Focus shifts from voluntary to punitive; makes business associates more accountable for breaches of personal health information
Vaccinations for Immunocompromised Patients Are Shared Responsibility of Specialists, Primary Care Physicians
Infectious Diseases Society of America recommends both physician groups educate patients, household members on importance of vaccines
Spondyloarthritis: Clues to Earlier Recognition
Rheumatologists at the California Rheumatology Alliance 10th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting discuss challenges to diagnosing, managing spondyloarthritides
Common Eponyms in Rheumatology
Behcet’s syndrome Caplan syndrome Charcot’s joints Churg-Strauss Syndrome Cogan’s syndrome Crohn’s disease DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis Dupuytren’s contracture Farber’s disease Felty’s syndrome Francoise syndrome Gaucher’s disease Handigodu syndrome Heberden’s nodes Henoch-Schönlein purpura Hoffa’s disease Hughes Syndrome (Antiphospholipid syndrome) Jaccoud’s syndrome Kashin-Beck disease Kawasaki disease Leri’s pleonosteosis Libman Sachs endocarditis Lyme arthritis Lofgren syndrome Morton’s Metatarsalgia Osgood-Schlatter’s disease…
ACR Releases Guidelines for Gout Management
The American College of Rheumatology’s two-part guidelines stress the need for treating to target, more aggressive management, and therapy
ACR Issues Guidelines, Recommendations for Lupus Nephritis, RA
Detailed screening and treatment recommendations based on current evidence, extensive literature review.
New Osteoarthritis Recommendations and Classification Criteria for Sjögren’s Syndrome and Polymyalgia Rheumatica
The ACR has published three documents intended to provide clarity and consensus on management of osteoarthritis, classification criteria for Sjögren’s syndrome, and classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica. The documents, which represent the most current clinical evidence, research, and expert panel input and review, can help inform clinical practice and provide clearer target populations for future research.
Revising Fibromyalgia: One Year Later
The 2010 ACR fibromyalgia criteria capture the broader clinical picture and help ensure more appropriate diagnosis and management by primary care
Lupus Nephritis Guidelines in Progress
A preview of the upcoming recommendations
Glucocorticoids a Fracture Risk at Any Dose
Updated recommendations advocate doing more to determine fracture risk and the need for preventive therapy