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5 Ways to Improve Your Collaboration with Orthopedic Surgeons

Vanessa Caceres  |  August 17, 2018

Rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons must frequently collaborate to provide optimal patient care. Sometimes, they may even work at the same practice and form a care team for easy collaboration. Still, patient management from both specialties can be challenging, and specialists from both sides can learn from each other. How Crossover Starts Rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons…

Filed under:Patient PerspectivePractice Support Tagged with:collaborationcommunicationinterdisciplinary

Study Finds Tocilizumab Could Be Treatment Option for Takayasu Arteritis

Carina Stanton  |  August 17, 2018

For patients with refractory Takayasu arteritis (TAK), glucocorticoids (GCs) are often provided as the initial therapy for treatment. However, GCs are often associated with adverse effects for long-term use; relapse also occurs frequently during GC tapering.1 TAK involves interleukin (IL) 6. Tocilizumab—a recombinant, humanized, anti-IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) monoclonal antibody—was first reported by Nishimoto et al….

Filed under:ConditionsVasculitis Tagged with:ActemraTakayasu arteritis (TAK)tocilizumab

5 Takeaways from the ACR’s Gout Clinical Quality Measures

Carina Stanton  |  August 7, 2018

With electronic clinical quality measures tailored for treating gout patients, physicians and their teams now have tools to measure and improve gout care performance and outcomes…

Filed under:ConditionsGout and Crystalline Arthritis Tagged with:Goutpatient careQuality Measuresurate-lowering therapies

Study Finds Young Adults with Lupus at High Risk for Depression

Elizabeth Hofheinz, MPH, MEd   |  July 19, 2018

As if the fatigue, joint pain, etc., were not enough, new research has found many lupus patients must contend with clinical depression as well—something that can have a devastating cascade effect on other areas of their lives. Are adults with childhood-onset lupus at greater risk of depression than lupus patients with onset of disease during…

Filed under:ConditionsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Tagged with:DepressionMental Health

The Latest on Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Paul A. Monach, MD, PhD  |  July 19, 2018

The past five years have been busier than usual for the Churg-Strauss syndrome. It was renamed eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA).1 Longitudinal cohorts totaling 484 patients—approximately as many as all previous series combined—were described.2,3 A proposal was advanced to remove and rename a subset in which vasculitis may not be present.4 And shortly after the…

Filed under:Vasculitis Tagged with:EGPAEosinophilic GranulomatosisPolyangiitis

Support Groups Can Help Rheumatic Disease Patients

The ARHP Practice Committee & Joan Westreich, LCSW-R  |  July 19, 2018

Fifteen women and men seated around a conference table in a New York City hospital listen intently to one of their peers. A 40-year-old elementary school teacher shares her challenges related to the intersection of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the responsibilities of a demanding job.* With the support and counsel of fellow group members, the…

Filed under:Practice Support Tagged with:Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP)self-managementsupport group

The Demise of the Inpatient Rheumatology Unit

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD  |  July 19, 2018

Through much of the 20th century, dedicated rheumatic disease units were found in hospitals across the U.S. and countries around the world. In the latter part of the century, this began to change, with hospitals moving toward the consult model of care for rheumatic patients. This change reflects larger shifts in the medical world toward…

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Gout Emergency Department Visits Up

Lara C. Pullen, PhD  |  July 16, 2018

In the past nine years, visits to the emergency department by gout patients have increased by almost 27%. Researchers suggest physicians may not adequately be addressing the burden of gout and the underlying accumulation of uric acid, driving the dramatic increase in emergency department visits in the U.S…

Filed under:ConditionsGout and Crystalline Arthritis

Hydroxychloroquine Risk-Benefit Discussion, & a Handy Dosage App

Thomas R. Collins  |  June 21, 2018

CHICAGO—As good an option as hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is for many patients with rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and especially lupus, safety must be an important consideration, an expert said at this April’s ACR State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium. The use of the antimalarial has become a controversial subject, with clinicians trying to balance the drug’s disease-modifying…

Filed under:AppsDrug UpdatesTechnology Tagged with:2018 State of the Art Clinical SymposiumHYDROXYCHLOROQUINEretinal toxicity

Precision Medicine for Lupus Continues to Progress

Thomas R. Collins  |  June 21, 2018

CHICAGO—The promise of precision medicine—the tailoring of treatment to a given patient based on genetics and other factors—has probably been best illustrated in oncology, with therapies targeted specifically to markers expressed on tumors. But rheumatology is in the thick of precision medicine as well, said Judith James, MD, PhD, chair of the arthritis and clinical…

Filed under:Meeting ReportsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Tagged with:2018 State of the Art Clinical SymposiumLupusPrecision Medicine

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