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Medical Records Don’t Always Match What Patients Say

Lisa Rapaport | February 2, 2017

(Reuters Health)—Symptoms that patients describe to doctors may not always be documented in electronic medical records, a small U.S. study suggests. To test out how well the records match reality, researchers compared symptoms that 162 patients checked off on paper-based questionnaires with the information entered in patients’ electronic charts at eye clinics. Roughly one-third of…

Full Circle: How Becoming an Educator Reenergized a Rheumatologist’s Career

Karen Appold | January 27, 2017

Career changes can be difficult. But for Stanford Shoor, MD, leaving clinical practice and becoming an educator in the field of rheumatology has been “a renaissance.”

Updated EULAR Recommendations for Early Arthritis; Plus FDA Approves New Abuse-Deterrent Morphine Sulfate

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | January 25, 2017

EULAR has updated its recommendations for the management of early arthritis, outlining aspects of diagnosis and drug treatments…

2015 ACR/ARHP Workforce Study of Rheumatology Specialists Predicts Future Workforce Shortfall

Sharad Lakhanpal, MBBS, MD | January 17, 2017

Ten years have elapsed since the ACR conducted its last workforce study, and we know that much has changed. The comprehensive patient-centered, integrative approach to the 2015 ACR/ARHP Workforce Study of Rheumatology Specialists in the United States (now publicly available) describes the character and composition of the current clinical workforce, recognizes demographic and employment trends,…

FDA Update: FX006 Promising for Knee OA; Pioglitazone Linked to Bladder Cancer Risk; & HIV Drug Gets New Labeling

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | January 4, 2017

The makers of FX006, a steroid injection for treating pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis, have submitted a new drug application to the FDA…

Liquid Biopsy Provides Insights into Lupus

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | January 2, 2017

Microparticles in the blood of SLE patients may be a source of extracellular HMGB1, which is involved in immune response. Researchers found that analysis may be able to determine if the patient is producing dead, dying and activated cells that are important for SLE pathogenesis…

Chart a New Course: A Rheumatologist Talks about Practicing in an Orthopedic Environment

Karen Appold | December 30, 2016

Working as a rheumatologist in an orthopedic practice has its own unique challenges, but may result in better patient care, according to Sheeja Francis, MD…

The OPAL Beyond Study: Tofacitinib Phase 3 Results Positive for Treating PsA

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | December 20, 2016

In a recent study, patients with psoriatic arthritis taking tofacitinib had a decrease in disease activity compared with placebo…

Rheumatology Case Report: Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Alexis Smith, MD, & Angus Worthing, MD, FACP, FACR | December 15, 2016

Systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) is a very rare disorder, characterized by recurrent episodes of severe hypotension, hypoalbuminemia and hemoconcentration.1 Attacks of SCLS occur in three phases: 1) prodrome; 2) hypovolemia with weight gain; and 3) hypervolemia with fluid overload and polyuria often complicated by pulmonary edema. Often, compartment syndrome can lead to rhabdomyolysis as…

Assessing Autoimmune Disease Symptoms in Silicone Breast Implant Recipients

Charles Radis, DO | December 15, 2016

My nurse, Joanne, took me aside before I began my next consult. “Room No. 5, breast implant patient. Her lawyer organized the records.” She handed me a hefty three-ring notebook organized by color-coded tabs. “Her attorney called just now,” Joanne raised an eyebrow, “and told me to tell you that, to save time, he highlighted…