Excellent session on COVID-19 update on therapeutics chaired by @rheum_cat Prof. Luis Ostrosky outlining the therapies at different phases of COVID-19 including antivirals, convalescent plasma, anticoagulation, exercise and long-term endemic phase @RheumNow #ACR21 Session6S424 https://t.co/jso7x1v1oA

IL-18 in autoinflammatory Disorders session talk by Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky - Discovered in 1995 - IL18 expressed in epithelial cells, keratinocyts, macrophages - IL-18R neg regulated by IL-18 binding protein https://t.co/U6TTDqEb7L https://t.co/R2lIo188ac

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Round up of the QD Clinics for the last week, now available. #ACR21 QD153 - Serologically Active, Clinically Quiescent SLE QD154 - Paradoxical Psoriasis QD155 - Scary Steroids QD156 - How I Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis https://t.co/MLimMt4bW0 https://t.co/Afs117eY7t

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It is always difficult to distinguish infection and disease flares in autoinflammatory syndromes = 25 pt sJIA study at #ACR21 showing serum procalcitonin levels are useful when >0.95ng/ml @StillsDis_411 @rheumnow #abst0252

Abst # 0494 Dowell & colleagues showed that in RA patients using RISE registry - disease activity correlated with burden of comorbidities - this was linked to areas of low SES (ADI > 80) who received primarily Medicaid Coverage https://t.co/xkdVnieHB2 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/jyZbV64qVz

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#ACR2021 Dr. L Sammaritano shows evidence for using belimumab during breastfeeding @RheumNow https://t.co/kDXXauoOZQ

Contraceptive methods available for pts, avoid estrogen in +aPL or active SLE #acr21 @acrheum reproductive guidelines @rheumnow https://t.co/dNfSyqjWKc

Remember: IUDs are the easiest contraception to recommend to SLE patients... Sammaritano lecture going on now #ACR2021 @RheumNow https://t.co/ZGRFIZyf5h

Insurance type, not race or distance to care, assoc'd w/ RA dz activity & burden. We need ^ rheums to care for socially deprived, rural, high comorbidity, Medicaid-covered RA pts w/ enhanced reimbursement & access to tx. Abs 0494 #ACR21 #RheumNow @RheumNow https://t.co/0es0i24gkS https://t.co/pBvhFR2DqE

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Biologics that can be use during pregnancy and lactation @rheumnow #acr21 reproductive guidelines https://t.co/4leM87GZI2

Delay breastfeeding within 4 hours if on pred> 20 mg. Meds safe in pregnancy and lactation #acr20 ⁦@RheumNow⁩ https://t.co/7l4jQw5idl