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Not what I was expecting:
patients reporting a diagnosis of ANCA-associated vasculitis are overwhelmingly correct, and are correct about GPA vs MPA.
If only we could say the same about lupus!
Tanaz Kermani, Jason Springer, Peter Merkel et al #ACR19 ABST2635/2641 @RheumNow https://t.co/APcqg0e5fw
David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
Quote of the day from David Borenstein at #ACR19 “Low back and neck pain are second only to the cold the most common affliction for mankind” @RheumNow https://t.co/MAX0TCXnqK
Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints ( View Tweet)
EAMs: I know there's published data but among Axial SpA patients you actually see, what is the most common EAM?
@rheumnow #ACR19
Dr Irwin Lim _connectedcare ( View Tweet)
A 55-year-old female found to have seropositive RA. Do you ever start a biologic first?
-Emory: we would if we could get it approved for patients predicted to have severe erosive dz
-Bathon: in women planning to become pregnant
-Mikuls: not really
@rheumnow #ACR19 https://t.co/UyeJKFTBJS
Jonathan Hausmann MD hausmannMD ( View Tweet)
What happens to PET/CT after six months of steroids in GCA? Reduction in vascular uptake, but remnant uptake didn't correlate with future clinical flares. Role of serial PET/CT in GCA yet to be determined...
@tonysammel @earlyARA #ACR19 2671 @RheumNow https://t.co/OwiqD9yMij
David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
Do you add steroids to the initial treatment of patients with RA?
-Bathon: in severe disease
-Mikuls: a conversation you should have with your patients, depending on their goals
@rheumnow #ACR19
Jonathan Hausmann MD hausmannMD ( View Tweet)
We've been asking what happens intravascularly in GCA pts on TCZ.
Five GCA pts with aortic complications on TCZ doesn't answer it, but just a reminder: TCZ is steroid-sparing, not disease-modifying. Don't take your eyes off the road!
@KantonsspitalSG #ACR19 ABST2666 @RheumNow https://t.co/G9JM4QLXSH
David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
Influenza vaccine highlights #ACR19 #whyivaccinate @RheumNow #cleclinicrheum https://t.co/NX4227Gmo9. https://t.co/iqljjr20nw
Cassandra Calabrese CCalabreseDO ( View Tweet)
Vaccination is the best mode of infection prevention. decrease frequency and severity in our patients who are at increased risk, yet vaccination rates remain so low! @LCalabreseDO @RheumNow #ACR19 #whyivaccinate
Cassandra Calabrese CCalabreseDO ( View Tweet)
Abstr#1805 per-operative csDMARD or bDMARDs not associated with 30-day post-op infection, more studies needed to determine if we truly need to hold biologics for joint replacement surgery #ACR19 @RheumNow
Cassandra Calabrese CCalabreseDO ( View Tweet)
What do you do when a patient with gout you are treating with allopurinol develops a typical allopurinol rash? #ACR19 @RheumNow
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
RheumNow's expanded coverage of the #ACR2019 annual meeting is sponsored in part by Horizon Therapeutics. All content chosen by RheumNow and its faculty.
Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)
Positive conventional Ab (ANA RF CCP) don’t seem to be the special sauce linking rheum irAEs with good onc response to ICI Rx, despite prev reports linking baseline Ab to survival https://t.co/5WjeYivviG
@HSpecialSurgery prospective cohort @got_rheum #ACR19 ABST2157 @RheumNow
David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
Drop by my poster to say hi! Abst#2687 on large vessel vasculitis. Here till 11AM!
PS I’m right by the donuts ;)
@RheumNow #ACR19 https://t.co/glGINQdjqY
Mike Putman EBRheum ( View Tweet)
Drug PEARLs: TCZ can decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills. Cannabinoids decrease metabolism of warfarin. MMF absorption interfered by PPI. #ACR19 @RheumNow
Maeve Gamble MaeveGamble ( View Tweet)
Use of complementary and alternative medicines in #psoriatic arthritis Abs 2462 #ACR19 @RheumNow https://t.co/h8UTbOwWrJ
Philip Robinson philipcrobinson ( View Tweet)
How the immersive, perception changing VR seems to change pain experience
#ACR19 @rheumnow 5T027 https://t.co/3VBFSxrbMj
Dr Irwin Lim _connectedcare ( View Tweet)
PEARL: The first manifestation of AAV is often a migratory oligoarthritis. Favours lower extremities. Quickly forgotten by pts. Can often herald a flare. #ACR19 @RheumNow
Maeve Gamble MaeveGamble ( View Tweet)
#acr19 @RheumNow
Love this quote by Dr J Stone:”The history is the rheumatologist’s scalpel”
k dao KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)
RheumNow's expanded coverage of the #ACR2019 annual meeting is sponsored in part by Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron. All content chosen by RheumNow and its faculty.
Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)
