Greater knowledge of how vasculitis, fibrosis, and autoimmunity interact in these destructive diseases will result in better clinical management
Fellow’s Forum Case Report: Arthritis, Fever, and Weight Loss In a Teenager Suggest A Rheumatic Condition
Joint pain and swelling flare up in a 14-year-old boy who tests positive for inflammation, thrombocytosis, and human leukocyte antigen B27
President’s Perspective: The ACR’s RISE Registry Will Simplify Reporting, Comparing Clinical Data
Set to launch during first quarter 2014, the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) database will help rheumatologists manage patient populations, improve care, advance rheumatology
ACR Research Conferences to Focus on Rheumatic Diseases
The ACR’s Basic Research Conference and Clinical Research Conference on October 25–26 to feature new perspectives on development of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and vasulitis, and review current thinking on preclinical rheumatic disease
Letters: Don’t Forget Lyme Disease When Considering Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Lyme disease may present the identical clinical picture to PMR and must be ruled out
What Adult Rheumatologists Need to Know about Juvenile Arthritis
How to recognize distinctions between pediatric and adult arthritis
Letter: Should We Monitor Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia?
Why have physicians stopped routine screening for hyperuricemia and is there any value to this screening?
Letter: There’s No Reason Now to Screen for Uric Acid
Screening was common in the 1970s and before, but new studies demonstrate that most hyperuricemia patients never developed gout or kidney stones, so enthusiasm for screening waned
ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Physicians Search for Ways to Improve Clinical Outcomes for Total Knee Replacements (TKR)
Widely variable results for people post-TKR procedures have prompted doctors to develop a standardized approach to rehabilitation care
ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Physicians Find Treatment Options Limited for Scleroderma Bowel Disease
With few proven medical treatments for scleroderma bowel disease, physicians often recommend a lifestyle change for patients as a first treatment option