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COVID-19 treatment recs from my hospital (Northwestern)
Well put together - I found myself agreeing with almost all of it. Hard to disagree given the state of the evidence, but helpful to have numbers
PDF: https://t.co/Mbrq7bFHk0
More resources: https://t.co/7cGhASBFcZ
What advice can you give your patients during COVID mania? We cover the advice on NSAIDs, Plaquenil, JAK inhibitors, IL-6 inhibitors and TNF inhibitors on RheumNow. Read here https://t.co/kM4OJ9wcbq
This is not a joke | Baltimore Mayor Begs Residents To Stop Shooting Each Other So Hospital Beds Can Be Use For COVID-19 Patients – CBS Baltimore https://t.co/K91mHIUrrE
CMS releases momentous positive change to telehealth regulations. Update to American Rheumatology Network's Telehealth Overview: Caring for Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic resource for rheumatology private practice coming soon!
#rheumatology#telehealth#rheumatologists
Very nice review on Mechanisms of action of
hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine that was recently published March 2020 on @NatRevRheumatol@RheumNow
https://t.co/bbo5d5PiRb
Porphyromonos Gingivalis can activate PAD enzymes which cause post translational modification of arginine to citrulline contributing to the formation of ACPAs. https://t.co/4gDmQTP1vB
Covid requires endosomal/ lysosomal acidification and the acid dependent endosomal proteases Cleave the viral glycoprotein segments to cross the replication events. HCQ inhibits endosomal acidification and inhibits Viral replication.
Osteoporosis:
Denosumab superior to risedronate in glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (Arthritis and Rheumatol).
Physical activity associated with lower total and hip fracture. (JAMA Netw Open).
Year in Review Session. S Manzi. #ACR19 >FB
This is why u sometimes need government to act as a lawyer on behalf of the public in an unregulated capitalist system. Pure unregulated capitalism doesn’t work in healthcare and education. Pure socialism doesn’t work either...