Pascual Year in Review: Gut pathogen (E gallinarum) translocated to liver, drives murine SLE. Treatable with antibiotics or vaccination. #ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/C5dSvnSQZz

Merkel Year in Review: SPACE trial (JAMA 18) - opioids NOT superior to NSAIDs for function or pain in OA & back pain. #ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/jQgc1eR67E

Merkel Year in Review: Yui et al Mayo Clin Proc. - Arthrocentesis appears to be safe in patients using DOACs (NO bleeding in 1050 procedures). Need to tell our ED colleagues. #ACR18 @RheumNow

Merkel Year in Review: SCOT trial of ASCT in severe SSc. Superior outcomes with ASCT but important toxicity. Key here is to choose the right patient and the right time. This will not be easy. #ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/SnO3oMuCp8

Posters 693 & 694: observational data from Quebec suggest addition of MTX to ADA or ETN does not improve bDMARD retention in PsA. Further evidence for the questionable benefit of MTX in PsA? #ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/u2P5yUmGaM

#ACR18 poster 1265: Gout management in primary care can be improved with a thoughtful structured approach. Quantity and quality of ULT improves; proportion failing to meet SUA target fell from 64% to 39%. Exemplary approach to gout care. @RheumNow https://t.co/GeE5RRU0Pr

Almost time for one of my perennial ACR favourites: Tech Tools for Rheumatology by @DrBhana #ACR18 https://t.co/Loe9C16WlO

Good to see a virtual appearance by @RonanTKavanagh here at #ACR18, via @DrBhana’s excellent presentation. https://t.co/fxqFnYO8jr

.@BrennanSpiegel Digital sensors are now available for multiple organ systems #ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/RFMA9eArbt

Numbers just released - 15,000 attendees at #ACR18 from 106 countries

Well done to our outstanding former registrar Bess Leonardo for her excellent work that was presented at #ACR18 today (poster 2353), looking at how RA patients access information about MTX. https://t.co/PF0BNQpdKl

2018 Great Debate examines questions about hydroxychloroquine dosing guidelines https://t.co/ltOnUmtrzw

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This enjoyable #ACR18 #fibromyalgia session is an appropriate time for a couple of periodic reminders: 1. Pain is an output of the brain (not an input) 2. Fibromyalgia is best conceptualised as a *description*, not an *explanation*

#Vasculitis oral abstract session at #ACR18: back to back abstracts on use of #leflunomide for #GCA and #PMR. Promising results on efficacy and #steroid sparing effect. Could it become a standard alternative when tocilizumab contraindicated or not available?

#ACR18 #2923: Persistence of bone marrow oedema within the same SIJ quadrant associated with structural damage at 5 years in patients with early axial SpA. @RheumNow