Scleroderma/Raynauds

3 years 4 months ago
🔥Continued, More Clinically Meaningful data in #SSc #ILD from #Nintedanib in >52 wk SENSCIS & SENSCIS-ON(open-label ext)#ACR21 Dr Distler
✨MMF likely to stay 1st line, then Nintedanib
❓Is it time for MMF + Antifibrotic upfront??
Await SLS-III;Data so far seems supportive https://t.co/JWXMlsJgmc

Differentiation between a flare of disease and infection in patients with autoinflammatory (AI) conditions, where fever is the hallmark, can be extremely difficult. Promptly distinguishing…

3 years 4 months ago
#ACR21 Abs#1367.
Scleroderma pts with absent contractility (AC) associated with diffuse cutaneous disease, cardiac involvement, more severe Raynaud's.
⭐️14/67 AC pts died during study (21%), none without AC
⭐️15/16 Ro52+ pts had AC (p=0.06)
https://t.co/GAuOiV5ScC @Rheumnow

3 years 4 months ago
#ACR21 #pedsrheum
juvenile localized scleroderma
Polypositive profile
3 or more autos correlated with more severe skin score, more activity https://t.co/vVXV4jjLvG


3 years 4 months ago
✨Great Pearls when screening patients for clinically suspect #Scleroderma or #Juvenile #Dermatomyositis
📌 Don’t Stop Work Up at Negative ANA if strongly suspect SSc
📌 #Myositis Specific Antibodies have different phenotypes in kids than adults (MDA-5, TIF-1g, NXP-2)
#ACR21 https://t.co/KrkkzA5bkV


3 years 4 months ago
Clinical Pearl at #ACR21 by Dr. John Stone:
⭐️Patients w/ RNAPIII positive SSc do not always have puffy hands, Raynaud's phenomenon, or ANA positivity!
#ACRBest @RheumNow @SChatterjee https://t.co/9J6OBibi4l

The RheumNow faculty have been glued to their monitors all day, watching video, and running down abstract presentations to find the best – several of these stood out as #ACRBests. Here is a…