Ileal but not colonic inflammatory gut lesions are linked to more fatty lesions on MRI-SIJ in newly diagnosed SpA patients. Baseline microscopic gut inflammation was not associated with erosions, sclerosis nor ankylosis. DeCraemer et al #ACR19 @RheumNow #axialspondyloarthritis

In early axSpA, inflammation in one SIJ quadrant leads to structural damage in the same quadrant. Rodrigues-Manaca #ACR19 @RheumNow #axialspondyloarthritis

“These drugs aren’t going anywhere because they are literally curing cancer.” - Dr. Susan Manzi on checkpoint inhibitors and autoimmune adverse events. Check out the poster hall to see all the emerging immune related AEs. #ACR19 @RheumNow

ACOG recommends low dose ASA for all pregnant women with lupus. But we’re not doing well...in a multi-national SLE cohort of 475 pts, only 25% were exposed to ASA. #ACR19 @RheumNow #lupus

Abstr#808 Pt2 of GiACTA: *42% of pts in remission and on no tx after 1 yr of wkly TCZ maintained tx free remission for 2 more yrs *GCSs over 3yrs lower in pts originally assigned TCZ *For flares, reinitiating TCZ restored remission *No new safety signals #ACR19 @RheumNow #GCA

What do you do with residual fatigue in well controlled RA? #ACR @RheumNow Abstr#461now

Fatigue is a big deal for pts with ERA but if rapid remission by 3 months fatigue improvement is better and differences persist for 5 years but mean fatigue is not normal #ACR19 @RheumNow abstr#461 https://t.co/hDbPmCql1m

I didn’t realize how fast Pegloticase works. Assuming the urate burden of a gout patient, Pegloticase can degrade all the urate in the body over 5-40 days! #ACR19 @rheumnow 3S050 Lipsky

Evidence based non-pharm therapy #ACR19 #fibromyalgia @RheumNow FM MTP Clauw https://t.co/ZhGLsqg0Tb

Mean time to total resolution of all tophi was 9.9 months on Pegloticase - velocity of resolution was very heterogenous #ACR19 @rheumnow 3S050

Dr. Weinblatt’s vaccine review slide. @RheumNow #ACRbest #ACR19 https://t.co/rKShBbdk7z

Pneumonia vaccination update! #ACR19 @RheumNow https://t.co/yJVg4wt90S

Reductions in mean arterial pressure, systolic & diastolic BP in responders to biweekly Pegloticase Not associated with any changes in renal function. Independent of any effect XaNthine Oxidase #ACR19 @rheumnow 3S050

Prednisone at 5mg po daily for over three months is a FRAX risk factor we need to remember. Knowledge bowl pearls. @RheumNow #ACR19

Uveitis is associated with bisphosphonates. Calcium citrate is useful in pts with history of renal calculi. Knowledge bowl pearls. #ACR19 @RheumNow