All News

Article

Axial spondyloarthritis with psoriasis or psoriatic spondylitis

Antoni Chan, MD, PhD Nov 08, 2021

PsA commonly affects peripheral joints. In up to a quarter of PsA patients, the spine may be involved and this is known as psoriatic spondylitis (PsSpA). An important research question is whether PsSpA and Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) with psoriasis are separate conditions or not.

Article

Infection or Disease Flare: What Tools Can Help Differentiate?

Olga Petryna, MD Nov 08, 2021

Differentiation between a flare of disease and infection in patients with autoinflammatory (AI) conditions, where fever is the hallmark, can be extremely difficult. Few studies have evaluated potential differentiators; and having such tools would meet a huge unmet need.

Lianne Gensler presenting "Exercise Strategies for Ankylosing Spondylitis". Not all physical activity is similarly beneficial. Learn more now by attending her session at #ACR21! @CherylKoehn @ArthritisNetwrk @EIM_Canada @exerciseworks @PhysioKTBroker @jwhittak_physio @JasminKMa https://t.co/rER3EdCohO

MRI Imaging in RA and SpA: Dr. Sheila Reyes ( @RHEUMarampa) Dr. Sheila Reyes discusses abstracts #0468 and #0469, presented at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/MeVia60BNa https://t.co/WRgCifpioQ

https://bit.ly/3o8Uexe

A study at #ACR21 by Charite-University Medicine Berlin researchers suggests taking tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) #biologics earlier in the course of disease could slow down spinal progression in #AxialSpondyloarthritis patients. https://t.co/lDkaMkOcez

#Uveitis is the most ⬆ freq xtra-articular manifestation in axSpA. What factors are assoc'd w/AAU attacks? 👁‍🗨Active disease 👁‍🗨History of AAU Bottomline: Treat axSpA, treat uveitis = better outcomes. @RheumNow #ACR21 abs1314 https://t.co/O0kHulwJoP

axSpA and Uveitis Uveitis 🔼 in HLA-B27; Disease duration; Latin American pts 🔽 in Psoriasis ⭐️Uveitis was not significantly different in axSpA vs pSpA Recurrent Uveitis 🔼disease duration and body mass index (BMI) Abst #1307 #ACR21 @Rheumnow https://t.co/QDg8tOPgir

Emerging Therapies in Spondyloarthritis: A Promising Pipeline by Dr. Olga Petryna (@DrPetryna ) #ACR21 https://t.co/9ggUAh0YJe https://t.co/WHpQp3GYBe

https://bit.ly/3bNFYEf

Knowledge Bowl at #ACR21 ⭐️Which HLA allele confers an increased risk for anterior uveitis and inflammatory sacroillitis? ➡️HLA-B27 @RheumNow

My summary article on some of the many abstracts at #ACR21 on #WorkParticipation in #axSpA. Featured abstracts in this article: #0358 https://t.co/LrZYWqCuOm #0362 https://t.co/flL5MiqDL8 @RheumNow https://t.co/tu5L0yIVIV

Dr Elliott presenting on US assessment of enthesitis with TNFi vs secukinumab. Surprisingly TNFi showed a more marked decrease in US enthesitis. Abstr#1356 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/XXgYMgkMyP

Waist:Hip ratio may be better than BMI in screening for obesity in #axSpA accdg to this study by @Sineadm15 & colleagues 👉⬆ prevalence of abdominal obesity in axSpA esp among ♀️ @RheumNow #ACR21 abs1322 https://t.co/UB3K7xR9kG

Psoriasis can be diagnosed at any time of axSpA follow up. Incidence of PsO ⬆️from 16.8% to 26.8% after 6 years Patients with PsO had more peripheral arthritis and higher BMI Abs#1311 @RheumNow https://t.co/IrvHiFqr2m https://t.co/lqCVcF81zA

De Novo Psoriasis Can Be Reported at Any Timepoint in Early Axial Spondyloarthr…

Peripheral and axSpA pts with low Vitamin D levels (<30) had worse disease activity and functional impairment (BASDAI, ASDAS, BASFI) compared to pts with normal Vit D levels. Abs#1316 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/ulIqOAnWtp https://t.co/aMQaTpduJK

Vitamin D Deficiency and Disease Activity in Patients with Spondyloarthritis - …

@Sineadm15 @bososhea on undiagnosed depression in axSpA. Common, and associated with worse disease activity and quality of life. Abstr#1305 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/PBH1F3XEGv

We need to be better at identifying and managing #depression in patients with #axspa. In a group of 70 pts, many had high HADs-D & PHQ-9, with worse disease activity & #QoL compared to those with normal scores. Abs#1305 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/lNoo0HfMcC https://t.co/n7Vyl9L5FR

Undiagnosed Depression in Axial Spondyloarthropathy and the Negative Impact on …

Females axSpA pts presented w/ higher disease burden (fatigue/tiredness, & spinal pain at night.) Female axSpA pts achieved sign/symptom improvement with IXE later than male axSpA pts. Abs 0934 #ACR21 #RheumNow@RheumNow https://t.co/EGXnfeF6KQ https://t.co/TDF5zxtca7

Baseline Characteristics and Treatment Response to Ixekizumab Categorised by Se…

@RheumNow From Abst#3053 noted above, here we see the trend of urinary ALCAM with UPCr and renal-SLEDAI https://t.co/3Ujo8WTslO

AS and PsA: Mortality vs Gen Pop (meta-analysis) AS: 👉⬆️All-cause 👉⬆️CVD PsA: 👉All-cause not higher 👉⬆️CVD, Respiratory, and Infectious etiologies Important to consider CVD and other comorbidities. https://t.co/9K4qNpYvMb #ACR21 Abst#0569 @RheumNow

All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Spondyloarthritis: A Systematic Revie…

MRI Imaging in RA and SpA: Dr. Sheila Reyes (@RHEUMarampa ) Dr. Sheila Reyes discusses abstracts #0468 and #0469, presented at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/KUoO88dEhQ https://t.co/10R4jC5p0y

https://bit.ly/3qdfhkF

Topics

All News

Axial spondyloarthritis with psoriasis or psoriatic spondylitis

Infection or Disease Flare: What Tools Can Help Differentiate?

Do you get our email newsletter?