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Pneumonia vaccination update! #ACR19 @RheumNow https://t.co/yJVg4wt90S
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
Reductions in mean arterial pressure, systolic & diastolic BP in responders to biweekly Pegloticase
Not associated with any changes in renal function. Independent of any effect XaNthine Oxidase
#ACR19 @rheumnow 3S050
Dr Irwin Lim _connectedcare ( View Tweet)
Prednisone at 5mg po daily for over three months is a FRAX risk factor we need to remember. Knowledge bowl pearls. @RheumNow #ACR19
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
Uveitis is associated with bisphosphonates. Calcium citrate is useful in pts with history of renal calculi. Knowledge bowl pearls. #ACR19 @RheumNow
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
Almost all patients with pain have mixed pain states, so working out effective therapies for their pain depends on the proportion of each type of pain they have: nociceptive/neuropathic/centralised pain #ACR19 FM MTP Prof Clauw @RheumNow
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
Bechterew’s disease is an eponym for AS. #ACR19 @RheumNow knowledge bowl!
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
Benjamin Franklin had PsO which may have predisposed him to gout. Hippocrates is credited with the first description of scleroderma!pearls from Knowledge Bowl preliminaries. #ACR19 @RheumNow
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
Dr Robert Terkeltaub gives a great presentation summarizing the mechanistic complexity of hyperuricemia and gout. A one slide summary shows us the many aspects of disease.
#gout #uricacid #hyperuricemia #ACR2019
@RheumNow https://t.co/qnGV71OvD4
Gout Study Group GoutGroup ( View Tweet)
Looks like the numbers are in. Last year’s great debate with Dr Petri who argued to keep HCQ 6.5mg/kg/d in SLE lost out to what rheums do in clinical practice @rheumnow
k dao KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)
@ACR19 @rheumnow #ACRBest Abstr#L01:Risk for hosp serious infx (SIE) in PsO/PsA from multi-databse cohort (n=123,383) w/TNFi/IL17i/IL12-23i/or apremilast
1. Highest risk w/Infliximb
2. Lowest risk w/Ixekizmb & ustekmb
3. Ustekmb had lowest risk even when compared to apremilast
k dao KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)
Advice from Dan Clauw on using cannabinoids / CBD for pain. Chronic pain users should aim for 10:1 CBD:THC ratio #ACR19 @RheumNow MTP https://t.co/DHssq7jmlS
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
GUS (IL23p19) showed skin and joint improvement in PsA pts (naive and TNFi failures) at Q4W and Q8W. No new safety signals noted. https://t.co/m8lCISnKpK Plenary abs #807 #ACR19 @RheumNow https://t.co/LfdOBnalmw
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
When using medications for fibromyalgia, which do you find most effective? #ACR19 @RheumNow
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
Mechanisms of pain. Rheums call it ‘centralised pain’ but it’s official name is ‘nociplastic’ pain 🙄 #ACR19 @RheumNow fibro MTP w Prof Clauw https://t.co/jdjyf6i63H
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
Long term results for GCA pts on TCZ: No new safety signals. Nearly 50% of those on TCZ QW maintained remission. Flares noted in PBO/ cessation TCZ and remission restored in majority once TCZ restarted. https://t.co/7KPDGfMGUC Plenary abs #808 #ACR19 @RheumNow https://t.co/v07Dg75Oyt
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
Systemic JIA-associated lung disease...an emerging disease with dismal prognosis. Dr Bindstadt #ACR19 @rheumnow #Abstr #ACRBest https://t.co/ISYXySNgyC
Jonathan Hausmann MD hausmannMD ( View Tweet)
AA race strongest predictor of CVD risk in SLE with event risk peaking 1-2 years post dx. With this information, we need to better address this to protect our patients. https://t.co/feA4bcvuU2 Plenary abs #805 #ACR19 @RheumNow https://t.co/OdK5XvrpeJ
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
Patients self-rate opiates as most effective for #fibromyalgia
Gabapentin least effective
Abstract 0242 #ACR19 @RheumNow @samwhittle https://t.co/EoRTMJ6PI1
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
Following RITAZAREM, would you use rituximab maintenance for ANCA-associated vasculitis patients (cost aside)? @RheumNow
David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
#ACR19 @rheumnow Abstr #0301
@PanlarLeague Ultrasound Study Group Recommendations for Imaging in #Gout
“...1st evidence-based & expert opinion recs for use of imaging in pts w gout, providing some guidelines for their use in daily clinical practice”
8 recs for imaging in gout: https://t.co/WLSrzxLKUH
Adam Kilian MD KilianMD ( View Tweet)