Skip to main content

Rheumatoid Arthritis

      The development of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) has led to better control of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with RA are living longer. This…
      RT @AkhilSoodMD: Abst 1515
      Williams & colleagues studied role of CD4+ and CD8+ PD-1+ T cells in patients with early
      2 years 10 months ago
      Abst 1515 Williams & colleagues studied role of CD4+ and CD8+ PD-1+ T cells in patients with early RA - CD4+ and CD8+ T PD-1+ T cells were dominant cell types in synovial tissue - 6 months after treatment, gene expression of CD4+ PD-1+ T cells decreased #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/TWLym8oHuK
      RT @drdavidliew: Put those two RF together (essentially nailing down RA pts at risk of cancer):

      age >65 or ever smok
      2 years 10 months ago
      Put those two RF together (essentially nailing down RA pts at risk of cancer): age >65 or ever smoked, all tofa vs TNFi: HR 1.55 (1.05-2.30) age >65 or ever smoked, tofa 5 bid vs TNFi: HR 1.44 (0.93-2.24) neither RF, all tofa vs TNFi: HR 1.16 (0.53-2.55) #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/Uvr4wBhFVF
      Should we start considering therapeutic drug monitoring when prescribing TNFi for treatment of our rheumatologic conditions? The NOR-DRUM trials (A and B) are the first randomized trials to assess…
      RT @ericdeinmd: #ACR21 Ab#1941: ORAL Surveillance VTE risk
      ▶️Tofa 10 BID risk > 5 BID > TNFi for VTE, DVT, PE
      2 years 10 months ago
      #ACR21 Ab#1941: ORAL Surveillance VTE risk ▶️Tofa 10 BID risk > 5 BID > TNFi for VTE, DVT, PE ▶️Age, male, obesity, HTN, h/o VTE, oral contraception/HRT, steroids, antidepressants were risk factors @RheumNow https://t.co/JOKNyYVZfX https://t.co/mTkgkwPIT6
      RT @RichardPAConway: Hospitalisation for heart failure ⬆️ in inflammatory diseases. RA>PsA>AS>PsO . HRs 1.1
      2 years 10 months ago
      Hospitalisation for heart failure ⬆️ in inflammatory diseases. RA>PsA>AS>PsO . HRs 1.1-1.6 compared to general population. Abstr#1925 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/kKlGQM5Tcg