At this ACR Convergence 2024 session, Sonye Danoff, MD, PhD, discussed many factors that need to be considered before referring patients with SARD-ILD for lung transplantation.
Anna E.F. Hadsbjerg, Simon Krabbe, Nora Vladimirova, Adrian Ciurea, Kristyna Bubova, Monika Gregová, Michael Nissen, Burkhard Moeller, Raphael Micheroli, Susanne Pedersen, Jakub Zavada, Ziga Snoj, Karlo Pintaric, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Ziga Rotar, Iris Eshed, Iwona Sudol-Szopinska, Kasper Gosvig, Torsten Diekhoff, Robert Lambert, Manouk de hOoge, Helena V.G. Elmo, Merete Hetland, Lykke Oernbjerg & Mikkel Ostergaard |
Hadsbjerg et al. compared assessments of sacroiliac joint MRIs in local MRI reports from routine care in five European countries with re-reads by central experts in patients with a diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA) to estimate the extent of over- or under-reporting of features and misclassification.
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.
At a busy and highly successful interim meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, an ACR-cosponsored resolution that calls for exceptions to therapy caps was passed and will become AMA policy. Other areas addressed include payment parity for telemedicine and MIPS reform.
Screening recommendations, triple therapy and more—here are insights into the upcoming ACR guideline for the care and treatment of patients with lupus nephritis.