Rheumatology
Guideline: Diagnostic and Treatment Criteria for Osteoarthritis of the Hip
27 Dec, 2017 | 21:29h | UTCNews Release: AAOS approves diagnostic and treatment criteria for osteoarthritis of the hip – American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (free)
See Apropriate Use Criteria: Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip (free)
Related AAOS Guideline: Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip (free PDF)
Commentary: AAOS: Non-Surgical Tx Best for Hip OA – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Review: Lessons Learned from Imaging on Rheumatoid Arthritis
26 Dec, 2017 | 18:58h | UTCLessons Learned from Imaging on Rheumatoid Arthritis – Israel Medical Association Journal (free PDF)
Review: Lessons Learned from Imaging on Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis
26 Dec, 2017 | 18:59h | UTC
Review: Pharmacological Therapy of Osteoporosis
26 Dec, 2017 | 18:55h | UTC
Review: Imaging in Axial Spondyloarthritis
26 Dec, 2017 | 18:56h | UTCImaging in Axial Spondyloarthritis – Israel Medical Association Journal (free PDF)
Review: Evidence-Based Management of Raynaud’s Phenomenon
26 Dec, 2017 | 18:51h | UTCEvidence-based management of Raynaud’s phenomenon – Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease (free)
Review: Lung Manifestations in the Rheumatic Diseases
12 Dec, 2017 | 12:22h | UTCLung Manifestations in the Rheumatic Diseases – Chest (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Updated treatment strategies for intestinal Behçet’s disease
10 Dec, 2017 | 13:29h | UTCUpdated treatment strategies for intestinal Behçet’s disease – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free)
Classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and their major subgroups
10 Dec, 2017 | 13:04h | UTC
Two nerve drugs are not suitable for treating long-term low back pain
7 Dec, 2017 | 22:04h | UTCTwo nerve drugs are not suitable for treating long-term low back pain – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – PLOS One (free)
“Evidence supports NICE guidance not to use two nerve drugs (gabapentin and pregabalin) to treat long-term lower back pain”. (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
Research: Cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes morbidity and all-cause mortality among diverse chronic inflammatory disorders
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:30h | UTC
Review – Bone turnover markers: are they clinically useful?
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:08h | UTCBone turnover markers: are they clinically useful? – European Journal of Endocrinology (free)
Review – Congenital myopathies: clinical phenotypes and new diagnostic tools
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:00h | UTCCongenital myopathies: clinical phenotypes and new diagnostic tools – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free)
Research: Tolerability profile of glucocorticoids use in early rheumatoid arthritis
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:26h | UTCCommentaries: Long-Term Safety of Glucocorticoids in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis – Journal Watch (free) AND Long-term Low-dose Steroids OK in Early RA – MedPage Today (free registration required)
“Long-Term Safety of Glucocorticoids in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. Stopping steroids completely is difficult in patients whose disease flares with tapering, but low-dose levels are relatively safe” (RT @JWatch see Tweet)
Research: Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:50h | UTCEditorial: No benefit of arthroscopy in subacromial shoulder pain (free)
Commentaries: Common shoulder surgery may offer little pain relief – OnMedica (free) AND Is a common shoulder surgery useless? – MedicalXpress (free) AND Popular Surgery To Ease Chronic Shoulder Pain Called Into Question – NPR (free)
Meta-Analysis: Exercise for the Prevention of Low Back Pain
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:05h | UTCExercise for the Prevention of Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials – American Journal of Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Exercise may help prevent low back pain or make it less severe – Reuters (free)
Related meta-analysis: Prevention of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Draft Recommendation: Screening Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures
11 Nov, 2017 | 17:12h | UTCCommentary: New USPSTF Draft Recommendations for Osteoporosis Screening – Medscape (free registration required)
Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
29 Oct, 2017 | 01:29h | UTC
Review: Approach to recurrent fever in childhood
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:31h | UTCApproach to recurrent fever in childhood – Canadian medical Association Journal (free)
Review – Pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: different phenotypes
17 Oct, 2017 | 17:39h | UTCPulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: different phenotypes – European Respiratory Review (free)
Guideline for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:49h | UTCSee also: Executive Summary (free)
Review: Medial elbow pain
12 Oct, 2017 | 17:46h | UTCMedial elbow pain – Efort Open Reviews (free)
Guideline for the management of adults with primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
3 Oct, 2017 | 21:51h | UTCSee also: Guideline Summary (free)
Commentary: Guidelines for treatment of primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a first useful stone but still much to do – Rheumatology (free)
Research: Association of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder with incident systemic lupus erythematosus
1 Oct, 2017 | 16:16h | UTCAssociation of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder with incident systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a longitudinal cohort of women – Arthritis & Rheumatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: A Stress Link to Lupus – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND PTSD linked with increased lupus risk – Willey, via EurekAlert (free) AND Lupus risk almost three times higher after trauma – Medical News Today (free)
Review – Behçet’s syndrome: providing integrated care
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:12h | UTCBehçet’s syndrome: providing integrated care – Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (free)