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Difficult-to-Manage Spondyloarthritis

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Studies show that patients with difficult-to-treat axial spondyloarthritis had more disease activity and greater peripheral involvement, with extra musculoskeletal manifestations and fibromyalgia. The ACR Convergence 2024 session on Difficult-to-Manage Spondyloarthritis will focus on patients for whom first- and second-line therapies have failed or who have persistent extra-axial manifestations of disease despite these treatment options. The…

New Guidance Proposed for Ultrasound Use in RA

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In a session on a current ACR project on musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS), Gurjit Kaeley, MBBS, RhMSUS, MRCP, division chief, professor of medicine, fellowship program director and program director for musculoskeletal ultrasound at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, will present information on proposed guidance related to rheumatoid arthritis. The ACR places a high…

New Guidance Proposed for Ultrasound in Psoriatic & Rheumatoid Arthritis

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The ACR places a high priority on developing relevant, practical guidance for the rheumatology community. A current ACR project on musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) will be discussed in the ACR Convergence 2024 session, Proposed ACR Guidance for Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis, on Saturday, Nov. 16. In the session, Veena K. Ranganath,…

Sex Matters in PsA

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In patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), their sex matters. In the session Sex Differences in Psoriatic Arthritis, Laura Coates, MD, PhD, of the University of Oxford, and Lihi Eder, MD, PhD, of the University of Toronto, will discuss sex-related differences in clinical features, disease course, treatment response and pain perception in patients with PsA. The…

Research in Psoriatic Arthritis Most Likely to Make a Difference to Clinical Care

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What research on psoriatic arthritis to be presented at ACR Convergence 2024 has the greatest potential for a positive impact on clinical care, treatment options or serve as the basis for future research? That’s the question The Rheumatologist asked David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD—our founding editor—to consider. With thousands of research abstracts to be presented…

Psoriatic Arthritis, a Management Review

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As part of the Review Course on Friday Nov. 15 at ACR Convergence 2024, Ana-Maria Orbai, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine and director of the Psoriatic Arthritis Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will present a session reviewing the management of psoriatic arthritis. Dr. Orbai earned her medical degree from the Iuliu…