In this Review Course at ACR Convergence 2024, Iain McInnes, PhD, FRCP, discussed some of the challenges of RA: Remission is drug maintained, multimorbidity abounds, treatment strategies can be complex, & prevention is not yet possible.
At the ARP Keynote lecture at ACR Convengence 2024, Sandra Mintz, RN, MS, discussed the importance of empathy & trust-building between doctors & their rheumatology patients.
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In a new-patient consultation for joint pain, you see a 75-year-old man with a history of dementia, stage 3a chronic kidney disease (CKD) and nephrolithiasis. He has a uric acid level of 7.5 mg/dL. His medication list includes 300 mg daily allopurinol. What is NOT an indication for allopurinol? CKD-FIX Elevated serum urate levels are…
Our understanding of (axSpA) has really changed, especially with regard to male-female differences. In this report, we identify important research on axSpA presented at ACR Convergence 2024, summarize the abstracts and comment on why each is important, addressing the relevance for clinicians and the potential impact on future research.
Editor’s note: What research on psoriatic arthritis (PsA) presented at ACR Convergence 2024 has the greatest potential for a positive impact on clinical care, treatment options or serve as the basis for future research? That’s the question The Rheumatologist asked David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD—our founding editor—to consider. Dr. Pisetsky, a professor of medicine and immunology…
As rheumatology care evolves into a team-based approach, the workforce is expanding to incorporate advanced practice providers, physical therapists and social workers, all of whom can play vital roles in patient care.
Doctors and patient advocates urged the rheumatology community to address the drastic inadequacies in care faced by marginalized people in a session held at ACR Convergence 2024.
The diversity of the ARP’s membership is what originally drew Adam Goode, PT, DPT, PhD, to the organization, enticed him to begin volunteering more than a decade ago and now galvanizes him as he becomes the new ARP president.