In this EULAR 2022 session, new & revised treatment recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis, axial spondyloarthritis & rheumatoid arthritis were presented.
In light of new challenges to individuals’ reproductive rights and the known challenges of clinical management of rheumatic disease patients during pregnancy, we review the current state of reproductive rheumatology and the management of patients with rheumatic disease during pregnancy.
Safety considerations and data sources are crucial to consider when designing studies for rheumatology treatments, according to presenters at the 2022 ACR-FDA Summit.
Renal biopsy is a valuable tool for the accurate diagnosis and management of patients with kidney involvement due to rheumatic disease. Agnes B. Fogo, MD, shared her expertise on renal pathology and insights into what rheumatologists should know, during a session at the 2022 ACR Education Exchange.
Hip and knee replacements—despite advancement in treatments for rheumatic diseases, some patients will still need to undergo these surgeries. Here are insights into the considerations, costs and complications of total joint arthroplasty.
Pain is more than nociception, and pain management is more than medication. Delia Chiaramonte, MD, provided insights into how rheumatologists can help their patients ease and manage chronic pain.
Using three complicated patient cases, Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc, shared his expertise on osteoporosis and walked through his thought process and the literature, during a session of the 2022 ACR Education Exchange.
Constructing a safe space for reporting errors is important & enables medical trainees to grow, making them better learners and scholars, and faculty members and patients to express their concerns. During a session at the 2022 ACR Education Exchange, Karina Torralba, MD, MACM, RhMSUS, provided insights into how to manage the barriers to fostering such a workplace culture.
Understanding muscle pathology reports is important to best treat rheumatology patients. Peter Pytel, MD, shared pearls of wisdom specific to the autoimmune inflammatory myopathies and gave a detailed review of what rheumatologists need to know, during the 2022 ACR Education Exchange.
Erin Wilfong, MD, PhD, shared her niche expertise in connective tissue disease ILD (CTD-ILD) via case-based learning during a session of the 2022 ACR Education Exchange.