Gout affects nearly 4% of American adults, causing joint inflammation, pain and crystal deposits that may lead to bone erosion over time. At least five different classification criteria for gout are used worldwide, creating potential discrepancies in clinical trial enrollment and eventual results. An international panel of investigators collaborated to create new, standardized gout classification…
ACR, European League Against Rheumatism, other groups, to work together creating disease criteria and response sets, patient management guidelines
Infectious Diseases Society of America recommends both physician groups educate patients, household members on importance of vaccines
New epidemiologic data, clinical studies have shed light on diagnosis, treatments, patient outcomes for this childhood disease, but etiology is still unknown
Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), poly-/dermatomyositis (PM/DM), or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) appear to carry the greatest risk for developing connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD)
The American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) “Report on Reasonable Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography in Rheumatology Clinical Practice” addresses using the technology in the context of an overall clinical evaluation
SAPHO syndrome (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis) is an obscure condition that can vex patients and clinicians
Cardiovascular disease, diabetes are among the conditions that add another layer of complexity in treating older rheumatology patients
Behcet’s syndrome Caplan syndrome Charcot’s joints Churg-Strauss Syndrome Cogan’s syndrome Crohn’s disease DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis Dupuytren’s contracture Farber’s disease Felty’s syndrome Francoise syndrome Gaucher’s disease Handigodu syndrome Heberden’s nodes Henoch-Schönlein purpura Hoffa’s disease Hughes Syndrome (Antiphospholipid syndrome) Jaccoud’s syndrome Kashin-Beck disease Kawasaki disease Leri’s pleonosteosis Libman Sachs endocarditis Lyme arthritis Lofgren syndrome Morton’s Metatarsalgia Osgood-Schlatter’s disease…
HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire DAS28: Disease Activity Score DAS: Psoriatic Arthritis: ACR Core Data Set and Disease Activity Score PsARC: Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria PSAI: Psoriasis Area and Severity Index SLEDAI: SLE Disease Activity Score BILAG: British Isles Lupus Activity Score SLAM: Systemic Lupus Activity Measure LAI: Lupus Activity Index ECLAM: European Consensus Lupus Activity…