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Washington Rheumatology Alliance in the Spotlight

Linda Childers  |  May 19, 2022

The Washington Rheumatology Alliance is focused on creative ways to increase the rheumatology workforce to meet the demand for care, such as instituting clinical rotations in rheumatology for nurse practitioner programs and advocating for pediatric rheumatologist loan forgiveness.

Filed under:Professional TopicsProfilesWorkforce Tagged with:Jeff PetersonMelissa FesselPediatric Subspecialty Loan ForgivenessState and local updateWashington Rheumatology Alliance

Ethics Forum: Balancing Competing Interests to Meet Patients’ Needs

Charis Meng, MD  |  May 12, 2022

Scenario: A patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presents for a follow-up visit. After addressing her inflammatory arthritis symptoms, medications and laboratory results, she is asked if she has any other questions, and she begins describing her chronic low back pain, which has become worse despite physical therapy (PT). She requests stronger medications because her RA…

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The ACR Launches Initiative to Tackle Workforce Shortage

Mary Beth Nierengarten  |  May 12, 2022

The growing rheumatologist workforce shortage has loomed over the profession, threatening to undercut the delivery of care to the increasing number of patients with rheumatic conditions. “The workforce shortage is an existential threat to the field of rheumatology and to the care we deliver to our patients,” says ACR President Kenneth Saag, MD, who lauded…

Filed under:From the CollegeProfessional TopicsWorkforce Tagged with:Fellowsrecruitment

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Study Finds Potential Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Risk in Women with Lupus

Elizabeth Hofheinz, MPH, MEd  |  May 12, 2022

When it comes to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and cardio­vascular events (CVEs), the rheumatology community is woefully lacking in information, say researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Their recent work on biomarkers associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular events in women with…

Filed under:ConditionsResearch RheumSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Tagged with:Biomarkerscardiovascular eventRisk Factors

Looking to Psoriatic Arthritis History to Disrupt Current Thinking

Rebecca H. Haberman, MD, & Jose U. Scher, MD  |  May 4, 2022

As the cloud moved away from the tent, Miriam’s skin suddenly became diseased, as white as snow. When Aaron turned toward her, he saw that she was diseased. —Numbers 12:10 For 29 years he [Fray Pedro de Urraca] was afflicted by … pain, suffering it at once in all the joints of his body, with…

Filed under:ConditionsPsoriatic Arthritis Tagged with:Psoriatic Arthritis

Case Report: Intermittent Fevers in a Patient with pJIA

Osman Bhatty, MD, Dale Kobrin, MD, Lauren Mathos, DO, Nazia Khatoon, MD, Yazan Samhouri, MD, Naga Sai Krishna Patibandla, MD, & Mary Chester Wasko, MD, MSc  |  April 15, 2022

A 26-year-old woman presented to our emergency department (ED) with intermittent fevers, nausea and vomiting. She had a past medical history of well-controlled, anti-nuclear antibody positive and rheumatoid factor negative polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) and Crohn’s disease. Her maintenance treatment consisted of monthly intravenous infliximab, 10 mg of oral methotrexate weekly and 20 mg…

Filed under:ConditionsRheumatoid Arthritis Tagged with:case reportFellowsFellows Forumpolyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

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How Our Thinking Impacts Our Judgment

Joel M. Kremer, MD, MACR  |  April 15, 2022

Let’s start with a couple of short riddles: What question can you never answer “yes” to? Which word does not belong in the following list: stop cop mop chop prop or crop? [The answers appear at the end of this article.] Riddles are designed to make us think beyond the obvious answer. There is usually…

Filed under:Professional Topics Tagged with:biasDr. Daniel KahnemanDr. William Osler

Case Report: Atypical Presentation of Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

Roshniben Patel, MD, Simon Go, MD, Akhila Mohan, MD, & Maria Pardi, MD  |  March 14, 2022

Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a rare condition characterized by aberrant fibroinflammatory tissue developing in the retroperitoneum. This disorder was initially called Ormond’s disease. RPF may be idiopathic or secondary to other conditions. Idiopathic RPF is a part of the disease spectrum of chronic periaortitis due to its typical periaortoiliac localization. Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis is a…

Filed under:Conditions Tagged with:case reportfibrosiskidneyOrmond's Diseaseretroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF)

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Clinical Insights into Axial Spondyloarthritis: Rheumatology Drugs at a Glance, Part 5

Mary Choy, PharmD, BCGP, FASHP  |  February 10, 2022

Over the past few years, biosimilars and other new drugs have been introduced to treat rheumatic illnesses. Some of the conditions we treat have numerous drug options; others have few or only off-label options. This series, Rheumatology Drugs at a Glance, provides streamlined information on the administration of biologic, biosimilar and other medications used to…

Filed under:Axial SpondyloarthritisBiologics/DMARDsConditionsDrug Updates Tagged with:Ankylosing SpondylitisAS Resource Center

New Booklet Offers Tips for Diagnosing Lupus, Images of Presentation on Skin of Color & More Insights

Renée Bacher  |  December 16, 2021

For decades, rheumatologist Cindy Flower, MD, accumulated images of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in her patients, as well as clinical vignettes to use in teaching at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados. For decades, she has wanted to do something wide-reaching with these materials, sharing information from her practice and her mentor, the late Prof….

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