Rheumatology
Guideline: Pharmacological Management of Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women
26 Mar, 2019 | 01:59h | UTCNews Release: Many postmenopausal women do not receive treatment for osteoporosis (free)
Commentary: Managing Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: An Endocrine Society Guideline – Endocrinology Advisor (free)
See also: Point of Care Algorithm (free)
Diagnostic Test Interpretation: Evaluating the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:25h | UTCEvaluating the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Neurological Disease in Lupus: Toward a Personalized Medicine Approach
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:11h | UTCNeurological Disease in Lupus: Toward a Personalized Medicine Approach – Frontiers in Immunology (free)
Related Reviews: Clinical Features of Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Connective Tissue Diseases (free) AND Management of Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Current Approaches and Future Perspectives (free) AND Laboratory and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Where Do We Stand, Where To Go? (free)
Axial Spondyloarthritis Treatment Recommendations
14 Mar, 2019 | 02:00h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management – NICE Updated Guideline (free) AND 2016 update of the ASAS-EULAR management recommendations for axial spondyloarthritis (free) Treating axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis, especially psoriatic arthritis, to target: 2017 update of recommendations by an international task force – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)
Low Back Pain, a Comprehensive Review: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
13 Mar, 2019 | 05:52h | UTC
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Paget’s Disease of Bone in Adults
11 Mar, 2019 | 12:30h | UTC
Laboratory Tests in Rheumatology: A Rational Approach
11 Mar, 2019 | 03:43h | UTCLaboratory tests in rheumatology: A rational approach – Cleveland Clinical Journal of Medicine (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Swedish Guidelines for Investigation, Treatment, and Follow-up of Giant Cell Arteritis
8 Mar, 2019 | 03:13h | UTC
Inclusion Body Myositis: Clinical Features and Pathogenesis
7 Mar, 2019 | 02:21h | UTCInclusion body myositis: clinical features and pathogenesis – Nature Reviews Rheumatology (free)
Consensus-based Recommendations for the Management of Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
6 Mar, 2019 | 20:01h | UTC
Cochrane Review: Paracetamol Not Much Better Than Placebo for Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis
28 Feb, 2019 | 06:02h | UTCParacetamol versus placebo for knee and hip osteoarthritis – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Paracetamol for treating people with hip or knee osteoarthritis – Cochrane Library (free)
Related: Paracetamol: widely used and largely ineffective (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
New Cochrane Review – 'Paracetamol (acetaminophen) versus placebo for knee and hip osteoarthritis' https://t.co/gGQs23456x @CochraneMSK High‐quality evidence indicated that paracetamol provided only minimal improvements in pain and function for people with hip/knee osteoarthritis
— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) February 25, 2019
Risk of Tuberculosis in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Treated with TNF Inhibitors
27 Feb, 2019 | 19:32h | UTCCommentary: The Risk of Tuberculosis with TNF Inhibitors – RheumNow (free)
Psoriasis: AAD Guidelines of Care with Awareness and Attention to Comorbidities
27 Feb, 2019 | 00:58h | UTCCommentary: New psoriasis guidelines emphasize management of comorbidities, use of biologics – ACP Internist (free)
Related Guidelines: Joint AAD-NPF guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with biologics – Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (free) AND French guidelines on the use of systemic treatments for moderate‐to‐severe psoriasis in adults – Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (free)
FDA Adds Boxed Warning for Increased Risk of Death with Gout Medicine Febuxostat
25 Feb, 2019 | 01:15h | UTCCommentaries: FDA Adds Boxed Warning About CV Risks to Gout Drug Febuxostat – TCTMD (free) AND FDA: Gout Drug Raises Death Risk – MedPage Today (free)
Related Research: Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat or Allopurinol in Patients with Gout (free study and commentaries)
IgG4-Related Disease: What A Hematologist Needs to Know
25 Feb, 2019 | 00:35h | UTCIgG4-Related Disease: What A Hematologist Needs To Know – Haematologica (free PDF)
Consensus: Decision Tree for Diagnosis of Osteoarthritis in Primary Care
21 Feb, 2019 | 03:56h | UTC
From Systemic Inflammation to Neuroinflammation: The Case of Neurolupus
18 Feb, 2019 | 17:18h | UTC
Enthesitis-related Arthritis: Current Perspectives
16 Feb, 2019 | 14:27h | UTCEnthesitis-related arthritis: current perspectives – Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews (free)
Sjögren’s Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Links and Risks
16 Feb, 2019 | 14:28h | UTC
Study: No Benefit from MRI-guided Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
12 Feb, 2019 | 15:49h | UTCEffect of Magnetic Resonance Imaging vs Conventional Treat-to-Target Strategies on Disease Activity Remission and Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The IMAGINE-RA Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study Finds No Benefit to MRI-Guided Treatment – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND MRI-guided treatment strategy unnecessary for RA in clinical remission – Medwire News (free)
Randomized Trial: Mycophenolate Mofetil vs. Cyclophosphamide for Remission Induction in ANCA-associated Vasculitis
10 Feb, 2019 | 13:46h | UTCMycophenolate mofetil versus cyclophosphamide for remission induction in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a randomised, non-inferiority trial – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Randomized data back EULAR guidelines for mycophenolate mofetil use in AAV – Medwire News (free)
BMJ Guideline: Subacromial Decompression Surgery For Adults With Shoulder Pain Does Not Improve Outcomes
7 Feb, 2019 | 02:03h | UTCCommentaries: Expert panel strongly recommends against surgery for the most common shoulder pain – MedicalXpress (free) AND Guidelines Recommend Against Surgery for Subacromial Pain Syndrome – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Related Systematic Reviews: Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND Subacromial Decompression Surgery for Rotator Cuff Disease – Cochrane Library (link to study and randomized trials on the subject)
Review: Fetal Toxicity of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Pregnancy
3 Feb, 2019 | 16:53h | UTCFetal Toxicity of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Pregnancy – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free)
Brazilian Guidelines for the Indication, Interpretation and Performance of Nailfold Capillaroscopy
3 Feb, 2019 | 16:48h | UTC
Review: Interstitial Lung Disease and Other Pulmonary Manifestations in Connective Tissue Diseases
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:40h | UTC