Rheumatoid Arthritis

2 years 10 months ago
Swedish study by Lindstrom U et al of over 3000 PsA patients matched with RA comparators showed that the length of time on MTX (PsA 4.5 and RA 4.4 years) before adding or switching to b/tsDMARD was identical in PsA (34%) and matched RA controls (33%) #EULAR2022 @RheumNow POS0073 https://t.co/Dwrz8RVMnh


2 years 10 months ago
#EULAR2022 OP0276: What do patients want for preventative interventions for RA?
⭐️Survey of 1st degree relatives of RA pts (at risk) vs general pop were similar
⭐️'Hypothetical' treatment profile best aligned to abatacept
@Rheumnow https://t.co/r4y7SZbjTA


2 years 10 months ago
Survival of RA-ILD pts w/ lung 🫁 transplantation
Retrospective single centre study
*Mortality 36%
*Usual Interstitial Pneumonia worst prognosis w/ HR 7.13 (did not reach significance, small cohort)
*Survival time comparable to other lung Tx cohorts
#EULAR2022 OP0275 @RheumNow https://t.co/LslPxyXJCp

A full day at EULAR with oral and poster presentations of abstracts in the morning and a plethora of scientific (review) sessions in the afternoon. The latter covering topics like sarcoidosis,…

2 years 10 months ago
To contrast or not to contrast (in RA hand MRI?) POS0718 from #EULAR2022 showed good correlation between contrast/non-contrast imaging in synovitis, less so in tenosynovitis however. https://t.co/xL4XcRlIog
@RheumNow https://t.co/0cTep6MHLu

EULAR Congress 2022 highlighted several posters on pregnancy, an important subject as most rheumatic diseases afflicts women during their childbearing years. I wanted to share with you the ones…

2 years 10 months ago
Treat-to-target in RA is held with an almost religious fervour in rheumatology, but it's really hard to follow religiously. What happens if you're only T2T observant on the high holidays?
Answer: the world's not too bad!
(2y is bit short I realise)
POS0111 #EULAR2022 @RheumNow https://t.co/Boh74JmsP3
