Drs. Jack Cush and Arthur Kavanaugh discuss highlights and key takeaways from ACR 23.

While there wasn’t much original new programming and research presented on the final day, that didn’t slow the RheumNow faculty from tweeting the noteworthy “Best of ACR” abstracts. Enjoy these below.

Since chronic kidney disease is one of the strongest CV risk factors, any new strategy to reduce proteinuria and avoid a decline in renal function may likely improve patient outcomes. In large cardiovascular outcome trials, the use of a fairly new-kid-on-the-block therapy, sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) appear to be both cardio and renal-protective. Would the use of SGLT2i have the same impact in SLE?

The last day at ACR23 was a ghost town as most left, largely because there was limited programming on the fourth and final day. The main attraction on Day 4 was the late-breaking abstract – oral presentations.  Here’s a list of the late breakers; below, I provide commentary on the ones that caught my attention.

Should rheumatologists be counseling patients on cervical cancer prevention and screening? The data from Abstract #1479 at ACR Convergence 2023 suggests that this should be an important conversation with our female lupus patients.