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Pain in RA and OA: ACR Convergence 2020 Preview

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Patients with RA and OA have joint pain, and pain is the primary reason patients seek care. The mechanisms responsible for the pain are now just beginning to be understood. This session, on Nov. 6, 4 p.m. EST, will cover the mechanisms responsible for the development of pain in both inflammatory and degenerative arthritis.

Nerve Growth Factor Inhibitor Study Highlights Promise as an OA Pain Treatment

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A study highlights the potential of fasinumab, an anti-nerve growth factor monoclonal antibody, as a pain treatment for osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Research into the risks and benefits of this therapeutic class for OA are ongoing…

Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy Tied to Radiographic Knee OA

By Lisa Rapaport  |  

(Reuters Health)—Patients with a degenerative meniscus tear who get arthroscopic partial meniscectomy have similar five-year outcomes and increased risk of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) as without surgery, a small study suggests. Researchers in Finland randomly assigned 146 adults with degenerative meniscus tear confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to receive either arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM)…

Best Practices for COVID-19 Regulatory Waivers, Relief Funding & Audits

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When the first laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 case was reported by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) on Jan. 22, it was difficult to predict an ensuing global pandemic would last for more than half the year. Approximately one week after the initial CDC report, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) declared…

Study Finds Health & Financial Benefits in AxSpA Treat-To-Target Strategy

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EULAR 2020 e-CONGRESS—In what speakers at the European e-Congress of Rheumatology described as the first treat-to-target and tight control (T2T/TC) strategy trial in axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA), researchers found such a strategy has both health and financial benefits. In the year-long study—called TICOSPA—centers were randomized to apply either a T2T/TC strategy or care left to the…

Case Report: A COVID-19 Mimic

Andrea Ramirez-Gomez, MD, & Katherine Kougias Temprano, MD  |  

A 67–year-old white woman with primary Raynaud’s phenomenon presented following a week of progressively worsening shortness of breath, dry cough and generalized malaise. An avid tennis player, she first noticed dyspnea while playing, but a few days later grew short of breath even at rest. She went to an urgent care center, where a computed…

Measuring & Preventing Diagnostic Errors

Richard Zamore, MD, MPH  |  

In a December 2019 editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the implications of diagnostic error were explored through the story of two parents, both medical professionals, who sought a diagnosis for their sick child.1 Their son saw specialist after specialist and underwent repeated procedures, but for years was left without an explanation…

Figure 1A–C: Arrows denote hemophagocytic histiocytes.

Case Report: Too Many Activated Immune Cells in a 9-Month-Old Boy

Jeffrey Lo, MD  |  

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening disease of immune dysregulation characterized by unchecked inflammatory responses leading to end-organ dysfunction. Primary HLH results from inherited mutations that impair the capacity for immune regulation; secondary HLH arises from the inappropriate response to an immune stimulus, such as infection, malignancy or autoimmunity. What is less well known is…

Case Report: Diagnosing a Lupus-Flare Mimic

Nobuya Abe, MD, Yuichiro Fujieda, MD, PhD, & Tatsuya Atsumi, MD, PhD  |  

The diagnosis of rheumatic diseases requires the exclusion of other systemic disorders. Infection, hematologic conditions, malignancies and some drugs may all lead to syndromes that closely mimic rheumatic diseases, which may lead to diagnostic delays. Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a heterogeneous group of lympho­proliferative diseases (LPDs) characterized by systemic inflammatory manifestations.1,2 As with…

9 Steps to Transform Your Rheumatology Practice

Erin Arnold, MD; William Arnold, MD; Gary Crump, MD; David Sikes, MD; Drew Johnson, MS, MBA; & Timothy Harrington, MD  |  

The ACR position statement on access to care proposes the goal that “… all patients have timely access to expert rheuma­tology care … .”1 The reality is that new and established rheumatology patient wait times are often prolonged, causing delays in necessary diagnosis and treatment. The 2005 and 2015 ACR Workforce studies document intractable and…