 males shows higher rates of MI, CVA, coronary syndrome and all-mortality with HR = 1.26 - 2.92 increase #ACR19 https://t.co/Gv4NLTc0NY
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Apparently some actual published data of benefit of wearables in RA improving FATIGUE. See reference on slide
#ACR19 @rheumnow 5T027 https://t.co/WqBQ9neQGp
Dr Irwin Lim _connectedcare ( View Tweet)
#acr19 @RheumNow Pearls by Dr Sterling West
1. For pts with gout: as about energy drink consumption
2. Dry joint tap- blow out needle onto the slide
3. Consider CPPD in pts with “seroneg RA”- May not have typical acute flare
k dao KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)
In our chronic disease cohort, the accuracy of wearables in measuring steps can be poor. Different gait types & speed affects measurement.
Important for validity
#ACR19 @rheumnow 5T027
Dr Irwin Lim _connectedcare ( View Tweet)
Anyone who says that rheumatic irAEs aren’t a serious irAE hasn’t met my pts, or @cappelliMD’s, or @CCalabreseDO’s @LCalabreseDO’s, or ⬇️list.
It can be at least as brutal as the cancer, so my pts tell me, & @jhrheumatology has the numbers to prove it.
#ACR19 ABST2151 @RheumNow https://t.co/nxOCvrLWqa
David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
Dr. Carol Langford from @ClevelandClinic speaking at #ACR19 @ABIMcert #Rheumatology Update
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@RheumNow @ACRheum @ABIMFoundation https://t.co/RvhHiKmOZx
Adam Kilian MD KilianMD ( View Tweet)
#acr19 @RheumNow Pearls by Dr Sterling West
1. Pain w/ measuring BP (BP cuff test) sens 69%, spec 80%= FM
2. Recurrent troch/anserine bursitis - take off shoes and watch them walk might see hallux rigidis, over pronation- (my hint: look for leg length discrepancy as well)
k dao KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)
#acr19 @RheumNow Pearls by Dr Sterling West: mnemonics to help with dermatomes —- trainees these have been on the boards!!! https://t.co/2yZ39fIYfQ
k dao KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)
Wow. When can we have the mouthguard to measure uric acid levels?
#ACR19 @rheumnow 5T027 https://t.co/L5ytR1jxJT
Dr Irwin Lim _connectedcare ( View Tweet)
Likely to be practice-changing one day - abstr#2091 shows increased seroprotection w/high dose influenza vaccine in RA patients, including those <65 yrs
@RheumNow #ACR19 #whyivaccinate
Cassandra Calabrese CCalabreseDO ( View Tweet)
My write-up of data on IL-17 Inhibitors In Non-Radiographic Axial SpA presented here at #ACR19 @rheumnow https://t.co/5emwrGX6zF
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
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Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)
Exciting *US orderable* new bio marker in #lupus CB-CAPS = cell bound complement activation products. Nicely tracks disease #ACR19 @RheumNow https://t.co/J1pmyGqmyY
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
#acr19 @rheumnow Hench lecture: Dr Reveille
HLAB15 may be a marker for peripheral arthritis in pts w/AS (OR 1.9)
k dao KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)
Bullish on value of Polygenic Risk scores to help diagnose Axial SpA (not commercially available yet)
#ACR19 @rheumnow 5T004 Reveille https://t.co/OfQYzx6yGL
Dr Irwin Lim _connectedcare ( View Tweet)
VERVE results - Live zoster vaccine safe and effective in >600 patients with autoimmune diseases treated wth TNFi abstr#0824 @RheumNow #ACR19
Cassandra Calabrese CCalabreseDO ( View Tweet)
Buyon reminds us how highly sensitive ELISA based anti-DNA assays are, caution required because more sensitive tests are often negative (crithidia/RIA) #ACR19 @RheumNow Abs 5T002 https://t.co/XN8Sfy1yHJ
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
2.9% of this cohort had ONSET of Inflammatory Back pain after age of 50. We don’t study this group.
#ACR19 @rheumnow 5T004 Reveille https://t.co/p023BlGxPN
Dr Irwin Lim _connectedcare ( View Tweet)
@SurajDhoot2 @RheumNow the speaker stated most think a tophus is just a crystal collection, but within the tophus there are a lot of biologic activity: cytokines, fibroblasts, macrophages.... driven by the crystals. The treatment is the same (ULT)but it might also explain why IL-1 inh helps inflmm
k dao KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)
#acr19 @rheumnow Hench Lecture w/Dr J Reveille on back pain to HLA B27
20% of people 20-50 yrs old in US have chronic back pain. How many of you have back pain now?
k dao KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)