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Rheumatic Disease Report Card 2022 Released: No A’s Given Overall; Oklahoma Ranks Most Improved

2022 RDAM Report Card

How to Rev Up Your Remote Instruction

Case Report: CPPD Presenting as Pseudosepsis

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Calling All Rheumatology Fellows! Join the ACR Fellows-in-Training Subcommittee

Applications are now being accepted for the ACR Fellows-in-Training Subcommittee, which works on educational programming and projects. Learn how you can get involved. [Read More]

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Lower Women’s Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis

Using data from cohorts with detailed lifestyle data and lengthy follow-up, Hahn et al. demonstrated that healthy lifestyle behaviors are associated with a lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), concluding that a substantial proportion of RA may be preventable. [Read More]

Sacroiliitis on MRI: axSpA or Another Cause?

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard imaging modality for the detection of sacroiliitis, a hallmark of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However, the specificity of MRI for axSpA has been questioned. Renson et al. found that structural MRI-detected SI joint lesions are frequently seen in healthy individuals. [Read More]

September Updates from the ACR Insurance Subcommittee

In recent months, the ISC has engaged with payers to reduce administrative burden on practices and continues to advocate to the CMS for the use of complex administration codes for biologics. [Read More]

Updated Perioperative Guideline Released: Recommendations Balance Risks of Infection & Disease Flare

The 2017 recommendations are updated to reflect changes in medical literature, as well as to include newly approved drugs. [Read More]

Rheumatic Disease Report Card 2022 Released: No A’s Given Overall; Oklahoma Ranks Most Improved

2022 RDAM Report Card

The 2022 Rheumatic Disease Report Card found that many states can improve access to care, affordability & activity for their residents living with rheumatic diseases. [Read More]

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How to Rev Up Your Remote Instruction

Developing instructional sessions or courses for delivery in online (i.e., asynchronous, not live) or remote (i.e., synchronous, live) learning environments rests on a foundation of… [Read More]

Cliff Diving: Evergreening & Other Oddities

The glassblowers were in revolt. The island of Murano, in the 13th century, was a perfect home for the glassblowing industry. Connected to Venice through… [Read More]

Letter to the Editor: Weathering Storms

We read the article, “Rheumatologists Share Lessons Learned in the Wake of Hurricane Ida” (July 2022, The Rheumatologist), with great interest. This poignant account of… [Read More]

Dermatologist, Rheumatologist Discuss Refractory Cutaneous Lupus Case

As a dermatologist/internist with a career-long subspecialty interest in the cutaneous manifestations of the rheumatic diseases, I found the case of refractory acute cutaneous lupus… [Read More]

Where Do Rules End & Compassion Begin?

My long-standing patient with CRST syndrome (i.e., calcinosis cutis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, sclerodactyly and telangiectasia) had been losing ground over the past 18 months. BL was… [Read More]

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