Rheumatoid arthritis is known to be associated with a higher risk of infections. In abstract 0535, Porter and colleagues have assessed infection rates in the pre-RA and early RA phases as defined by antibiotics prescription and hospital admissions with an infection main diagnostic code in the UK National database.
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
3 years 10 months ago
Saturday: ACR 2022 Daily Recap https://t.co/3WGcxsEtOj
Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints
3 years 10 months ago
Key points in managing MDA5+ DM
1. Monitor lungs - HRCT/PFTs
2. Test muscle endurance (ref: IMACS site) not just strength
3. Close observation
4. MTX/MMF initial treatments
5. Repeat muscle biopsy if diagnosis unclear
Meet the Expert Lundberg I, IMM session @RheumNow #ACR22 https://t.co/ZVFsYgDBx2
Patricia Harkins DrTrishHarkins
3 years 10 months ago
“Rheumatic diseases - diseases of accelerated aging”
With age:
⚖️ fat ⬆️
💪🏻 muscle ⬇️
👉 results in ⬇️fn ⬇️gait speed ⬇️grip
🌟what can we do?
⚡️start with basic diet and exercise advice
✅caloric restriction (⬇️350cal/day)
✅ resistance training
#GeriRheum #ACR22 https://t.co/6KRrwCWBEZ
TheDaoIndex KDAO2011
3 years 10 months ago
#RheumPearl: Dr. J Stone shares useful #ophthalmology terms that #rheums should know. Note that IOI may not be idiopathic (do the workup- it might be #sarcoid myositis). Does @DGlaucomflecken have anything to add? #ACR22 @rheumnow https://t.co/bxWm7MlePj
Akhil Sood MD AkhilSoodMD
3 years 10 months ago
Rheumatology Secrets & Pearl Lecture
with Dr. John Stone:
- Patient presenting with fever, headache, neck pain, and CPPD of multiple joints.
- Consider Crowned Dens Syndrome. CT Neck showing calcification around Odontoid Process
@RheumNow #ACR22 https://t.co/Md1bqzPyr5
In abstract #0327 presented during the poster session on Saturday, Dr. Ai Li Yeo and colleagues investigated the usefulness of serial anti-dsDNA testing in predicting flares among SLE patients who have persistently positive anti-dsDNA titers.
Today's plenary session features a novel proposal on how and which patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy (IIM) should be screened for cancer. Abstract 0002 by Oldroyd et al, entitled "Cancer Screening Recommendations for Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy" took on this thorny practice issue.
TheDaoIndex KDAO2011
3 years 10 months ago
Consensus for #cancer screening in IIM Presented: How Often to Screen #Plenary #ACR22 @rheumnow #myositis https://t.co/h1kp7Z9ynO
TheDaoIndex KDAO2011
3 years 10 months ago
Best Overall! by Dr. Lauren Harper #ACR22 Image Competition @rheumnow https://t.co/D3bKJTx6ir
Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints
3 years 10 months ago
Keynote lecture from Abraham Varghese at #ACR22 @RheumNow Opening Session Physicians and Patients
◦ Physical examination is meaningful and cannot be replaced by technology
◦ Don’t treat the EHR, treat the patient
◦ Acknowledge how much goes into patient care by our nurses https://t.co/piV0O8O7Hw
Janet Pope Janetbirdope
3 years 10 months ago
#ACR22 Yr in Review. John Varga says novel vaccination immune therapy may reverse #fibrosis - at least in mice. Hope for #scleroderma & other fibrotic diseases. Data need to be transferred into human experiments @RheumNow https://t.co/ybFRXheQq3
Eric Dein ericdeinmd
3 years 10 months ago
Ab0344 #ACR22
CKD2+ a/w incr HCQ levels by 149 ng/mL vs CKD1
400 mg/d dose: incr HCQ levels by 448 ng/mL vs 200
Incr body wt by 15 kg -> decr HCQ levels by 82 ng/mL
Social determinants didn't effect data
>750ng/mL and >1000 predicted of 75% decr flare risk
@Rheumnow #ACRBest https://t.co/p21rqnO4ym
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
3 years 10 months ago
New 2022 EULAR Recommendations for the Management of RA
The updated '22 EULAR recommendations for the mgmt of RA were initially presented at EULAR '22, and are now in press delineating the most recent developments and perspectives in RA treatment.
https://t.co/xnpOUnpgvy https://t.co/OWcRq7nZ57
