Announcing the 2024 ASAS Core Course in Spondyloarthritis, taking place in Brussels on Friday and Saturday 8 and 9 March 2024
See the program and more details here: https://t.co/D0jSfpFGHI
EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus: 2023 update
▶️ Lupus proliferative Nephritis
🔴 Low-dose IV cyclophosphamide or MMF + glucocorticoids
🔴 Combination with belimumab or calcineurin inhib. should be considered.
👉 https://t.co/5EWz7QXaHd
EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus: 2023 update
🔴 HCQ for all 5 mg/kg/day
🔴 GC as ‘bridging therapy’ or maintenance ≤ 5 mg/day
🔴 Prompt initiation of immunosuppressive and/or biological agents
@eular_org
👉 https://t.co/5EWz7QXaHd
#ASAS publication
In case you missed it: An ancillary analysis of the ASAS Per-SpA study examined the problematic overlap between fibromyalgia and enthesitis between males and females with axSpA
Full article here: https://t.co/KnmqUaAXi8
#ASASPublication from an ASAS fellowship grant recipient
Re-assuring data regarding risk of radiographic disease progression and treatment with INF inhibitors over 10 years
Full article: https://t.co/0EtiWehvF0
In the ASAS cohort SI joint structural lesions on MRI had better diagnostic performance & interreader reliability than conventional radiography.
Read the study here: https://t.co/3TzHrDuiEW
Cross-sectional study 365 RA pts showed eating half a pizza >1 time/wk (vs. ≤2 times/mo) was assoc w/ 70% less Dz activity; esp w/ more severe RA (80%) (benefit likely due to mozzarella & olive oil). YES, this was an italian study... https://t.co/mUwdLgK8SH
Just published: microbial fingerprints of SpA, Crohn's and Uveitis. We keep working on the link between these germs and the immune-mediated inflammation.
https://t.co/wuhQdpazdz
This month we are highlighting the work of Young ASAS, currently led by Mikhail Protopopov @Mprotopopov and Alexandre Sepriano @AlexSepriano
This initiative allows early career ASAS members to network, work closely w/ senior ASAS members & become involved in official projects.
#EULAR points to consider for #psoriaticarthritis prevention in people with #psoriasis
➡️Simplified approach with clinical #synovitis as main diagnostic feature most often noted in transition to formal #psoriatic arthritis diagnosis
👉🏽https://t.co/56RHXp6bUx
via @ARD_BMJ
Charging for a tool, different from an original one by introducing adjustments, for which „there is no evidence base available to inform on the accuracy of multiple adjustments“, as the website claims, seems to be a bit outrageous, to be honest.
Have you tried FRAX plus?
👍Adjustments:
• Recency of osteoporotic fracture
• High exposure to oral GC
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus
• TBS
• Falls history
• Hip axis length
• Concurrent Lumbar Spine BMD
💶Downside: paying access
👉https://t.co/nk96M1Tfiy