Why treatment of pre-RA isn't ready for prime time The ACR Great Debate was on "To treat or not to treat in pre-RA?" and it was stressed that autoimmunity may start well before clinical symptoms occur. https://t.co/A0dx3PFyiJ https://t.co/wqBuM8XD7M

Familial Mediterranean Fever mimics Dr Baspinar et al. performed a large case-control study in Turkey to assess whether acute abdomen episodes which led to appendectomies could be misdiagnosed as appendicitis rather than FMF-associated serositis.#ACR22 https… https://t.co/fHgeoLjNOu

Hydroxychloroquine: Cumulative Doses and Thresholds Dr. Sheila Reyes ( @RHEUMarampa) discusses Abstracts 0982 and 0344 at #ACR22 Convergence. https://t.co/k33LUNnTmV https://t.co/AJSBdT4rJC

Spondyloarthritis: Novel Therapies, Diagnostic Dilemmas and Depression Dr. Lianne Gensler ( @lianegensler discusses the following abstracts presented at #ACR22. Abstracts 1597, 1598, 1599 (treatment) and 1613, 1609 and 1614 (diagnosis and outcomes) https://t.co/0wCxKyFM0u https://t.co/8vaZ1ZncjF

Comorbidities in Ankylosing Spondylitis Dr. Akhil Sood ( @AkhilSoodMD) discusses Abstract 1609 at #ACR22 Convergence. https://t.co/tX0gP3mYmW https://t.co/PYLpoczz08

Vaccines Work! Dr. Eric Dein ( @ericdeinmd) and Dr. Caoilfhionn Connolly discuss abstracts 2275 & 0797 at #ACR22 Convergence. https://t.co/xXcs5yQPSi https://t.co/1C4Cj9Ykei

Systematic review of MSK findings in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia finds 29 pts with peripheral arthritis (7), axial manifestations (17), and osteolytic lesions (21 pts) & Vertebral Fx (4) Hypercalcemia in 9 cases. https://t.co/DhCMMlMs7f https://t.co/HjjL4aF22a

Comparison of 227 Systemic Sclerosis pts w/ & without ILD shows SSc-ILD to have more muscle Dz [OR 2.55], LVDD [OR 2.36], PAH [OR 9.13], dcSSc [OR 2.86], PLR [OR 1.005], elevated KL-6 [OR 2.03], and anti-Scl-70 [OR 3.1]. https://t.co/Pzx9N5rPcF https://t.co/F8mBQ1u5iL

Fat and bone are never alone: osteoporotic fracture in RA Dr. David Liew ( @drdavidliew) discusses Abstract 889 at #ACR22. Abstract 889: Serum Adipokines Predict Incident Osteoporotic Fracture in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis https://t.co/jSFmOiQb6N https://t.co/JTXugoxofP

Gender Differences in axSpA In abstract 1614, Dr. Poddubnyy presents the results of the PROOF study which assessed the probability of achieving inactive disease or low disease activity among males and females who were recently diagnosed with axSpA. https://t.co/DL2TDgXJnG https://t.co/XSQxWWnQgD

Lupus Linked With Greater Risk of Cardiovascular Complications of Childbirth Pregnant women with SLE were more prone to cardiovascular complications during delivery, and their risk seems to have increased over the past 15 years, according to data. https://t.co/mRUOVrKbt2 https://t.co/m18DWxSV20

Retrospective study of US National Inpatient Sample data 2015-2019 looked at 60,360 gout admissions, roughly 1/4 had Arrhythmias (mostly older pts; AFib (88%), atr flutter (6.2%), VTach (3.2%). Gout-arrhythmia pts had more deaths (adj OR 2.06) https://t.co/L1WEsybI7h https://t.co/xwAfFVJOuk