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Experts share early details prescribing avacopan for ANCA-associated vasculitis
Rheumatologists said more data are needed to determine optimal glucocorticoid tapering and treatment duration of avacopan for patients with ANCA-...
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Experts share real-world experience prescribing voclosporin, belimumab for lupus nephritis
While some rheumatologists expressed a treatment preference, patients with lupus nephritis tend to do well on both medications; however, cost and...
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Expert offers caveats to perioperative antirheumatic drug guideline
Experts say the 2022 ACR/AAHKS guideline on perioperative management of antirheumatic medications in total hip and total knee arthroplasty have a...
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Adaptations to education, training vital to alleviating rheumatologist shortage
Training the next generation of rheumatologists will involve giving and listening to more feedback as well as using new tools to boost engagement...
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Telemedicine usage still high among rheumatologists as interest wanes in other specialties
“For you to abandon telemedicine I think is a gigantic mistake,” Dr. Jack Cush said.
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Are repeat radiographs necessary in rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis?
“If a patient doesn’t achieve remission or very low disease activity, obtaining a radiograph doesn’t change what you do because the patient’s not...
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Remote electrical neuromodulation device helps reduce migraine days
The device decreased the number of migraine days by an average of 4 days per month.
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Brepocitinib improves symptoms of mild to moderate AD in phase 2b trial
In addition to AD, brepocitinib is currently being developed as a treatment for dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, hidradenitis...
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ICD-10 code can identify patients with melasma for future study
“Overall, our results support the validity of using the ICD-10 code for melasma to identify patients with a diagnosis of melasma for future...
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Immediate skin-to-skin contact after cesarean section improves outcomes for parent, newborn
“One of the greatest take-home points from the study was that early skin-to-skin really promoted initiation of breastfeeding.”
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Health care providers should have higher suspicion for rare diseases
Learning to recognize when a cluster of symptoms doesn’t fit a pattern is important, as patients and their providers tend to gravitate toward...
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Headache for inpatients with COVID-19 may predict better survival
Headache arising secondary to COVID-19 infection may be a marker of enhanced likelihood of survival.
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Body-brain neuroinflammation loop may cause chronic ME/CFS, long COVID symptoms
ME/CSF and long COVID are biologically based and involve ‘much disturbed physiology.’
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Large study reaffirms rare risk of TNF inhibitor–induced psoriasis in patients with RA, IBD
Compared with conventional treatment, the risk of developing nonpustular psoriasis was twofold higher among patients receiving TNFi treatment.
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Therapeutic patient education can help with adherence to treatment
Therapeutic patient education is recommended for children and adults with moderate to severe AD in the 2020 European Task Force on Atopic...