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Herpes Zoster Vaccination in Immunocompromised Adults
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently recommended and approved two doses of the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV, AKA Shingrix) for prevention of herpes zoster and complications in immunodeficient or immunosuppressed adults aged ≥19 years.
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Referral Rules for At-Risk Inflammatory Arthritis
A prospective primary care study of patients at-risk for inflammatory arthritis (IA) showed that progression to IA was most likely in those with high anti-CCP antibody titers levels and involvement of the hands/feet/ IA.
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Who is Your Glue?
Surely you have used or heard of “<the person> who was the glue that held the family together”.
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Referral Rules for At-Risk Inflammatory Arthritis
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ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS!
We are excited to announce Dr.Cush and the RheumNow podcast recently hit one million downloads!
Thank you to all of our listeners-we appreciate you coming back week after week.
Find us each week where ever you get your podcasts.
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The next generation of lupus therapies (esp in lupus nephritis) - belimumab, voclosporin , anifrolumab, obinutuzumab. Better trial designs, better organ endpoints, but yet these trials/results are limited by the high dose steroids in play.... https://t.co/48D9rI9EEH
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How's the United States doing on boosters?
Trailing a long list of countries, including Serbia, Slovenia, and Lithuania
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UTSW Rheum Grand Rounds
New and concerning: sJIA associated lung disease - rare and associated w/ pulmonary HTN, alveolar proteinosis, high mortality. Unique features: clubbing, eosinophilia, TCZ anaphylaxis, Trisomy 21. Most were Rx w/ IL-1 > IL-6 inhibition @UTSWRheum https://t.co/aJaPurDSmJ
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UTSW Rheum Grand Rounds - Dr. Nigrovic shows the efficacy of long acting IL-1 inhibition (canakinumab) and IL-6 (tocilizumab) in systemic JIA patients @UTSWRheum https://t.co/XdG8pAq1c4
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UTSW Rheum Grand Rounds
Treating STill's (sJIA) - early early use of anakinra yields best results (in remission and off steroids) - 91% if Anakinra started within the first 3 mos @UTSWRheum https://t.co/neozpYhJtM
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UTSW Rheum Grand Rounds
MAS occurs in 2-8% of Systemic JIA pts and has a high mortality (<40%); It is more frequent w/ onset in Years 1-4. Treatment - steroids, anakinra, etoposide or CsA & Rx infxn if present. Oh...dont stop the anakinra! @UTSWRheum https://t.co/09uQm3LURC
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IL-18 levels are elevated in systemic JIA, MAS and AOSD @UTSWRheum https://t.co/pIYKf4pods
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Dr. Peter Nigrovic asserts the division between pediatric and adult arthritis is senseless and has no firm biologic basis. Instead we should consider pts as sero- positive or negative, Systemci or Spondyloarthropathy. @UTSWRheum https://t.co/zx5oQmUQ6Y
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van Vollenhoven et al strategies onT2T in SLE
1) Choose a Target; treat, monitor, adjust
2) LLDAS & DORIS remission are good targets
3) T2T trials needed w/ current Rx & new biologics & sm molecules
4) LLDAS & DORIS as outcomes in clinical trials
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UTSW Rheum Grand Rounds with Dr. Peter Nigrovic on systemic JIA in children and adults; yes, its the same disease with the same features. @UTSWRheum https://t.co/C7eBFjnDIi
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Network metanalysis (28 RCTs, 12 504 pts) of Biologics & small molecules therapy in active ulcerative colitis. Upadacitinib 45 mg qd ranked 1st (RR 0.73) vs PBO, infliximab 5 mg/kg & 10 mg/kg ranked 2nd & 3rd. UPA > TNFi at remission. https://t.co/PPNkfXiJSL
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UCB announced top-line interim analysis results from their Phase 3 "BE MOBILE 1" study, that demonstrated the efficacy of bimekizumab, a dual IL-17A and F inhibitor, in adults with active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA).
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How Bad and How Far? CDC says to date, in the USA, there have been 6,715,937 COVID cases and 850,575 deaths from COVID-19. A total of 249,393,487 (75.1%) have recv at least one VAX dose, 209,312,770 (63%) fully VAX, 38.7% had a booster dose https://t.co/M9fYWL80ae
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Using SKG mouse model of adjuvant induced SpA and enthesitis, neutrophils, and inducible IL-23, were shown to play an important role in early murine spondyloarthritis-related enthesitis. https://t.co/wlHXkNbvR7
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192 early arthritis & 693 early arthralgia underwent the MTP-squeeze-test (MTPsqT) & MRI. Synovitis & intermetatarsal bursitis (IMB) were assoc w/ MTPsqT. In EA, MTPsqT +, 79% had synovitis or IMB: 12% synovitis, 15% IMB & 52% had both. https://t.co/Ojwb8KkmLu
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