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Is Your Practice Up to Date? New Guidelines for SLE Nephritis
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) drive guidelines; guidelines drive clinical practice. Because updated guidelines lag trials by many years and dissemination of guidelines takes additional time, rheumatologists often practice “behind the data.” The 2024 ACR Guidelines for the Management of SLE Nephritis reaffirmed many of our typical practice patterns, including hydroxychloroquine for all, renin/angiotensin blockade, and favoring mycophenolate mofetil over cyclophosphamide.
Read ArticleICYMI: How Online Searches Reveal Patient Needs
Managing health conditions is rapidly evolving as patients increasingly turn to online resources for answers—over 65% search for health-related questions online. Our study analyzed Google search trends for rheumatic disease topics, offering a fascinating glimpse into how online search behavior can reveal patient needs and experiences. This approach, known as "infodemiology," tracks real-time Google Trends data to understand symptom- and treatment-related searches for rheumatic conditions.
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RA: One JAK to Rule Them All? Dr. Brian Jaros reports on abstract 1362, presented at #ACR24. https://t.co/QChMyma3Y2 https://t.co/qq3BqpT2Gh
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JAKi in inflammatory myositis? #ACR24 will showcase nearly 3000 abstracts. With the expanding use of JAK inhibitors, there will be some interesting presentations for off label use. There have been some uncontrolled data that tofacitinib reduced inflammatory myositis disease… https://t.co/SnqvElwk0B https://t.co/A5mJbpmB5P
Where there’s smoke, there’s flare: how pollution fuels RA The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared climate change to be the greatest threat to human health in the 21st century, likely to contribute to an additional 250,000 deaths annually between 2030 and 2050 (1, 2)… https://t.co/hmXPa492Qr https://t.co/BBClCplk8Z