Do we give enough attention to pts mental health? 2 cohort 400+ RA tREACH & DEPAR 500+ PsA RA 20% depression 30% anxiety PsA 19% depression 22% anxiety 2 yrs no remission RA OR 2.5 depression OR 1.7 anxiety PsA OR 6.10 depression OR 4.67 anxiety @RheumNow #EULAR2024 POS0946 https://t.co/ok4HRNJqgY

Fantastic long COVID debate: close friends Xavier Mariette & @LCalabreseDO head-to-head, debating whether long COVID is a specific disease or part of fibromyalgia. Xavier argues it looks like any post-viral syndrome, & the immunological signal isn’t there. #EULAR2024 @RheumNow https://t.co/ajKjBSRo2n

#opportunistic inf in #autoimmune dz 🎤 @khyrich 👉#herpes zost is ⬆️⬆️,esp😳#lupus (💉 >18yo🇺🇸) 👉#HBV react ⬆️⬆️ w/ RTX (9.1%) >>TNFi, JAKi, IL-6 👉 🙅‍♂️ #TB repeat 🧪 on #DMARD if 🚫new risk fact/gap⚠️ 🔗#eular 2022 guide: https://t.co/PIpGpTrH28 #eular2024 #rheumx @RheumNow https://t.co/kouXvradiC

How good are we at picking up depressing in RA patients? In this Polish registry: - 1.8% had a depression diagnosis - 21% had low mood on HAQ & depression has real correlates with disease activity. Plenty to think about with truly holistic RA care! #EULAR2024 POS1045 @RheumNow https://t.co/ZNbMVo8TGk

Just a reminder - large vessel involvement is very common in GCA, and lines up with aortic dilatation. And if you don’t look, you won’t find… #EULAR2024 POS0932 @RheumNow https://t.co/2uZTu0B18Z

Bold conclusion from Japan: laughter improves function in RA. I like it Feel like it might be partially a correlation/causation link but if an hour of laughter can push down IL-6 levels in RA patients, time for reimbursement for stand up comedy? #EULAR2024 POS1029 @RheumNow https://t.co/EpHnX50PgF

Interpreting Hepatis B serology results. Hyrich K #EULAR2024 @RheumNow https://t.co/boXw2XCI2m

Approach to TB screening prior to commencing biologics. Hyrich K #EULAR2024 @RheumNow https://t.co/j3PI0PHpqW

New imaging technique PET/CT imaging with 68Gallium-labelled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor-04 (68Ga-FAPI-04) enables the visualization of fibroblast activation in vivo. No correlations with MSUS findings were found. Fibroblast activation detected by 68Ga-FAPI-04-PET/CT… https://t.co/4VTF1YDzYd https://t.co/Y8Hmlf3sWl

Cycle or swap 2? Post failure to a first TNFi in patients with PsA, there was no difference in cycle versus swap to IL17i for drug retention rate or disease activity. In male PsA patients a cycle strategy had a longer drug retention rate compared to a swap (IL-17i) strategy.… https://t.co/5BykvDwFWV https://t.co/GfcnIltV2A

Prof Hellmich takes us through “What is new?” In ANCA #vasculitis A tour de force in management strategies and, continuing a theme of #EULAR2024, ends with a study suggesting the potential of #CAR-T! @RheumNow https://t.co/K3dDqZhUvD