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Expert consensus panel urges all rheumatology residents to learn basic ultrasound skills
SAN DIEGO — Establishing mandatory competencies for musculoskeletal ultrasound is necessary to improve its use in both rheumatology residency programs and clinical practice, a speaker said at ACR Convergence 2023.
Real-world monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis-associated ILD ‘suboptimal’
SAN DIEGO — Monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease remains highly variable and “suboptimal” in the real world, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2023.
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EULAR taps ultrasound as first-line diagnosis technique in giant cell arteritis
Patients with suspected giant cell arteritis should undergo an ultrasound as the first-line imaging method, according to updated EULAR recommendations published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
AI model predicts bone marrow edema, may reduce diagnostic delay in spondyloarthritis
A fully automated, machine learning model that predicts bone marrow edema in sacroiliac joint MRI could improve screening for spondyloarthritis and decrease diagnostic delay, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
Imaging, functional tests can help ‘tease out’ fast vs slow myositis progressors
SAN DIEGO — Imaging and symptom rating scales offer physicians ample opportunity to follow patients with suspected myositis and “tease out” fast vs. slow progressors, noted a speaker at the 2023 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.
EULAR: MRI, PET can be used ‘as an alternative’ to ultrasound for cranial arteries in GCA
MRI and PET scans are viable alternatives to ultrasound for cranial arteries in patients with suspected giant cell arteritis, according to a 2023 update of EULAR’s recommendations for imaging in large vessel vasculitis.
Postpartum patients may be at risk for false-positive axial spondyloarthritis diagnosis
As many as 41% of patients who are 1 year postpartum meet the ASAS criteria for sacroiliitis, which could lead to false positive diagnoses of axial spondyloarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
Pre-arthritis methotrexate use improves RA course, fails to prevent clinical arthritis
Methotrexate use at the pre-arthritis stage of symptoms and subclinical inflammation fails to prevent clinical arthritis, but does improve symptoms and MRI-detected inflammation vs. placebo, according to data published in The Lancet.
Systemic inflammation in psoriasis accelerates CVD risk
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Persistent, chronic inflammation seen in moderate to severe psoriasis is associated with plaque destabilization and rupture that drives MI, and biologic treatment can reduce CV risk, according to a speaker.
About 35% of patients with non-radiographic axial SpA told disease is ‘in their head’
ORLANDO, Fla. — Many patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis experience symptoms for nearly a decade before receiving a diagnosis, according to a presenter at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Conference.
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