Rheumatology Perspective and Journal Articles

• Regenerative Medicine Landscape Continues to Evolve Dr Kathleen Davenport describes how platelet-rich plasma and stem-cell injections are currently used for tendinopathies and arthritis and what to watch for in the widely varying protocols being used.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, November 02, 2022
• Right and Wrong in Medicine: LIfe, Death, and Wrenching Choices Physicians reveal how they would respond to difficult decisions and scenarios involving medical care and personal treatment of patients, sharing both their insight and turmoil.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 02, 2022
• Extrahepatic Autoimmune Diseases in Autoimmune Hepatitis What is the effect of extrahepatic autoimmune diseases on mortality in patients with autoimmune hepatitis?
  Liver International, November 02, 2022
• SLE Risk in Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenia Which patients with immune thrombocytopenia may be more likely to develop systemic lupus erythematosus? A new study identifies potential risk factors.
  Arthritis Research & Therapy, November 01, 2022
• Biologic Therapy and Choice of Second Anti-TNF in IBD Treatment failure to anti-TNF agents is common patients with IBD. Is immunogenicity to a first anti-TNF agent associated with immunogenicity to a second? Does drug sequence matter?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, October 31, 2022
• Decoding the Link Between Inflammation and PAH A new study identifies Regnase-1 as a central regulator of inflammation in pulmonary arterial hypertension. What are the clinical implications of this finding?
  Circulation, October 31, 2022
• Pediatric vs Adult Spinopelvic Alignment and Roussouly Types The results of this study show the differences in alignment types across age groups and how they change during growth.
  Spine, October 31, 2022
• Medical Murderers: When Healers Become Killers Not all medical professionals are lifesavers. Some, unfortunately, are exactly the opposite.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 28, 2022
• Infographic: How Bad Physician Behavior Compares in US vs UK In separate reports, Medscape revealed the issue with poor physician behavior in the US and UK through the eyes of colleagues. Here's how results compare across the Atlantic.
  Medscape, October 28, 2022
• Barriers and Strategies to Addressing High BP and Smoking What strategies may help clinic staff more effectively address and manage these risk factors in rheumatology patients?
  Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, October 28, 2022
• Biomarkers of Systemic Treatment Response in Psoriasis This review provides a comprehensive catalog of candidate biomarkers of systemic treatment response in psoriasis.
  The British Journal of Dermatology, October 28, 2022
• The 'Root Cause' Visit Lately, the root cause visit seems to be on trend, Jeffrey Benabio, MD, writes in his column.
  MDedge, October 27, 2022
• Autoantibodies in Monitoring and Treatment of Scleroderma Learn more about the role antinuclear autoantibodies could have in the management and treatment of scleroderma.
  Current Opinion in Rheumatology, October 26, 2022
• Serum Uric Acid Lowering With Empagliflozin in HFrEF Lowering of serum uric acid may be an added benefit of SGLT-2 inhibitors. Might it improve outcomes in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction?
  European Heart Journal, October 26, 2022
• Effects of Kisspeptin on Bone Metabolism in Healthy Men The beneficial effects of kisspeptin on bone metabolism could lead to a potentially exciting new role for this hormone in the treatment of osteoporosis.
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, October 26, 2022
• Infliximab in Patients With Juvenile-Onset Spondyloarthritis Is infliximab an effective therapeutic option for patients with juvenile-onset spondyloarthritis who don't adequately respond to conventional treatment?
  Arthritis Research & Therapy, October 25, 2022
• Telemedicine Visits for Diagnoses and Spine Surgical Plans Learn more about the role of telemedicine visits in the preoperative evaluation of spine patients.
  Spine, October 24, 2022
• Physicians Behaving Badly: US vs UK Physicians in the US and UK reveal how often they see fellow doctors misbehaving in person or on social media, and recount some of the worst physician behavior they have witnessed.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 21, 2022
• S2 Episode 5: Searching for Clues: Early Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis   Diagnosing psoriatic arthritis can be a challenging endeavor. Drs Cohen and Gladman discuss how they approach early diagnosis, ruling out mimics, and the literature on the subject to help clinicians diagnose and treat psoriatic arthritis in clinic.
  Medscape, October 20, 2022
• Should People Be More Worried About Long COVID?   Eric Topol, MD, discusses how people should be thinking about long COVID when they consider their COVID risk.
  Medscape, October 20, 2022