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Smart move: Having Dan Kastner give the last talk of the #ACR22 #ReviewCourse
I look forward to exciting onomatopoeia
I look forward to exciting onomatopoeia
FMF 101, all on one slide
🧬Mutation: MEFV which encodes the protein pyrin
(#ACRKnowledgeBowl stuff!)
💊colchicine or 💉canakinumab if intolerant/refractory
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
🧬Mutation: MEFV which encodes the protein pyrin
(#ACRKnowledgeBowl stuff!)
💊colchicine or 💉canakinumab if intolerant/refractory
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
Dr John Pauling on Raynaud's
🔑Age of onset a major factor to differentiate primary vs secondary
Other etiologies to consider other than rheum conditions
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
🔑Age of onset a major factor to differentiate primary vs secondary
Other etiologies to consider other than rheum conditions
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
1* Raynaud's as a dx of exclusion (I know some people do not like this term), at least based on the criteria of LeRoy & Medsger (1992)
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
🥶Studies about prevalence of RP & January temps
Studies showing a link between low BMI (in women) and RP
Perhaps I should be glad I don't have RP!
#ACR22
Studies showing a link between low BMI (in women) and RP
Perhaps I should be glad I don't have RP!
#ACR22
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse resuming with paraneoplastic syndromes in rheumatology
This is not an iRAE talk but the main points at the outset highlight the need to understand how to talk with our oncology colleagues to best treat patients with malignancy and rheumatic disease
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
.@DrLisaCS on statin myopathy
autoimmune necrotizing myopathy vs self limited toxic myopathy -- learn this table!
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
autoimmune necrotizing myopathy vs self limited toxic myopathy -- learn this table!
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
@DrLisaCS 🔑 difficulty swallowing seen in autoimmune myopathy
🔑 autoimmune version can occur years after statin start
🔑 the Ab is important and helpful for dx
🔑 If you stop the statin and CK still ⬆️⬆️it's almost always the autoimmune version
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
🔑 autoimmune version can occur years after statin start
🔑 the Ab is important and helpful for dx
🔑 If you stop the statin and CK still ⬆️⬆️it's almost always the autoimmune version
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
Dr Carla Scanzello on OA #ACR22 #ReviewCourse
A review of the radiographic features that show us the extent of damage that's accrued over time
BUT they don't tell us anything about the pt's experience with the OA illness
A review of the radiographic features that show us the extent of damage that's accrued over time
BUT they don't tell us anything about the pt's experience with the OA illness
There's only one slide on an important and big concept: pain sensitization and its impact on the OA pain experience
See pioneering work in humans by @Tuhina_Neogi & colleagues
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
See pioneering work in humans by @Tuhina_Neogi & colleagues
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
What has MRI taught us about OA?
🦴What OA isn't: a disease of solely cartilage
🔍Important in identifying potential tissue sources of pain, e.g., synovitis, bone marrow lesions
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
🦴What OA isn't: a disease of solely cartilage
🔍Important in identifying potential tissue sources of pain, e.g., synovitis, bone marrow lesions
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
When to order DXA? The old, standard rules per Medicare
3 & 5 are particularly pertinent to us in rheum
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
3 & 5 are particularly pertinent to us in rheum
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
And here are the CLASSIFICATION criteria for spondyloarthritis (which are NOT diagnostic criteria)
❗️Gaps in knowledge remain:
-lack of biomarkers
-expert rheumatologist opinion as gold std
-MRI findings have low Sp
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
❗️Gaps in knowledge remain:
-lack of biomarkers
-expert rheumatologist opinion as gold std
-MRI findings have low Sp
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
Tear films are complex, with 3 layers
Comorbidities & meds can deplete the tear film too
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
Comorbidities & meds can deplete the tear film too
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
Oral exam:
👄r/o other causes of dry mouth, e.g. angular cheilitis
👅check under tongue for salivary pooling
👅do a thorough tongue exam (lack of papillae)
🦷eval the dentition
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
👄r/o other causes of dry mouth, e.g. angular cheilitis
👅check under tongue for salivary pooling
👅do a thorough tongue exam (lack of papillae)
🦷eval the dentition
#ACR22 #ReviewCourse
