Articles By Janet Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Link Between Obstructive Lung Disease and Developing RA?
We all know that the microbiome in the gut may be very important for multiple immune diseases. However, new findings from the ACR, 2019 in Atlanta reinforce how important the interface is between the lungs and developing rheumatoid arthritis.
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Be ‘on point’: Guidelines for rheumatic complications of immunotherapy
Editor's note: July 1 - 5, RheumNow is running the best of the EULAR 2019 meeting. At EULAR 2019, Madrid, several recommendations including RA, SLE, and Sjogren’s syndrome have been developed. Agreement for principles with respect to the treatment of immune mediated adverse events from cancer immunotherapy are lacking.
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Blinded by the Use of Antimalarials in Lupus?
Editor's note: July 1 - 5, RheumNow is running the best of EULAR 2019 meeting. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) will decrease SLE flares improve lipids, decrease clots, improve survival, augment the response to mycophenolate and are the cornerstone of treatment as per the SLE EULAR gui
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Blinded by the Use of Antimalarials in Lupus?
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) will decrease SLE flares improve lipids, decrease clots, improve survival, augment the response to mycophenolate and are the cornerstone of treatment as per the SLE EULAR guidelines presented at EULAR 2019 in Madrid and also published in ARD.
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Could Measuring Drug Levels with TNF Treatment Hurt Your Patients?
Our colleagues in gastroenterology measure drug levels with certain biologics used in inflammatory bowel disease in order to increase the dose for optimal benefit if the patient has a low trough level (i.e. targeting drug level).
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We Measure What we do in RA, But so What?
We are supposed to treat to a target (T2T) in RA. In other words, measure many components of the disease and its activity and calculate a score and if the patient is not in remission (or a low state if remission is not achievable) we are to make a treatment change.
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Does RA kill you? Let me count the ways….and what you can do about it
There were many presentations at EULAR 2018 in Amsterdam about the mortality of RA.
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The Gender Gap in Rheumatology Leaders
Leadership positions in medicine are disproportionately filled by men. Although the enrollment of medical schools are equal male: female or even some have more women, 40% of American medical institutions lack programs for recruiting women, or for retention and promotion of female faculty.This may also be true in rheumatology, which is now attracting more women than men as trainees. I recently wrote an article in the Lancet about mentoring women in medicine and suggested ideas for improving the gender gap in leadership.
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Highlights from EULAR 2017 - From RheumReports.com
Dr. Janet Pope reviews her favorite and least favorite presentations and abstracts from EULAR 2017.
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