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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow, including where you should sit in clinic and why you should worry about secondary Sjogren's in RA.
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2 years 2 months ago
#RNL2024
2022 ACR Guideline for Integrative Interventions for RA
- Conditionally recommend Mediterranean diet
- Conditionally recommend Against other diets or dietary supplements
*Low or very low to moderate evidence due to absence of good studies
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2 years 2 months ago
Pearl: 40% of acute gout attacks will have a normal serum uric acid (that will elevated during intercritical phase) - Draw the lab during and after the attack. https://t.co/nNdFWx3gjY
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 2 months ago
Neuropsychiatric (NP) Sxs compared in SLE (n 609), controls (463) & IA patients (489).
Hallucinations and severe headache were most directly attributable to NP-SLE. https://t.co/Xh6mnOcH3H https://t.co/cbBTTdIe4X
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2 years 2 months ago
Monica Guma at #RNL2024
How does Mediterranean diet help inflammation?
Maintains healthy microbiota
Enhancing production of anti-inflammatory metabolites
Maintains intestinal barrier integrity https://t.co/VoroixlV9k
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2 years 2 months ago
Seropositive RA is a spectrum to disease
Hani El Gabalawy #RNL2024
Genetic and environmental factors affecting autoimmunity and leading to disease
Clinical suspect arthralgias usually finds "imminent RA", may be too late at that stage for prevention https://t.co/UlQbBkMdgT
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2 years 2 months ago
#RNL2024
As we age, we gain not just wisdom, but also "Inflammaging"
Immune system changes in our inflammatory cells lead to:
- Poor vaccine response
- High risks for infections
- High risk for CVD
- High risk for autoimmunity
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2 years 2 months ago
All April long!
Join us every Tuesday Night for Tuesday Night Rheumatology! We're kicking off tomorrow night at 6:30pm ET with "Success in RA."
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2 years 2 months ago
7 Updates on Prosthetic Joint Infections
These are excerpts and takeaway summaries from several literature reports addressing the diagnosis and outcomes of prosthetic joint infections (PJI).
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 2 months ago
337 PMR pts studied by FDG PET, followed 6 mos - 9% (31) had subclinical vasculitis (GCA)
- 21 had isolated LG vessel
- 3 isolated cranial vasculitis
- 7 both cranial & LG vessel vasculitis.
Steroid use higher w/ subclinical vasculitis, but not relapse https://t.co/QyRFwY45eU https://t.co/rg1WSBeMFl
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2 years 2 months ago
Quote: ""I got the message. All of us get the message, sooner or later. If you get it before it's too late or before you're too old, you'll pull through all right." ~ Nat King Cole https://t.co/dtGqztmJie
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 years 2 months ago
Should all patients with #polymyalgia rheumatics be screened for #giantcellarteriitis with vascular #ultrasound? A recent viewpoint summarizes the evidence:
đź“Šprevalence of subclinical GCA may be as high as 25%
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Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases @ARD_BMJ ( View Tweet )
2 years 2 months ago
