Musculoskeletal Disorders
Guidelines
Myositis guidelines aim to standardize adult and pediatric care
These are the first guidelines on how to manage adult and pediatric patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM).
Conference Coverage
Prior authorizations delay TNF inhibitors for children with JIA
Many patients newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) at one academic center over a year had delays in care due to unnecessary...
From the Journals
Children with RMDs not at high risk for severe COVID-19, study finds
“Many parents and families with children who have RMDs have lived with great fear over the pandemic about whether or not their children are at an...
From the Journals
JIA disease activity, disability linked to social factors
For patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, levels of disease activity and disability vary, depending on family income,...
Letters from Maine
Give patients can’ts but also can do’s
In my experience, too many physicians forget to include a generous list of “can do’s” in their visit closing discussions.
Conference Coverage
Virtual and in-person pediatric visits get similar family ratings
Satisfaction ratings for both virtual and office visits were consistently higher than 85% across all measured parameters.
Guidelines
New JIA guidelines emphasize earlier DMARD use
Advances in understanding and treating systemic JIA have led practitioners away from steroids and toward using conventional synthetic and biologic...
Feature
Eighteen-year study shows inconsistencies in treating, classifying JIA
A long-term study of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis highlights an inconsistent classification system and hints about how they manage...
Latest News
CDC, AAP issues new guidelines to better define developmental milestones
“The goals of the group were to identify evidence-informed milestones to include in CDC checklists, clarify when most children can be expected to...
Commentary
When the evidence suggests that placebo is best
What they discovered is that no type of injection therapy has been proven to be better than a saline injection.
Conference Coverage
Drug combo at outset of polyarticular JIA benefits patients most
Despite the wariness that some families and even providers have about starting JIA therapy with both a biologic and conventional DMARD, new data...