Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
The RHeumNow Podcast is up! Alot on lupus this time. View here: https://t.co/fIq9qOFRW6 or listen to podcast on iTunes, Apple Car Play Podcasts or on SoundCloud https://t.co/wtmkKEsqCX
QD Clinic - Who Chooses? Patient or MD?
RA patient needs change in treatment - who chooses, the patient or the doctor?
Dr. Jack Cush reviews this past week's news and reports from RheumNow.com:
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
NEJM: Oral and genital ulcers in Behcets disease https://t.co/wrY8m3RDGc
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
Study of 3209 incident lupus pts in Sweden shows lung dz to be 6 fold more common than controls (IR 14/1000 Pt Yrs), including a 19 fold higher risk of interstitial lung disease. https://t.co/olLejMXv6j
Subacromial pain iacounts for up to 70% of shoulder pain. Patients may be diagnosed with subacromial pain syndrome (SAPS), shoulder impingement, or rotator cuff disease and often end up in surgery.
QD Clinic - Aches and Pains
QD Clinic - daily lessons and cases from the Rheumatology clinic.
What are the aches and pains all about? Is it sleep-related?
Features Dr. Jack Cush.
He would have died. About 4 weeks ago, my 74 year old father-in-law, “Pops” was admitted to a small community hospital for delirium and worsening congestive heart failure. He was seen by a caring hospitalist and a local cardiologist who was deemed good by all the locals, but they could not get him better.
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
QD Clinic - Zero to Sixty in PsA | When restarting therapy, How quick do they respond; How soon to reassess? https://t.co/kOKZ4RUZwz
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
Study of 497 rheumatology clinic pts shows 24% met fibromyalgia criteria, while 21% had a ICD-10 Dx of FM. Clinicians and criteria agreement was only fair (κ = 0.41). MD failed to Dx identify 60 criteria (+) pts & wrongly dx 43 criteria‐negative pts https://t.co/sZobOovOW4
Specialty tier drugs, including biologics, accounts for nearly half of all medication spending by Medicare Part D patients. High out-of-pocket costs for these patients is a major concern.
QD Clinic - Zero to Sixty in PsA
QD Clinic - daily lessons and cases from the Rheumatology clinic.
Starting or Re-Starting DMARD/Biologic Therapy - How quick do they respond; How soon to reassess? Features Dr. Jack Cush.
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
CDC Stats: In 2017, >2/3 of all drug overdose deaths in the United States involved opioids; From 2016 to 2017, opioid-related overdose deaths increased 12 percent overall (17.2% in elderly). https://t.co/O38uFIUcpd
Dr. John Cush RheumNow
7 years 8 months ago
The EMAs CHMP has issued a eceived a positive opinion for 2 TNF inhibitor biosimilars: Idacio (adalimumab) and Kromeya (adalimumab). For the treatment of select inflammatory and autoimmune disorders https://t.co/lz7EvtTcTB
