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Best of 2024: Good Clinical Practice Recommendations on Glucocorticoid Withdrawal and Adrenal Insufficiency
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
Full read JAMA ILD Review article. ILD= 33% idiopathic (IPF) + 15% hypersensitivity pneumonitis + 25% from CTD.
30% of ILD has cough
Chest CT 91% sensitive, 71% specific
5% decr in FVC/12 mos assoc w/ 2-fold incr in mortality
Rx options nintedanib or pirfenidone, TCZ, MMF, RTX… https://t.co/FKZyNU1s06 https://t.co/w5q0hOesEH
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
What is Osteoarthritis? A downloadable patient education page from JAMA. https://t.co/PfoimFgxRp https://t.co/WVQbofTzGC
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
171 SSc pts w/ hand Xrays and US found 20% w/ Joint involvement. Active Synovitis & tenosynovitis predicted by CRP>10mg/L (p = 0.013), fibrotic tenosynovitis on US (p = 0.005), anti-RNA polymerase III antibodies (p = 0.043) https://t.co/XYeMl6ag9c https://t.co/ycM573lUGT
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
FDA has approved Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 drug Zepbound [tirzepatide] to treat moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity in combination with increased physical activity and a reduced-calorie diet.” https://t.co/rYiM6JzmDX https://t.co/hO6CgH9pVs
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
12 minute JAMA Podcast on Dx & Rx of Lupus - featuring Caroline H. Siegel, MD, from HSS in NYC. https://t.co/4iHdQTFxxw https://t.co/zrNsartPlq
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
Cycling vs Switching after TNFi Failure in axSpA
https://t.co/XG16tgcLbr https://t.co/ifgMtAB7LF
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
Three words that changed President Jimmy Carters life: Courage, Wisdom & Patience.
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
Zhang @jeffsparks et al. Even more evidence that MTX does not cause ILD, and in fact prevents ILD, in RA, OR 0.48 in meta-analysis. @RheumNow #ACR24 Abstr#1384 https://t.co/w76dY29bwe https://t.co/1LBevDunjH https://t.co/Ix3UxeGUe2
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
"If you want an argument, put two rheumatologists in a room and ask them about steroid tapers. Add a third and you'll have a fight"
-P. Merkel at UPA plenary session
#ACR24 @RheumNow
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
Seronegative RA: sometimes there's an assumption that they'll eventually get a 'real' diagnosis
at @MayoClinic, 85% of patients diagnosed with seronegative RA kept their diagnosis at 10 years.
Usually, seroneg RA means seroneg RA!
#ACR24 @MyasoedovaElena ABST0458 @RheumNow… https://t.co/OD78mbDyNu https://t.co/vHgqX9IQOs
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago
Myths by Daniel Clauw
Small fiber neuropathy - misnomer, non-specific, not worth getting a skin biopsy
Fibromyalgia is not autoimmune - it is nociplastic pain and treated differently
#ACR24 Review Course
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 year 4 months ago


