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RWCS Highlights - Day 2

d Rachel Tate, DO

As I attend RWCS virtually, I am always amazed by the amount of thought that goes into preparing great talks geared toward busy clinicians. Today, I am highlighting a few more pearls that you may find interesting as well.

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Weekly Semaglutide for Weight Loss in Adults

d Jack Cush, MD

NEJM has reported the results of a trial showing semaglutide once weekly plus lifestyle intervention was associated with sustained, weight loss in overweight or obese adults; such that nearly one-third lost over 20% of their body weight.

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Proposal of Novel Multimodal Outcome Instrument for Assessing SLE Activity RWCS 2021 Poster Session by Dr. Barbara Jacobs, UC-San Diego https://t.co/3H4iNssyrZ

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Systemic Sclerosis Rapid Onset Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis RWCS 2021 Poster Session by Dr. Jason Melehani, Stanford University https://t.co/wfxiY2VqcN

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Not just Juvenile: Adult Onset Still's Disease Complicated by Macrophage Activation Syndrome RWCS 2021 Poster Session by Dr. Eric Seronick, UC-Irvine https://t.co/p9DsTu8kBK

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Vaccinated COVID-19 pts appear less contagious; report from Israel - among 650,000 received two-doses of Pfizer vaccine, 2,897 later tested positive for COVID-19, but nasal swab samples showed 4-fold less virus - hinting protection https://t.co/UBE4q6aE63

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A serious shortage of pediatric rheumatologists in the USA, where we need at least 1 ped rheum per 400,000 population. @RWCSmtg https://t.co/o8XCkjUOaN
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CARRA was established in 2000 to further pediatric Rheumatology through research and registries @RWCSmtg https://t.co/drXGz23QyN
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Milestone achievements of the pediatric Rheumatology collaborative study group @RWCSmtg https://t.co/OGXd2YWj5A
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Dr. Anne Stevens lecturing at @RWCSmtg on the history of pediatric Rheumatology. Sir Eric Bywaters was the Father of meeting day pediatric Rheumatology @RWCSmtg https://t.co/iZtPfgoyxa
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Dr George F Still, among the first to write about children with arthritis, pediatric Rheumatology, in 1898, with his description of 22 kids with arthritis. @RWCSmtg https://t.co/Y6DOzooFjZ
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EXCEED study in #PsA shows lower responses in women (vs men) treated with either secukinumab or adalimumab. Question is, why? @RWCSmtg @JointMD https://t.co/LFBQi1jtiu
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In #PsA does it matter if you're on background MTX when treated with ixekizumab or adalimumab? MTX does augment ADA responses but it's not needed with IXE @RWCSmtg @JointMD https://t.co/9GpKjLS4ao
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No increased risk of cancer with TNFi use in PsA patients @RWCSmtg @JointMD https://t.co/7VSI1Fd1hw
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Partial control of #PsA on MTX- Control study shows that adding adalimumab is superior to just escalating MTX @RWCSmtg @JointMD https://t.co/nDWzf4HYwp
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Drs. Kavanaugh, Ruderman, Ogdie at @RWCSmtg on the multiple domains of psoriatic arthritis #PsA @JointMD https://t.co/3uS6JxdfIR
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RWCS Highlights - Day 1 (@uptotate) The 2021 Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium (RWCS) launched yesterday as a hybrid meeting. Led by exceptional teachers and researchers in rheumatology, this live and streaming conference had many highlights. https://t.co/eKSsrXmLvu https://t.co/Gy9YEaK6Z1

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ACR Promotes New COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Guidance for Rheumatic Patients The ACR has published a draft guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccination in RMD patients, based on the efforts of the North American Task Force. https://t.co/uSPfvJB8EC https://t.co/9bwBdtHw5e

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QD Clinic - Fever by the Numbers Diagnosis of Periodic Fever by Fever Duration https://t.co/q3ZmJLrgOO

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Defects in NLRC4 inflammasome can drive IL 18 production in systemic JIA. @RWCSmtg https://t.co/ffzODTXd52

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