Brigitte Tatiana García

Nicaragüense 🇳🇮
Internista
Reumatologa 🇲🇽

[Brigitte Tatiana García @Brigittegl10]

@karlita_chacon_ Cuando llegue, tengo que probar la tinga de pollo 😁

[Brigitte Tatiana García @Brigittegl10]

Se vienen días de ciencia en Reumatologia.
Desde Nicaragua, hasta Milán, Italia
#EULAR2023
@eular_org

[Brigitte Tatiana García @Brigittegl10]

@JuandeDiosZara6 "También soy" 🙋🏻‍♀️

[Dr. John Cush @RheumNow]

AutoAb analysis of 140 systemic sclerosis shows low sensitivity (<33%), high specificity (>88%). Scl-70+ signif assoc w sine scleroderma, digital ulcers, Raynauds as 1st onset sign. SSc-ILD more common Scl-70 and PAH with CENP A/B Abs https://t.co/1zvkte4drJ

[Dr. Dinesh Khanna @sclerodermaUM]

https://t.co/9h56rOiBcZ

[Brigitte Tatiana García @Brigittegl10]

@dra_gard @karlita_chacon_ @JuandeDiosZara6 Los mejores 💖

[Panlar @PanlarLeague]

Octubre es el mes de las Enfermedades Reumáticas. #CaminemosJuntos #PacientesPANLAR

[Dr. John Cush @RheumNow]

2 open-label reports of JAK inhibitors in Systemic sclerosis (SSc) - 59 SSc pts: significant decr in mRSS in 88%. 28/29 w/ ILD had no progression. Overall responses better in treatment naïve SSc patients. 20% had side-effects. More studies needed https://t.co/sR2OMNtxAk

[ACR_Journals @ACR_Journals]

Just accepted in Arthritis & Rheumatology:

Decrease in body mass index is associated with reduced incidence and progression of the structural defects of knee osteoarthritis: a prospective multi-cohort study

https://t.co/Rn5y6MI2Pv

[Laurent ARNAUD @Lupusreference]

✅ Just a few more days before the start of the European #Lupus Meeting by @SLEuroSociety in Stockholm 🇸🇪 Don't miss my Thursday (6 oct) morning talk about #SLE in men!

[Dr. John Cush @RheumNow]

Hydroxychloroquine Dosing and SLE Flares

JAMA cohort study examining HCQ dosing in patients with SLE suggests that HCQ doses of 5 mg/kg per day or less, was associated with a higher risk of lupus flares, including moderate or severe lupus flares.

https://t.co/B5HqxWDqD3

[Soc.Esp.Reumatología @SEReumatologia]

#reumatopics22 La Dra. Sánchez concluye sobre la queratitis ulcerativa periférica:
▶️Manifestación oftalmológica + grave EAIS
▶️AR/mal pronóstico
▶️Tratamiento biológico eficaz y seguro
▶️JAKINIb en casos refractarios

[Janet Pope @Janetbirdope]

Causes of slope is. Nice pictograph. Androgen pattern (mail pattern hair loss), diffuse (telegen effluvium)and local bald spots (alopecia areata). Latter@May be helped w topical or oral JAK inhibitors.

[NEJM @NEJM]

A 61-year-old woman with primary biliary cholangitis and Raynaud’s phenomenon was referred to the rheumatology clinic. Tongue telangiectasias, puffy fingers, and nailfold capillary hemorrhage were present. https://t.co/h6IkCGGWXE

[Dr. John Cush @RheumNow]

Olokizumab, another IL-6 Inhibitor for RA

This week's NEJM has published the efficacy results of a large phase 3 trial of olokizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that directly targets interleukin-6 (IL-6) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

https://t.co/VMz8xzffiZ

[Dr. John Cush @RheumNow]

Hyaluronic Acid Knee Injections Equivalent to Placebo

In the United States, where over $300 million is spent annually on intraarticular hyaluronic acid injections, yet another study shows such therapy to be no better than placebo.

https://t.co/1pSVr3VI4t

[Laurent ARNAUD @Lupusreference]

✅ What's the difference between EARLY #LUPUS, incomplete #SLE & pre-clinical lupus?
Well, it is whether 🔎 the clinical manifestations of lupus 🦋 are present (or not) and whether the #DIAGNOSIS 🏨 is yet made (or not) ⬇️ timeline below.
#Rheumtwitter #MedTwitter #MedEd

[Brigitte Tatiana García @Brigittegl10]

#LUPUS sistemico
Objetivo: #remision 👍

[Laurent ARNAUD @Lupusreference]

✅ #REMISSION voted the main 🏅 target 🎯 of #treatment in systemic #Lupus 👍
➡️ cSLEDAI=0
➡️ PGA<0.5 (0-3)
➡️ Pred: max 5mg/day
➡️ Stable immunosupression
Link:https://t.co/m2dFS8UfPm

[EnvisionRheumat @ERheumat]

🆕The impact of temporary methotrexate discontinuation for 1 week versus 2 weeks on seasonal influenza vaccination in patients with RA:
💊1 week❌ is non-inferior 2 weeks ❌ after vaccination
Interesting 🤔
https://t.co/bpBGcuF7Pt

[Dr. John Cush @RheumNow]

Do not take antacids or PPI with mycophenolate. Magnesium & aluminium hydroxide antacids (Maalox) will lower MMF Cmax 33% & AUC 17% if given simultaneously. PPI also lowers AUC by ~33% https://t.co/IoWISgL3SY https://t.co/JV1Yv5Pg9d https://t.co/b8UoQ4zMUV