A single ultrasound guided intra-articular hip corticosteroid injection can be quite effective in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA).
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
4 years 5 months ago
Dactylitis Indicates a Severe PsA Phenotype
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Dr. John Cush RheumNow
4 years 5 months ago
Among 1033 #PSA pts - 37% were obese. Obese PsA pts had higher PsAQoL, HADS-Anxiety, HADS-Depression, DAPSA, DAS28-CRP, BASDAI, BASFI, HAQ &FACIT scores (p<0.05). BMI affects QOL, depression, disease activity, fatigue https://t.co/6PD8G6xFnk https://t.co/Wlgp0gJGbK
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
4 years 5 months ago
This week's Daily Download includes 9 slides covering Moll & Wright classification; epidemiology & prevalence; factors; skin & joint images, and more.
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Dr. John Cush RheumNow
4 years 5 months ago
Australian study from 2 #PSA clinics PsA clinics compared RAPID3 score to MDA, very low disease activity (VLDA) & DAPSA. 93 pts showed RAPID3 correlated w/ ROC AUC for VLDA (0.94) and DAPSA (0.96) https://t.co/x9G8wTpeS6 #PsAlways https://t.co/WuseKMoiJj
Watch this outstanding and informative Tuesday Nite Rheumatology, held on April 5th, 2022 which featured a Patient Perspectives panel discussion, hosted by Dr. Jack Cush.
PsA Panelists included:
- Tena Brown
- Christine Lindsay
- Ashley Krivohlavek
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
4 years 5 months ago
QD Clinic - PsA Lessons from the Clinic
Does the Moll & Wright Classification of PsA hold up?
QD Clinic is sponsored by RheumNow's PsA All the Way Campaign in April 2022
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Dr. John Cush RheumNow
4 years 5 months ago
Czech registry compared drug survival csDMARDs vs TNFi monotherapy. Drug retention higher w/ combo (47 vs 23 mos; p < 0.001) than TNFi monotherapy. 5 yr survival was better 45% vs 26%; Combo w/ MTX > other csDMARDs (p = 0.003). https://t.co/pjbXwEQ53K https://t.co/nZj64Wk3Pt
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
4 years 5 months ago
520 RA pts were screened with FibroScan (liver fibrosis)- F3 or F4 liver fibrosis seen 13.3% of controls vs 12.7% arthritis pts. MTX was not significantly correlated w/ higher FS scores. Liver stiffness was correlated w/ BMI, waist, male , age. https://t.co/iKvsITCs33 https://t.co/Dqos1MT431
A colleague of mine once told me an interesting story of how her father, who was a doctor, misdiagnosed his wife with fibromyalgia when she actually had psoriatic arthritis with enthesitis all along. I would venture out and say that the average physician would have trouble evaluating enthesitis because even we, as rheumatologists do!
Edward Loftus EdwardLoftus2
4 years 5 months ago
Steroids associated with adverse events during pregnancy @UmaMahadevanIBD @MayoClinicGIHep https://t.co/VR5CZUH1S7
Richard Conway RichardPAConway
4 years 5 months ago
Avacopan efficacy in renal failure in AAV. Appears to have benefit in renal disease that is more marked the more severe the disease is #Vasculitis22 https://t.co/3zsxjTLj62
Eric Topol EricTopol
4 years 5 months ago
The striking and most welcome streak of US Covid hospitalizations going down every single day since mid-January continues, now well below the prior pandemic nadir, and even after facing BA.2 variant dominance in parts of the country weeks ago 👍 https://t.co/WUZUCb2TOK
