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New Treatment Guidelines to Be Presented at the 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

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Two sets of guidelines—one on managing anti-rheumatic drugs perioperatively for patients undergoing total hip and knee replacements, and another that updates glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis prevention and treatment strategies—will be featured in sessions at the 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting this month. The Sessions Sunday, Nov. 13, 2:30–3:30 p.m.: Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment: A New ACR Clinical… [Read More]

Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Shares Lessons Learned from Breaking Leg in a Fall

• By Sarah Troxell, RN, BSN

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. —Mother Goose I feel like a female Humpty Dumpty. Recently I took a great fall, and now I am in the process of being put together again. I was… [Read More]

Diagnostic Imaging in Patient with Chronic Left Ankle Pain: Findings

• By Cianna Leatherwood, MD, & Derrick J. Todd, MD, PhD

Radiographic imaging showed circumferential soft tissue swelling of the ankle with a soft-tissue density seen in the tibiotalar and posterior subtalar joints, as well as a large, lobulated effusion. MRI of the left ankle shows cystic changes within the talus and first cuneiform bones, as well as a lobulated abnormal soft tissue density with low… [Read More]

Ankle Replacement: Are Patients with Ankle Arthritis Good Candidates?

• By Linda Childers

Ankle arthritis is a debilitating condition that leaves many patients in severe pain and greatly limits their activities. Until recently, the standard treatment for bone-on-bone ankle pain has been ankle fusion, or arthrodesis, in which surgeons literally fuse the bones of the ankle joint together. However, in the past few years, total ankle replacement surgery,… [Read More]

Lessons Learned from a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

• By Sarah Troxell, RN, BSN

Sarah Troxell, RN, BSN, imparts what she’s learned about RA and medication management, assembling a team of health professionals and battling other health issues... [Read More]

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