Imaging

Canary in a Coal Mine (4.19.2024)

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Dr. Jack Cush reviews regulatory reports, news and novel journal articles - this week focusing on Sjogrens, ILD, Gout and Uveitis.

World Congress on OP, OA & MSK Disorders

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Bone and musculoskeletal disease researchers and physicians from around the world will meet today in London, UK for the opening of the largest scientific event in the field, the World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and

Best Imaging in Giant Cell Arteritis - US, PET, MRI?

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Imaging is often instrumental in diagnosing and staging patients diagnosed with giant cell arteritis (GCA).  A new study compared the diagnostic performance of Colour Duplex Ultrasound (CDUS), Fluor-18-deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography (FDG-PET/CT) and

13 Risk Factors for RA-associated Interstitial Lung Disease

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Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the most widespread and fatal pulmonary complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A recent metanalysis shows the pooled prevalence of RA-ILD was approximately 18.7%. 

This systematic review included 56 studies with 11,851 RA-ILD patients. The

7 Updates on Prosthetic Joint Infections

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These are excerpts and takeaway summaries from several literature reports addressing the diagnosis and outcomes of prosthetic joint infections (PJI).

Naysayers & Disrupters (3.22.2024)

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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week - including a few contrary reports on infection, seropositivity and plasmapheresis.

Mixed Long-term Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D in Postmenopausal Women

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A follow-up analysis of a randomized clinical trial found that the use of calcium and vitamin D supplements among postmenopausal women was associated with decreased risk for cancer mortality, but increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. The analysis is published in 

Cochrane Review: How Good is Ultrasound Diagnosing GCA?

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Is temporal artery ultrasound equivalent or superior to the reference standard of temporal artery biopsy when diagnosing giant cell arteritis (GCA)?

Curbside Consults (2.16.2024)

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Dr. Jack Cush answers audience clinical case questions sent by email or "ask Cush anything". Cases and questions from:

• Dr. William Hong - RA management in the setting of active TB or latent TB (LTBI)


• Dr. Vrishali Dalvi - relapsing polychondritis monitoring

Poly-Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Refractory of difficult to treat (D2T-RA) rheumatoid arthritis (RA) comprises a minority of patients that can be categorized by clinical and imaging parameters to formulate a better therapeutic approach. 

A cross-sectional study of 1,591 RA treated with b/tsDMARDs were

Aging Brain Increases Pain in Older Women

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A new study has found that the brain system enabling us to inhibit our own pain changes with age, and that gender-based differences in those changes may lead females to be more sensitive to moderate pain than males as older adults.

Outcomes of Acute, Subacute and Persistent Low Back Pain

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Low back pain is a major cause of disability around the globe, with more than 570 million people affected. In the United States alone, health care spending on low back pain was $134.5 billion between 1996 and 2016, and costs are increasing.

"The good news is that most

Rheumatologists and the Early Diagnosis of Spondyloarthritis

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SPACE study of adults referred to rheumatology with less than 2 years of chronic back pain (CBP), shows that only one-third can be reliably diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).

Data from SPondyloArthritis Caught Early European cohort of early CBP patients (<45 years; Sxs

2023 EULAR Non-pharmacological Management of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: 2023 update

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EULAR has published the 2023 updated recommendations for the optimal non-pharmacological management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Non-pharmacological treatments for OA are as important and impactful at improving pain, function and quality of life in OA. These EULAR

Increased CV Comorbidity in Dermatomyositis

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A cohort study suggest that patients with dermatomyositis (DM) are at an increased risk for multiple comorbidities, including chronic kidney and cardiovascular disease,

Enthesitis, Synovitis, and Tenosynovitis in Psoriatic Arthritis

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An ultrasound study suggests that enthesitis is associated with both synovitis and tenosynovitis in patients with Psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Biomarker Predicts Survival in Autoimmune Lung Disease

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One major subgroup of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) arising from polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) survived significantly longer when serum levels of interferon-λ3 were relatively low, researchers found.

Best of 2023: ACR Guidelines for Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Rheumatic Conditions

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The American College of Rheumatology released summaries of two new guidelines for the Screening and Monitoring of Interstitial Lung Disease in People with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease and for the Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease in People with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic