Lupus & Connective Tissue Diseases
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Best estimates made for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy risk
Hydroxychloroquine dosing and retinopathy risk have long been a concern with its use. A new, comprehensive study finds that retinopathy diagnosis...
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Belimumab for pregnant women with lupus: B-cell concerns remain
The largest combined analysis of birth outcome data found no apparent increase in birth defects or pregnancy loss with belimumab, and a separate...
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Abnormal bleeding common among youth with joint hypermobility
Study suggests that children with generalized joint hypermobility should be routinely screened for abnormal bleeding symptoms and referred as...
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Warfarin best for thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome?
A vitamin K antagonist such as warfarin, rather than a direct oral anticoagulant, appears to be a better treatment for patients with thrombotic...
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Cardiovascular risk score multipliers suggested for rheumatic diseases
Guidelines could tailor cardiovascular risk scores by using a multiplier of 2.5 for systemic sclerosis, 2.0 for lupus, and 1.5 for any other...
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Vaccination cuts long COVID risk for rheumatic disease patients
Although it’s possible the higher proportion of Omicron cases in vaccinated patients accounted for lower rates of long COVID, differences in...
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Rituximab raises remission rate in granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Remission at 6 months was recorded in 73.1% of rituximab-treated patients and 40.1% of cyclophosphamide-treated patients in a multicenter target...
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Wide variance described in lab monitoring of conventional synthetic DMARDs
“The take-home message of this study is that everyone is doing something different, which means that the system likely has a lot of low-value...
Conference Coverage
Sarilumab effective for polymyalgia rheumatica in phase 3 trial
Relapsing patients treated with the biologic had significantly higher sustained remission and reported better quality of life, compared with the...
Conference Coverage
ACR and EULAR roll out updated antiphospholipid syndrome criteria
A joint planning group proposes updates to 16-year-old criteria for classifying antiphospholipid syndrome.
Guidelines
New ACR vaccination guideline: Take your best shot
Vaccinate patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease against flu and other vaccine-preventable disease whenever possible, experts say.