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A cohort analysis of ambulatory emergency department (ED) utilization by patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA) demonstrated significant use for less urgent and nonurgent health issues, particularly in rural settings.
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Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights from RheumNow Live 2025 held in Dallas, TX on Feb. 8-9, 2025.
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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, regulatory and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com.
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A large cohort of 18-year-old Swedish males were followed longitudinally for cardiovascular, respiratory, and musculoskeletal outcomes.
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ED Utilization by Psoriatic and Spondyloarthritis Patients
A cohort analysis of ambulatory ED utilization by patients with PsA and r-axSpA demonstrated significant use for less urgent and nonurgent health issues, particularly in rural settings.
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Bubble Trouble - When Bullous Lupus Bursts onto the SLE Scene
Presentation by Dr. Alana Haussmann at the Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposia - Feb 2025
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Available the first time: https://t.co/4UQlqwujiR 2025 On Demand!
On Demand gives you access to all lectures, Q & A panels, and STEP talks, and all speaker slides and handouts — all packed with insights you won’t find anywhere else.
Non-CME, practical, and finally here.… https://t.co/MHFUWb3az1 https://t.co/cqzZG40Xp5
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Crohn’s Microbiome may Predispose to Axial Spondyloarthritis
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine found that people with Crohn’s disease and related joint inflammation have distinct gut bacteria, with Mediterraneibacter gnavus as a potential biomarker.
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Bubble Trouble - When Bullous Lupus Bursts onto the SLE Scene
Presentation by Dr. Alana Haussmann at the Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposia - Feb 2025
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Bubble Trouble - When Bullous Lupus Bursts onto the SLE Scene
Presentation by Dr. Alana Haussmann at the Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposia - Feb 2025
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Full read, comprehensive review of Hidradenitis Supprativa in Lancet Feb 1, 2025
Common assn; DM, IBD, Smoking, Obesity, metabolic syndr, NASH, SpA, RA
FDA approved Rx: Adalimumab, Secukinumab, Bimekizumab https://t.co/9er7TkNXpK https://t.co/N6sal9URv3
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Janet Pope @Janetbirdope
#Disease #activity in #axSpA
#ASDAS - a crude measure of activity in
#ankylosing #spondylitis
Is related to #radiographic #progression
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⬆️ CRP May be more predictive
#ClinicalPearl #RNL2025 https://t.co/34wrMuz9mO
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Full read, comprehensive review of Hidradenitis Supprativa in Lancet Feb 1, 2025
Common assn; DM, IBD, Smoking, Obesity, metabolic syndr, NASH, SpA, RA
FDA approved Rx: Adalimumab, Secukinumab, Bimekizumab https://t.co/5Tb8on21E0 https://t.co/BLu6Zaejj5
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“Preventing” Arthritis in Psoriasis
Prevention of the development of our systemic rheumatic diseases in individuals deemed at risk, or with some form of precursor disease process, has been a hot topic in recent years.
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🆕 slide from @Official_ASAS
HLA-B27 strongly associated with Anterior #Uveitis in #SpA
#AAU #AxSpA #B27 https://t.co/lq19vIys9x
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1/3 of #axial #PsA
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No #SI joint changes , only #axial
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Catherine Blackwell
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Eric Dein
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Pregnancy is 🔥 inflammatory
Hard to interpret MRI of SI joints in setting of pregnancy
Ideally, don't score MRI during pregnancy or 1 year afterwards, would be affected by the pregnancy
If needed for clinical eval, focus on structural lesions like erosions
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Infectious Sacroiliitis
A large Chinese cohort study of patients with infectious sacroiliitis (SI) suggests that CT-guided biopsy of the sacroiliac joint is necessary to properly identify the infectious pathogen leading to SI.
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