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ICYMI: Best Imaging in Giant Cell Arteritis - US, PET, MRI?

d Jack Cush, MD

Imaging is often instrumental in diagnosing and staging patients diagnosed with giant cell arteritis. A new study compared the diagnostic performance of Colour Duplex Ultrasound (CDUS), Fluor-18-deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in patients suspected of giant cell arteritis and found the CDUS had a numerically higher sensitivity (that was not statistically superior to other modalities).

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ICYMI: 2023 EULAR Psoriatic Arthritis Recommendations

d Jack Cush, MD

EULAR has updated its treatment recommendations from the prior 2019 guidelines, since there have been several newly developed agents. The updated guidance includes 7 overarching principles and 11 recommendations regarding treatment strategy and pharmacological therapies.

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ICYMI: Hidradenitis Suppurativa-Related Autoinflammatory Syndromes

d Jack Cush, MD

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a suppurative inflammatory skin disorder that is considered to be autoinflammatory by many. HS includes a specturm of disorders, linked by suppurative (or psoriatic) skin disease and potentially genetics. These HS-related disorders may include pyoderma gangrenosum, acne and suppurative hidradenitis, Pyogenic Arthritis, Pyoderma gangrenosum and Acne, pyogenic arthritis, PG, acne and suppurative hidradenitis, and Synovitis, Acne, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis and Osteitis, amongst others.

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ICYMI: 9 Facts about Leflunomide

d Jack Cush, MD

Medscape has published an informative review of leflunomide, drawn from Dr. Eric Ruderman’s recent lecture on the subject at the February RWCS meeting in Maui. Here are some highpoints from this Medscape article and lecture.

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ICYMI: Enthesitis, Synovitis, and Tenosynovitis in Psoriatic Arthritis

d Jack Cush, MD

An ultrasound study suggests that enthesitis is associated with both synovitis and tenosynovitis in patients with Psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

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ICYMI: 2023 EULAR Non-pharmacological Management of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: 2023 update

d Jack Cush, MD

EULAR has published the 2023 updated recommendations for the optimal non-pharmacological management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA).

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ICYMI: JAMA: SLE Review

d Jack Cush, MD

Drs. Caroline Siegel and Lisa Sammaritano (from HSS in NYC) have published an impressive overview of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in JAMA. This timely, well-written review covers the many complexities of this multi-organ disorder that affects nearly 3.4 million people worldwide.

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RT @yuz6yusof #EULAR2024 OP0180 Can we safely taper GC in #lupus patients who are in remission? Single study in Italy showed in pts with SLEDAI=0 + pred =<5mg/d + stable IS/HCQ, GC discontinuation after proper tapering appeared safe and was associated with a low risk of flare

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10 baseline predictors for achieving treatment response to Secukinumab in the EuroSpA study. Having non-radiographic disease was a negative predictor of obtaining LDA at 6 months and remaining on treatment at 12 months in European axSpA patients initiating secukinumab. #EULAR2024

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Review of Amyloidosis The New England Journal of Medicine has published a review of systemic amyloidosis. https://t.co/4507N4DwLk https://t.co/Q0MP5XXUHr

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Future Big BiTEs (6.28.2024) Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, journal articles and regulatory announcements from the past week on https://t.co/V10S4oVFsv. https://t.co/AKb2qmQ2nf https://t.co/3nKuEXteXS

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RT @drminidey OP0165- incidence & risk factors of D2T RA in an early RA cohort Factors assoc with D2T RA: 🩸 Seropositivity 🦴 Erosions 📈 Disease activity 📊 D2T pts have higher steroid doses & more commonly develop iatrogenic-related #comorbidities, e.g. osteoporosis

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FDA approves biosimilar Pyzchiva® (ustekinumab-ttwe), to be commercialized by Sandoz in US. The US FDA has also approved 2 other biosimilars to ustekinumab, including ustekinumab-aekn (Selarsdi) and ustekinumab-auub (Wezlana). https://t.co/BgYQm39aEB https://t.co/XZhnHxPaP0

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How do you manage new progressive ILD?

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RT @drdavidliew "We’ve got better at treating RA over the last 20 years, and it’s genuinely saving lives. Something to be very proud of. Let’s not forget that! 5y mortality from DANBIO (still, we still have work to do in seropos RA in men!) #EULAR2024 OP0162

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RT @drdavidliew "I’ve always thought new RA meds get prescribed to the most risky patients, and therefore you see more adverse events. Turns out it’s marginally true - maybe out to five years. Worth being careful of judging new meds too early! #EULAR2024 OP0114 @karolinskainst

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Imaging in Axial Spondyloarthritis Dr. Antoni Chan reviews abstracts OP0222 and OP0303 presented at Eular 2024 in Vienna, Austria. https://t.co/SqTi4Xvoo2 https://t.co/TzZdUEkOXW

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Axial & Psoriatic Disease Dr. Peter Nash at Eular 2024 in Vienna, Austria. https://t.co/eHfNQgN1BQ https://t.co/Uj6AwbXj8J

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Factors Affecting Hydroxychloroquine Adherence A study from the University of British Columbia has evaluated the trajectories of HCQ use in patients with incident RA and SLE between1997 and 2021, and identified factors associated with high adherence. https://t.co/kDUxVCfRGt https://t.co/1v79Vqdqo8

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No Risk of Interstitial Lung Disease with Methotrexate Use JAMA reports a cohort study that investigated the association between methotrexate (MTX) use and Interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with dermatomyositis (DM). https://t.co/qauRelAkG0 https://t.co/bhSLYrfzlv

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