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How are RA patients doing using telemedicine/virtual care?
Rheumatologists switched their practices overnight from primarily in person to nearly all virtual care as COVID-19 pandemic geared up in March 2020 and then to a blend of in person and virtual care. How are RA patients doing?
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New ACR RA Guidelines and Practice Changing Abstracts: RA Panel
Dr. Jonathan Kay leads an international panel discussion on the new ACR RA guidelines and several practice-changing abstracts presented at the 2020 ACR meeting. Panelists include Dr. Kathryn Dao, Dr. Eric Dein, Dr. Meral El Ramahi, Dr. Richard Conway and Dr. Sheila Reyes.
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RT @MeralElRamahiMD : Switching or adding a DMARD in pts w/ mod-high dz RA activity ; hx of previous serious infection w/in the past 12 mos as opposed to starting/increasing GCs is conditionally recommended per draft recs of new ACR RA treatment guidelines.
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RT @KDAO2011 : Very strong push by #ACR20 to recc MTX in most RA patient scenarios including RA ILD, RA nodules, NAFLD in new RA guidance document @rheumnow
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Citrulline Reactive B Cells Present in Lungs of Risk, Early RA: Richard Conway ( @RichardPAConway) discusses ACR abstract #1445 presented #ACR20
https://t.co/WjcBPay86P https://t.co/JnUVss0FDK
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RT @DrMiniDey : Patient-physician discordance seen in ~30% RA patients starting #DMARDs
- ↑Patient-reported pain; functional impairment assoc. w/ discordance
- Patient-centric treatment discussions needed to reduce discordance
Abs#1978
https://t.co/uTJehn5Qs5 https://t.co/289d3VsE22
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RA Risk Factors and Early RA: Dr. Jeffrey Sparks ( @jeffsparks) and Dr. Janet Pope ( @Janetbirdope) #ACR20
https://t.co/vN7Dt60R4W https://t.co/K5vAhEQfks
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Dr. Kay leads an internat'l panel of rheums to elicit their opinions on key abstracts at #ACR20.
Panelists: Dr. David Liew, Dr. Eric Dein, Dr. Meral El Ramahi, Dr. Richard Conway, Dr. Sheila Reyes and Dr. Jeffrey Sparks.
https://t.co/Jg6QiswnnJ https://t.co/UAqiN3F734
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RT @MeralElRamahiMD : Wonder if you can predict development of clinical RA in those at risk either w/ a
- +RF or +CCP
- Relevant sxs w/ or w/o abs
- 1st deg relatives do RA pts?
#ACR20 https://t.co/xVZHxL35UY
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RT @RADoctor: Adjuvant #herpeszoster vaccine (Shingrix) not effective for 25% of JAKi-treated RA pts (n=40) for antibody response (T cell response usually worse, not reported). Is better than nothing good enough? Maybe we need to hold JAKi briefly?
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New ACR RA Guidelines and Practice Changing Abstracts #ACR20
https://t.co/3lGSUDks8F
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Can PT-CDAI in Telemedicine be Used for Care in RA? Dr. Eric Dein ( @ejdein1) #ACR20
https://t.co/dAgYOFMMJC https://t.co/QV02h171yP
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"Erosions on X-ray: can we delegate this to the computers?" by Dr. David Liew ( @drdavidliew) #ACR20
https://t.co/YvKjAWebT9 https://t.co/RS4P29UVym
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and ILD: Dr. Janet Pope ( @Janetbirdope) interviews Dr. Jeffrey Sparks ( @jeffsparks) about abstracts #0392, #0491, #1198 and #0489 presented at #ACR20.
https://t.co/e6HI1SqqSf https://t.co/naXAo8nc1g
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"RT @RHEUMarampa : Large cohort of older RA pts newly rx w/HCQ or MTX:
👉~2-fold ⬆ risk of VTE – both PE and DVT- among patients newly treated with MTX vs. HCQ.
@RheumNow #ACR20 abs#2000 @DanielHSolomon https://t.co/4gK7hwdhIr" https://t.co/JsGBFrp7Hl
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RT @ejdein1 : Worth checking out the #ACR20 image competition. Here's an image of cerebral toxoplasmosis during ADA treatment for RA https://t.co/JH07pMjvRe https://t.co/H9LHwiw4xL
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RT @DrMiniDey : Late breaking: in older #rheumatoidarthritis patients, those taking MTX have 2x risk of #VTE compared to those on HCQ. Important to consider #thromboembolic risk factors when starting new RA treatment.
Abs#2000 #ACR20
https://t.co/lMYlXgaHyE https://t.co/0Fdone9yb3
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Watch this three minute video on Subclinical Synovitis with Dr Eric Dein ( @ejdein1) #ACR20
https://t.co/rGqgseyWBv https://t.co/6snzAjbuaU
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Significance of ANA+ in Managing RA with Dr Eric Dein ( @ejdein1) #ACR20
https://t.co/LdRaPNyJgq https://t.co/yuPq49hoLq
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Have five minutes to spare? Check out this video titled, "HCQ and QTc in RA and SLE Patient" with Dr. Kathryn Dao ( @KDAO2011). #ACR20
https://t.co/EY6LPX25Bn https://t.co/wRM61hMelo
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