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🚨Postpartum RA Risk & Mucosal Immunity
👩🍼Elevated anti-CCP-IgG in cervicovaginal fluid of postpartum women (n=25) vs. controls.
🧪Local anti-CCP production despite negative serum
❓Childbirth-associated mucosal inflammation may drive RA onset.
#ACR24 @RheumNow https://t.co/plvtyJDSY1
Caoilfhionn Connolly @CaoilfhionnMD ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
To GLP or not to GLP—is it still even a question in obesity management given pluripotent benefits 👇🏻
Dr. Louis Aronne recommends
➡️ Start low and titrate slow 💊
➡️ Provide pt education on GI side effects, ondansetron effective for nausea
#ACR24 @RheumNow https://t.co/SzVg2dopCo
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Caoilfhionn Connolly @CaoilfhionnMD ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
SELECT-GCA Trial results show UPA 15 mg + 26-week GC taper leads to 46% sustained remission vs. 29% with placebo + 52-week taper (P=.0019).
UPA15 reduced GC use (median 1615mg vs. 2882mg, P<.0001) and improved fatigue scores.
Key finding: UPA15 combined with a 26-week GC… https://t.co/rdHU3GuOwc https://t.co/oMS7x46sIB
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Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
Mycophenolate isn't great for vaccine immunogenicity, but withholding MMF for one week after both doses of recombinant zoster vaccine boosts Ab titres ++ in this Brazilian RCT.
A week off post-vaccine: definitely worth considering in stable disease
#ACR24 ABST0247 @RheumNow https://t.co/lajS5DzRbD
David Liew @drdavidliew ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
CKD keeps a persistent low grade inflammatory state! Implications: CKD ⬆️risk for CV dz through different mech @RheumNow #ACR24 https://t.co/KcCvyTVaav
TheDaoIndex @KDAO2011 ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
Safety data reassuring with UPA 15 mg vs PBO
No UPA MACE events, low VTE
Ab#0770
@RheumNow #ACR24 https://t.co/lMf2dCz2RX https://t.co/3DnPIoVOt8
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Eric Dein @ericdeinmd ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
Planned to post so much more from #ACR24; my favorite slides from today will have to suffice.
From the #BCRC Dr Monica Guma’s - diet and microbiome.
Dr @NamrataRheum -a reminder that we are all aging.
Dr Connie Weyand’s -metabolic checkpoints in RA T cells and macrophage. https://t.co/MtsheVsUEQ
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Kristen Young @kristenyoung ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
Hypophosphatasia:
🦴Inherited disorder of metabolism with low tissue nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP)
🦴Impaired bone mineralisation
🦴Accumulation of pyrophosphate
🦴1/100,000-300,000
🦴6 main forms
@RheumNow #ACR24
Mrinalini Dey @DrMiniDey ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
Différent patterns of organ involvement in sarcoidosis @RheumNow #ACR24 #Sarcoidosis https://t.co/xigkS3vpUh
Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
Sarcoid - diagnosis of probability!
Biopsy not required! Can be bx-supported, not confirmed!
Calcium in Sarcoid
10-20% hypercalcemic
30-50% hypercalcuria
Sc: polyuria, dehydration, confusion, depression, fatigue, n/v, anorexia, abd pain, hematuria
@RheumNow
#ACR24 Rev Course https://t.co/B1srD3saij
Eric Dein @ericdeinmd ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
Upadacitinib (UPA), a new oral treatment option for GCA? Dr. Peter Merkel discusses SELECT-GCA.
UPA15 + 26-week GC taper >> PBO with a 52-week GC taper for GCA remission.
#ACR24 #ACRBest @RheumNow ABST#0770 https://t.co/UbQLVA8X7r
Jiha Lee @JihaRheum ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago
Where do SGLT2i have proven benefits for CVD?
👉 Diabetes w/high CV risk
👉Heart failure (all EF)
👉CKD
Dr Weber @rheumnow #ACR24 https://t.co/vFYddrLP1Y
TheDaoIndex @KDAO2011 ( View Tweet )
1 year 2 months ago


