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Post-Arthroscopic Increase in Septic Arthritis

d Jack Cush, MD

A longitudinal study from Iceland shows an increasing number of native joint infections (NJI), with iatrogenic, postarthroscopic infections being of particular concern.

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Is Acetaminophen Potentially Hazardous in Pregnancy?

d Jack Cush, MD

A consensus report from a multinational group of 91 scientists, clinicians and public health professionals alarmed the medical world last week as they suggest the use of acetaminophen (paracetamol) during pregnancy may have hazardous developmental effects on the fetus.

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No Recurrent Cancer Risk With Biologic Treatment of RA

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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had a history of cancer did not have an increased risk of new or recurrent cancers if treated with biologic therapies, a meta-analysis found.

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RheumNow Podcast – I Wanna New Drug.V2 (9.24.2021)

d Jack Cush, MD

Almost three years ago to the day, I did a podcast entitled, "I wanna new drug." As I go over this week's podcast, I want to say it again. I want a new drug safe enough to use during pregnancy, for PMR, for GVHD, and more. I'm going to cover these, and other topics including lupus, COVID breakthrough infections, and statin use and the risk of RA, as I review the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.

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Guselkumab Treats Axial Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis

d Jack Cush, MD

Pooled analysis of the DISCOVER-1 and DISCOVER-2 trials have shown that guselkumab, an IL-23 inhibitor, was effective and safe in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with axial involvement and imaging-confirmed sacroiliitis.

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10 Signs You'd Make a Great Pathologist #PathTwitter #MedTwitter 1. You've been told that you "ask too many questions" at some point in your life.

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108 pts with autoimmune cytopenias (TTP, ITP, AIHA, etc) were given COVID vaccination showing low rate of post-vax flares. Signif HEME decreases in 7.4% of AIHA & ITP; mild decrease in 10% AIHA and 20% ITP, w/ no Rx change https://t.co/OaHILar57z

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Variance in Uric acid? 85 pts without gout & serial SUA measured. 72/85 had nl SUA, but 21% later had high SUA x1. If SUA < 6, much less like to have future hyperuricemia (7% vs 39%, p = 0.0037). 13 w/ high SUA, half later had nl SUA. https://t.co/w05ll3OMbJ

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Global SECURE-IBD trial on IBD drugs and COVID shows that severe COVID-19 outcomes were not associated with the use of biologics and mesalamine/sulfasalazine, AZA, 6MP, MTX combo Rx or biologics (TNFi, IL-12/23, IL-23, integrin inhib) https://t.co/MO4i5ngKkr

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Prospective study of 77 RA patients in remission --> vax w/ BNT162b2 (BioNTech-Pfizer) (w/ temp D/C of DMARDs per ACR) found a vaccine-related flare rate of 7/8% (6 pts) w/ 5/6 flares after 2nd dose (2.6 days), resolved w/in 2 wks https://t.co/YOL3YVArvG #RheumNow https://t.co/dxRWhu8CJX

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Can I get the INFLUENZA and COVID Vaccines together? The CDC says: "YES...both vaccines can be given at the same visit, people should follow the recommended schedule for either vaccine.... ideally get a flu vaccine by the end of October." https://t.co/T49zm6Cxyc

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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had a history of cancer did NOT have an increased risk of new or recurrent cancers if treated with biologic therapies, a meta-analysis found. #RheumNow https://t.co/jM9oiRzXUk https://t.co/XYnaalEfe2

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NEJM Image Challenge: A patient presented with painful and erythematous plaques on his hands and elbows. Lab examinations showed leukocytosis and thrombocytopenia. What is the diagnosis? https://t.co/kQrNuVmVXg https://t.co/4JGeExCcP7

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Aortitis: Let’s review the differential for #aortitis including Non-Infectious and Infectious Causes! @febrilepodcast x @RheumOnePagers | created by @MithuRheum @swinndong #IDTwitter #RheumTwitter #FOAMed https://t.co/pR0iTls4PK
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New study on #COVID19Vaccine in autoimmune cytopenias 🩸7.4% had clinically significant ⬇️ in counts 🩸 All successfully managed w/steroids & transfusion 🩸 Mild ⬇️ in 10% AIHA and 20% ITP ⭐️Vaccination safe with close monitoring⭐️ https://t.co/qGZe6LiPKz

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Pooled analysis of the DISCOVER-1 and DISCOVER-2 trials have shown that guselkumab, an IL-23 inhibitor, was effective and safe in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with axial involvement and imaging-confirmed sacroiliitis. #RheumNow https://t.co/yLCxyC1oLr https://t.co/Uloqx2phlh

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The #1 question I get from new consults: “How did I get arthritis?” Here is my list of 11 drugs (or drug classes) known to cause arthritis or rheumatic disorders (as an unintended consequence). #RheumNow https://t.co/GsV0Qj9ENr https://t.co/IrTkY5yFdY

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Study of 435 #SLE pts seen during the pandemic. Comparing those seen F2F vs telemedicine, there was no significant difference in SLE disease activity (by SLEDAI-2K) or SLE flare rates or steroid prescribing between visit types https://t.co/kscU9CbqVM

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Prescribe antimalarial dosages at 5 mg/kg/d or less.... A baseline retinal exam w/ optical coherence tomography should be performed w/in 6 mos...to rule out confounding Dz. Pts at low risk for retinopathy do not require annual screening until 5 years.. https://t.co/l3sCxOJLNJ

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Encouraging DBRPCT of Rituximab in #PMR: 116 screened, 49 enrolled, 47 completed: 23 on RTX vs 24 on PBO. Steroid-free remission at 21 wks seen with 11/23 (48%) RTX pts vs 5/24 (21%) on PBO (p=0·049). Infusion Rxns: 10 RTX vs 3 PBO); 1 SAE (PE) on RTX https://t.co/U2ZGNrpi0i

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