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RheumNow Podcast – Cardiovascular Risk in Psoriatic Disease (9.25.20)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and Journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com.

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EULAR Updated 2019 Recommendations for Psoriatic Arthritis Management

Jack Cush, MD

In June 2020, we failed to report on the ARD publication updating the 2019 update the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the pharmacological treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) - these are presented below.

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RheumNow Podcast – Lupus Delights (9.18.20)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com:

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NSAIDs Shows No Advantage over CBT in Knee Osteoarthritis

Jack Cush, MD

JAMA Internal Medicine reports on a controlled clinical trial of knee osteoarthritis patients wherein meloxicam responses were not significantly or clinically superior to placebo or CBT (after placebo).

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Capsaicin Injection Improves Knee OA Pain

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Highly purified synthetic trans-capsaicin (CNTX‐4975) injected directly into the joint reduced pain in chronic knee osteoarthritis (OA), data from the open-label phase III VICTORY-3 trial showed.

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RheumNow Podcast – To Celiac Test or Not? (9.4.20)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr Jack Cush reviews the news, journal articles and takes a few Back Talk questions this week:

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Durability of Total Shoulder Arthoplasty

Jack Cush, MD

A systematic review of the outcomes of total shoulder replacements (TSR), humeral hemiarthroplasties, and reverse total shoulder replacements finds that approximately 90% of shoulder replacements last for longer than 10 years with good patient-reported outcomes.

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Do NSAIDs Increase Cardiovascular Risk in Osteoarthritis?

Jack Cush, MD

A longitudinal study of administrative data from British Columbia shows that nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) use increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among osteoarthritis (OA) patients.

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ACP/AAFP Guidelines on Managing Musculoskeletal Pain

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Topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are recommended as first-line therapy in a new guideline for treating acute, non-low back pain from musculoskeletal injuries in outpatient settings.

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RheumNow Podcast - The SARS-CoV-2 Update (8-14-20)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush updates the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com, with information on enthesitis, nr-Ax-SpA, UAB, Blockbuster Rheum Drugs and use of ACE inhibitors.

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Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis comes from what?

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A machine-learning algorithm was developed using MRI data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative capable of predicting osteoarthritic progressors from baseline cartilage texture maps ; Had a test accuracy of 78% in detecting OA progression 3 y prior to Sxs https://t.co/OPw9KGb4jr

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4033 Dual-energy CT lesions from 27 pts (23 gout; 4 nonGout) shows definite MSU deposits in MTP1 & patella tendons (high density/volume, low DECT ratio) & non-gout lesions seen in larger jts (knee, midtarsal, talocrural) & tendons (Achilles, quadriceps) https://t.co/M1wK52a23C

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Metanalysis of 11 RCTs (1353 patients) shows that saline injections are as effective as corticosteroids, platelet-rich plasma and hyaluronic acid for hip osteoarthritis pain https://t.co/z7jhOSUwQU

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Finish DBRPCT study of 146 adults w/ arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) for med meniscal tear shows no clinical benefit after 5 years; but those with APM had slight, nonsignificant increase in Xray knee osteoarthritis (vs sham control) https://t.co/SFRvBH7gNh

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Falls are common after total hip arthroplasty - Cohort of 108 individuals (age of 72.4 yrs) w/ total hip arthroplasty followed 12 mos. 23% had a FALL; half (56%) w/in 6–12 mos of surgery. https://t.co/UXeB3cMuMO

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Risk of atypical femur fracture increased with longer duration of bisphosphonate (BP) use (HR 8.86 for 3-5yr; HR 43 fo r>8Yr) and rapidly decreased after bisphosphonate discontinuation. HIgher w/ Asians, height, weight, Steroids. https://t.co/I7VT6e031i

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Stanford grows new cartilage in mice OA knees using resident skeletal stem-cells generated using microfracture (MF) surgery. MF-activated SSCs Rx w/ BMP2 and soluble VEGFR1 skewed differentiation toward articular cartilage. https://t.co/dkr1vgU9CF https://t.co/WpKpaDG2qf https://t.co/vi4VGqn0U0

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Telemedicine: What's Changed and What Needs to be Addressed? An update on legislative changes, uncertainties, and the care gap post COVID https://t.co/HRAsEP7IL6 https://t.co/X6PL0W4tI7

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Check out my Virtual Video Exam - 5 minutes of a combo of Simon Sez and the Macarena hits the high points of a functional virtual examination. https://t.co/iwHTJKQtEC

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