Clinical Guidelines

ATLANTA — The 2019 ACR gout guidelines call for treating patients to a target serum urate level of 6 mg/dL, a marked departure from the 2012 document, according to speakers at ACR/ARP 2019.

ATLANTA — Increased use of glucocorticoid-sparing agents is one of the key recommendations in a guideline document that covers seven vasculitis diseases, according to a speaker at ACR/ARP 2019.

ATLANTA — Because social media guidelines at the institution, practice setting and professional organizations are often vague or open to interpretation, Jilaine Bolek Berquist, MD, a rheumatologist with Mercy Health in Janesville, Wisconsin, focused her “Tweets & Trolls” talk on recommendations for physicians when using social media.

Lipid and lipoprotein levels have declined since the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association cholesterol guidelines were published, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

From high-fiber diets to college football and racial disparities, Healio brings to you recent highlights in hypertension treatment and prevention.

CHICAGO — There are a number of gaps in the 2017 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology hypertension guideline that cardiologists may not be aware of, presenters said at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress.

CHICAGO — The 2018 Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol, published by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association in collaboration with other societies, offered a number of pointers for clinicians to diagnose, treat and manage patients with elevated cholesterol.

A relative paucity of evidence guiding the use of statin therapy in the primary prevention of atherosclerotic CVD events has led to disparate treatment strategies recommended by various medical associations.

Significant controversy accompanied the release of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association cholesterol guidelines in late 2013.