Each year I attend I hope that I’m going to come across something that changes my practice and this year, I think I may have struck gold at a session on Giant Cell arteritis at EULAR in Amsterdam.

This session was an update on the management of osteoporosis given by Professor Christian Roux from France. He emphasised the use of composite risk score like the FRAX. He highlighted that the risk of vertebral fracture is increased by both the recency and severity of previous vertebral fracture. So it is important that those with vertebral fractures are followed up and treated appropriately to prevent subsequent fractures.

As we gather more knowledge about psoriatic arthritis ( PsA) and psoriasis (PSO) over time, and achieve better outcomes with new therapies, more questions arise about quality of life, survival  and comorbidities in PsA and PSO. Similarly to RA, we learned about increased risk of CVD and malignancy. With more data compiled in cohorts it is possible now to ask the same questions as we asked in RA.

Highlights from Day 2 of the EULAR meeting in Amsterdam include high MBDA scores in ACPA negative RA predicts remission; characterization of difficult RA; and gender differences in psoriatic responses to TNF inhibitors. 

This EULAR 2018 Podcast is a compilation of audio clips from EULAR in Amsterdam.

Not a surprise to anyone anymore, increased risk of cardiovascular disease poses a danger of significant morbidity and mortality in patients underlying inflammatory arthritides. A single center cross -sectional observational study was designed to conduct deeper analysis of Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF) in patients with PsA, PSO without arthritis and SpA without PSO (THU 0297).