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Hands-Down Rheumatology - Gout doesnt get to the hands until its done its damage below (MTP, ankle, knee) and usually only in those with severe tophaceous gout Can also present as dactylitis or Carpal tunnel. Women on diuretics w/ CKD can get gout in Nodal OA joints https://t.co/Ri5taWpR0p
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
WATCH: Is blindness with Tocilizumab in GCA a worry?
Dr. David Liew ( @drdavidliew) weighs in. #EULAR2021
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
Rituximab Tops Mycophenolate Mofetil for Pemphigus Vulgaris. One year study of 135 moderate-to-severe pemphigus patients saw complete remission in 40% of RTX vs 10% of MMF patients.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
Metanalysis of 9 studies, and 1132 lupus pregnancies shows that hydroxychloroquine treatment significantly reduced the risk of preeclampsia (OR 0.35), pregnancy hypertension (OR0.41)and prematurity (OR 0.55), but no effect on rates of HELLP, DM, Ab
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
VEXAS is a new somatic mutation disorder with overlap with relapsing polychondritis. Thus older makes with ear/nose defects, MCV >100, Plt<200 could have the VEXAS-RP overlap @RWCSmtg https://t.co/Pqh6rYD96C
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
ProDERM Study: IVIG in Dermatomyositis--The ProDERM study show that IVIg is safe, effective and superior to placebo in patients with dermatomyositis (DM).
https://t.co/HOB8CYn9yc https://t.co/4nNRRhzHVO
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
Is Q-DAPSA the answer to disease activity scoring in PsA? Dr. Rachel Tate
( @uptotate) provides some insight.
https://t.co/fbi3Kbd2GS https://t.co/vBhWsbQYlg
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
"Arthritis Mutilans" - worse outcome to chronic inflammatory arthritis is due to 5 disorders:
1) RA
2) Psoriatic arthritis
3) Tophaceous gout
4) polyarticular JIA
5) Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (Ive never seen this!!)
https://t.co/XYmBEW1F0R https://t.co/010QYkOO7E
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
Serious problem! Pulmonologists believe that MTX causes and/or worsens ILD. MTX causes hypersensitivity pneumonitis, not ILD. RA, lupus DM, PSS cause ILD and they may need MTX to manage their disease. Do your own research, look at this paper to start. https://t.co/vUyCxJP2Mh
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
Protective Effects of Colchicine in Non-Hospitalized COVID-19
A press release from the Montreal Heart Institute has announced that the COLCORONA clinical trial has provided evidence of the protective effect of colchicine.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
Psoriasis has greatest risk of MTX liver dz - a Danish Population study of PsO, PsA & RA pts taking MTX. Risk of liver Dz was most in PsO, followed by PsA, then RA. PsO had 1.6-3.4 fold risk (mild-severe) liver dz (vs RA). PsA was 1.3-1.6x higher)
https://t.co/pAo9KFr5fO
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 years 1 month ago
1/3 of patients with rheumatoid arthritis had unacceptably high levels of pain 5 years after diagnosis, often despite low levels of inflammation, Swedish researchers found.
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5 years 1 month ago
