ICYMI: Duloxetine added to usual analgesics failed to improve pain in 132 hip or knee OA pts by WOMAC pain scores: 1) Dulox + usual care vs 2) Usual care showed no diff in pain at 3 mos or 12 mos. https://t.co/2luWWDYP81 https://t.co/KAmqlnofVv

Best of 2021: Jack of All Subspecialties

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It's great to be a rheumatologist, but boy, it's getting harder and harder. You have to be a jack of all trades. You have to be good at cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, vaccination, inflammatory bowel disease - it just never ends. This and more, as Dr. Cush summarizes more than a dozen journal articles, news reports and questions + cases.

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Best of 2021: EULAR Guidelines on Intraarticular Therapy

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EULAR has published evidence-based recommendations on the use of intra-articular therapies (IAT) based on the literature review and recommendations of a multidisciplinary international task force. These IAT recommendations apply to adult patients with peripheral arthropathies.

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of #ultrasound-guided intra-articular injections? Check out this slide👇from Lt.Col/Dr. Arjun's lecture: #iracon21 #IRACON2021 @2021Iracon @APLAR_org #mskus #rheumatology https://t.co/mhq9OgBk7a

Telehealth Diet and Exercise Benefits Knee Osteoarthritis

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Annals of Internal Medicine has reported the results of a randomized clinical trial showing that telehealth-delivered exercise and diet programs improved pain and function in knee osteoarthritis patients who were overweight.  While both were beneficial, exercise had a greater effect than dietary

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Geriatric Rheumatology:Improving care of aging patients Dr.Kathryn Dao ( @KDAO2011) moderates a panel w/ Drs.Una Makris, Katherine Wysham, Sebastian Sattui + Devyani Misra, as they discuss aspects of improving care of/outcomes for aging patients. #ACR21 https://t.co/lF3yUZBEkd https://t.co/hYufA8ptqj

Targeting the HUGE dilemma!🎯 #Psoriatic vs Erosive #OA PsA 👉 Fluffy bone formation(enthesitis of phalanges) 👉 Marginal erosions(vs central) 👉 Many jts in same digit(ray inv) 👉 Periarticular SOFT tissue swelling (dactylitis). 👉 NOT much hand OA #ACR21 RadiologyBootCamp https://t.co/OQLPoeRLny

Live from #ACR21: Learning about osteoarthritis from Dr. Marc Hochberg. "Don't use the term degenerative joint disease." -much more involved. I like this figure of the multiple different phenotypes. #ACRAmbassador https://t.co/UwU4vCmYXa

OA oral session - abstract 1904 Devin Driscoll (mentor @tuhina_neogi) presenting data from MOST: Evaluation of Neuropathic-like Symptoms and Objective Signs of Neuropathy Post-Knee Replacement #ACR21 https://t.co/APZAJdHH5M

Quick plug: not all joint pain in ICI-treated pts needs reflex steroids eg OA can get exacerbated by ICI Rx (ICI-aOA) call rheum, hold the PNL & save tumor response @ReidMDMPH @got_rheum @lovetolearn27 +me #ACR21 ABST1518 @RheumNow our paper @jitcancer https://t.co/InespbOn6m https://t.co/HSjtGrwePE