The patient medical history is far more prominent in clinical decisions for rheumatology than for many common chronic diseases in which a gold standard biomarker, such as blood pressure or serum glucose, is applicable to diagnosis and management of all individual patients.1 Components of a subjective patient history may be recorded as structured, quantitative, standard,…
ATLANTA—Dry eyes and mouth are common symptoms in the general population. When patients report these symptoms to their primary care provider and other consultants, it may prompt a referral to a rheumatologist to rule out Sjögren’s syndrome. However, as discussed in the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting session, Sjögren’s Syndrome: Beyond the Dryness, evaluation of this…
Recent research has found a higher does of anifrolumab may benefit patients with moderate to severe SLE…
Patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitides (AAV) have an increased risk of mortality. But treatments have evolved in recent years. Recent research found that between 1999 and 2017 the AAV mortality rate declined by nearly 2% per year in patients 65–74 years old…
A recent study indicates that depression in patients with ankylosing spondylitis is a result of both contextual and disease-related factors. Researchers found a patient’s mastery—the perception they have control over things in their lives—plays a key role in the development of depression in this patient population…
Patients with uncontrolled gout may benefit from a combination of pegloticase and methotrexate therapy, according to a small, retrospective study…
The recommendations include updated disease activity measures and a new set of functional status assessment measures for rheumatoid arthritis.
Karen Onel, MD, new chair of ACR’s Committee on Ethics & Conflict of Interest, brings a longstanding interest in issues related to ethics and consent.
New research shows tildrakizumab may significantly improve psoriasis in patients with active psoriatic arthritis…
More than half of regular opioid users suffer from arthritis. Here are three tips to talk to your patients about opioid use and alternative pain management…