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The importance of early diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory arthritis

In this Medicine Matters rheumatology podcast, we talk to President-Elect of EULAR Professor Iain McInnes, about the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases.

The importance of early diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory arthritis

19-11-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | News

Autoantibody positivity linked to favorable treatment outcomes in RA patients

Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a combination of anticitrullinated protein antibody and rheumatoid factor positivity is associated with faster treatment response and a greater likelihood of achieving remission, researchers report.

02-10-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Review | Article

Diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis: A review

Aletaha D, Smolen JS. JAMA 2018; 320: 1360–1372. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.13103

25-09-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Article

The importance of measuring hand and foot function over the disease course in rheumatoid arthritis: An eight-year follow-up study

Bremander A et al. Arthritis Care Res 2018. doi: 10.1002/acr.23764

20-09-2018 | Devices and technology | Article

Detection of flares by decrease in physical activity, collected using wearable activity trackers, in rheumatoid arthritis or axial spondyloarthritis: An application of machine-learning analyses in rheumatology

Gossec L et al. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2018. doi: 10.1002/acr.23768

07-09-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Article

Characteristics of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis: Results of an international survey

Roodenrijs NMT et al. Ann Rheum Dis 2018. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213687

Clinical, ultrasound, and predictability outcomes following certolizumab pegol treatment (with methotrexate) in patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis: 52-week results from the CZP-SPEED study

The aim of this trial was to assess the impact of certolizumab pegol treatment on clinical, patient-reported, and musculoskeletal ultrasound outcomes in Italian patients with rheumatoid arthritis [read more].
Sarzi-Puttini P et al. Adv Ther 2018. doi: 10.1007/s12325-018-0751-8

Clinical, ultrasound, and predictability outcomes following certolizumab pegol treatment (with methotrexate) in patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis: 52-week results from the CZP-SPEED study

02-08-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Review | Article

Ultrasound and its clinical use in rheumatoid arthritis: Where do we stand?

do Prado AD et al. Adv Rheumatol 2018; 58: 19. doi: 10.1186/s42358-018-0023-y

24-07-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Article

Clinical, ultrasound, and predictability outcomes following certolizumab pegol treatment (with methotrexate) in patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis: 52-week results from the CZP-SPEED study

Sarzi-Puttini P et al. Adv Ther 2018. doi: 10.1007/s12325-018-0751-8

The best cardiovascular risk calculator to predict carotid plaques in rheumatoid arthritis patients

The aim of this study is to determine which risk calculator correlates best with carotid ultrasound findings, specifically carotid plaque and carotid intima-media thickness in rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinical manifestations [read more].
Wah-Suarez MI et al. Clin Rheumatol 2018. doi: 10.1007/s10067-018-4181-4

The best cardiovascular risk calculator to predict carotid plaques in rheumatoid arthritis patients

02-07-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Article

The best cardiovascular risk calculator to predict carotid plaques in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Wah-Suarez MI et al. Clin Rheumatol 2018. doi: 10.1007/s10067-018-4181-4

28-06-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Article

The subjective components of the Disease Activity Score 28-joints (DAS28) in rheumatoid arthritis patients and coexisting fibromyalgia

Salaffi F et al. Rheumatol Int 2018. doi: 10.1007/s00296-018-4096-z

26-06-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Review | Article

Preclinical rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis prevention

Deane KD. Curr Rheumatol Rep 2018; 20: 50. doi: 10.1007/s11926-018-0754-0

17-06-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | EULAR 2018 | News

Blood test predicts at-risk individuals likely to develop RA in the short term

Researchers have validated a blood test involving B-cell receptor clones that could determine which healthy individuals at risk for rheumatoid arthritis are likely to develop the condition in the short term.

15-06-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | EULAR 2018 | News

MRI monitoring of treated RA patients does not improve clinical and radiographic outcomes

Adding the additional target of no osteitis or bone marrow edema on magnetic resonance imaging to a conventional treat-to-target regimen does not improve the clinical or radiographic outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis patients in clinical remission, IMAGINE-RA study findings show.

14-06-2018 | Oligoarthritis | Article

Ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy improves diagnosis of septic arthritis in acute arthritis without enough analyzable synovial fluid: a retrospective analysis of 176 arthritis from a French rheumatology department

Coiffier G et al. Clin Rheumatol 2018. doi: 10.1007/s10067-018-4160-9

11-06-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Article

Leptin as an obesity marker in rheumatoid arthritis

Guimarães MFBR et al. Rheumatol Int 2018. doi: 10.1007/s00296-018-4082-5

09-06-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Article

The predictive role of ultrasound-detected tenosynovitis and joint synovitis for flare in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in stable remission. Results of an Italian multicenter study of the Italian Society for Rheumatology Group for Ultrasound: The STARTER study

Filippou G et al. Ann Rheum Dis 2018. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213217

08-06-2018 | Pain | Review | Article

Cannabinoids for the treatment of rheumatic diseases: Where do we stand?

Katz-Talmor D et al. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41584-018-0025-5

31-05-2018 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Review | Article

Microvascular endothelial dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis

Bordy R et al. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41584-018-0022-8

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