Decline in Physician Trust During the COVID-19 Pandemic AMA reports that following the COVID-19 pandemic US adults trust in physicians and hospitals decreased, and was associated with lower odds of COVID vaccination. https://t.co/3XcMYcnzD3 https://t.co/yiIvOp1o5a

• Decline in Physician Trust During the COVID-19 Pandemic | RheumNow

Frequency and Features of CPPD An international cohort study of patients with CPPD disease identifies both acute and chronic inflammatory phenotypes, each with distinctive clinical and imaging diagnostic features. https://t.co/3ox3YjVh5w https://t.co/1pB9f42a9M

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Ischemic Forearm Exercise Testing is used to Dx McArdles disease & the absence of elevated blood lactate levels during exercise in pts w/ myophosphorylase deficiency (McArdle disease) https://t.co/pNxl6qnnIR https://t.co/kOyk45Necd

• RheumaKnowledgy » Ischemic Forearm Exercise Test

NEJM Case: A 29-year-old woman with SLE presented to the dermatology clinic with 2-weeks of itchy, painful rash on her nose and hands that came on with cold weather. What do you think? https://t.co/jm0Zzu1gfj https://t.co/sAgZipPmaC

• Chilblain Lupus Erythematosus | NEJM

Study of 201 pts w/ chronic pain, prevalence of anxiety was 19%; higher in women (OR 7.94) longer pain (OR:1.3) & severe pain(OR:18.7) https://t.co/LD6pjH25qv https://t.co/mrlEo0UkEw

• Prevalence and factors associated with generalized anxiety disorder among patie…

2024 EULAR Points to consider when treating patients with cancer https://t.co/oXO8m8mrfJ https://t.co/v69zPteDr0

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Pain Reduction with Methotrexate in Knee Osteoarthritis The Annals of Internal Medicine reports that oral, low dose, weekly methotrexate significantly reduced knee osteoarthritis (KOA) pain, stiffness, and function in a randomized controlled trial. https://t.co/ayMD1V67fH https://t.co/Es3oPYM8Y3

• Pain Reduction with Methotrexate in Knee Osteoarthritis | RheumNow

Medical literature review of suggests low vitamin D status is common in Rheumatic pts. & low vit D levels linked to loss of muscle strength, MSK pain, sarcopenia & falls (esp in IIM, PMR, SLE, RA, SSc) (BUT DOES REPLACING VITAMIN D FIX THESE PROBLEMS???) https://t.co/30IiKj7l4d https://t.co/ydU6FQMTi5

• Vitamin D and Muscle Status in Inflammatory and Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: …

PEXIVAS: Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients The PEXIVAS study found potential benefits of plasma exchange and glucocorticoids for AAV patients with DAH, but the results did not reach statistical significance. https://t.co/m7BxMfj04W https://t.co/A9SKAWd1s5

• PEXIVAS: Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients | R…

Calcinosis cutis affects 40% of SSc pts w/ significant morbidity. Assoc w/ Long Dz duration, vascular dysfunction, & osteoporosis. Dx by radiography. Surgical treatment is most effective therapy, but no medical therapies have proven efficacy in RCTs https://t.co/ocQ5okBauq https://t.co/1DUm6FKfm8

• Calcinosis in systemic sclerosis : Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Melatonin doesnt work! 172 pts w/ unilateral TKA for Rx in DBRPCT trial of qhs 5 mg melatonin vs. 125 mg vit C placebo for 6 weeks. No differences in PSQI or other sleep measures @6wks. Poor sleep assoc w/ worse pt function and pain. https://t.co/b1gfnyB7Qw https://t.co/nT589CItIF

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Guselkumab maintenance dose is 100 mg sc q8wks. GUIDE ph 3b trial treated 297 PSO super responders (PASI <3) w/ q8wk or extended q16wk GUS & demonstrated noninferiority of q16 wk dosing w/ disease control (91.9 vs 92.6%) https://t.co/31DPTmcVD2 https://t.co/qHMsyYCH4J

• 16-Week vs 8-Week Guselkumab Dosing in Super Responders for Control of Psoriasis

Review of Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease Lancet Rheumatology has published a review of Calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease - a chronic inflammatory and degenerative crystal arthropathy that increases with aging. https://t.co/svIGF3hM0Y https://t.co/17CNkOiGPB

• Review of Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease | RheumNow

NSAIDs Used Despite Contraindications https://t.co/elhnmB3N52 https://t.co/VgIqKvkfVJ

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