Dr. Jack Cush discusses the news from the past week on RheumNow.com - including the SEAM trial, MRI guided T2T, biologics and infection, contraceptive use, ANA negative lupus, etc.
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
Dr Aryeh Fischer say bronchiolitis is the most devastating of lung dz in our pts. Small airway obliterative dz. w obstructive PFTs but poorly responsive. Consider it pts w refractory severe asthma #RWCS2019 https://t.co/VNGTNbXLEK
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
Dr Aryeh Fischer on MTX lung dz - it is rare. #RWCS2019 https://t.co/pIQvv0jEFW
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
Dr Aryeh Fischer on risk factors for ILD. #RWCS2019 https://t.co/a86BBgxEMm
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
Dr Aryeh Fischer on ILD increasing #RWCS2019 https://t.co/euvky7H3Bs
Mike Putman EBRheum
7 years 8 months ago
Good morning from #RWCS2019! Year in Review #1: HCQ doesn't work for hand OA, so stop using it! Jack Cush @RheumNow has talked about this multiple times on his podcast. I'd say the same for Sjogrens (see my podcast on JOQUER trial), but that's more controversial. https://t.co/fmb2bfVhg0
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
Analysis of a large Pediatric hospital database and 5679 SLE admissions shows that 12.4% had Pericardial Effusion (PCE) at entry. PCE was assoc w/ 2.5 higherrisk of In-hospital mortality(p 0.027) and 1.5 time more 30Day readmissions (p 0.001). https://t.co/XS6FEGfdH5
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
927 Lupus registry study shows that use of combined hormonal contraceptives was low (8%) and nearly half (55%) took place in the setting of possible contraindication such as aPL (52%), HTN (34%), migraine with aura (22%). More study and info is needed https://t.co/yTCKbRTp2m
Withholding intravenous abatacept (Orencia) for longer than a month before hip or knee arthroplasty among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) did not lower the risk for postoperative infection, a retrospective claims-based analysis found.
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
RCT of 559 patients undergoing hip replacement shows that postoperative use of paracetamol plus ibuprofen or ibuprofen alone significantly reduced morphine consumption. https://t.co/JbnkvBzibC
Dr. Aryeh Fischer at RWCS 2019
Pulmonary Manifestations of Rheumatic Disease
PHAROS is a prospective cohort studying the natural history of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in systemic sclerosis (SSc). They have shown that risk factors for poor outcomes in this cohort included male sex, DLCO < 50%, exercise oxygen desaturation, and pericardial effusions.
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
JBMR reports that women with single & multiple fractures (hip, spine, ribs) strongly negatively impacts the HRQL of older people over a prolonged period, and that they may not recover their prefracture QOL. https://t.co/1udPUiyCc0
