Interconsultas em reumatologia pediátrica: casuística de hospital terciário no Sul do Brasil by Ricardo Gullit Ribeiro, Márcia Bandeira

“…In the first consultation with a pediatric rheumatologist, the main complaints were arthralgia (51.3%), skin blemishes (32.4%) and skin rash (29.7%). …”
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Memorial of Epidemics by Fernando Neubarth

“…About the Spanish Flu, I transcribe excerpts from the description of our greatest memoirist, Pedro Nava (1903-1984), a rheumatologist, one of the forerunners of the specialty in Brazil, having also been president of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology and of the Panamerican League of Rheumatology Associations – the PANLAR. …”
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Fibromyalgia: dental aspects by Maria Panchovska, N Nikolov, E Firkova, Zl Kolarov

“…The patients with this disease require a follow-up by a family physician, a rheumatologist, and a dentist.…”
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Evaluating key performance indicators of the process of care in juvenile idiopathic arthritis by Sarah M. Cooper, Gillian R. Currie, Seija Kromm, Marinka Twilt, Deborah A. Marshall

“…The set of KPIs include measuring patient outcomes (joint assessment, physician’s global assessment of disease activity, assessment of functional ability, composite disease activity measurement), access to care (waiting time between referral and first visit, visit with the rheumatologist within the first year of diagnosis, annual follow-up visits with the rheumatologist), and safety (tuberculosis screening, and laboratory monitoring). …”
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(Dis)agreement of polymyalgia rheumatica relapse criteria, and prediction of relapse in a retrospective cohort by Thomas E. Bolhuis, Diane Marsman, Frank H. J. van den Hoogen, Alfons A. den Broeder, Nathan den Broeder, Aatke van der Maas

“…Often used relapse criteria (1) rheumatologist judgement, (2) treatment intensification-based relapse) were assessed for agreement in this cohort. …”
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Musculoskeletal Pain in Patients with Psoriasis and its Influence on Health-related Quality of Life: Results from a Danish Population-based Survey by Sara Kamp Felbo, Lene Terslev, Inge Juul Sørensen, Lone Skov, Claus Zachariae, Mikkel Østergaard

“…Two-thirds of patients with psoriasis with pain now/previously and one-third of patients with arthritis had never been examined by a rheumatologist, demonstrating an unmet need for adequate evaluation of such patients. …”
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Exploring the quality of communication between patients with psoriatic arthritis and physicians: results of a global online survey by Coates, L, Azevedo, VF, Cappelleri, JC, Moser, J, Eder, L, Richette, P, Weng, M-Y, Silva, RQ, Garg, A, Majjhoo, A, Griffiths, CEM, Young, P, Howland, S

“…Results: A total of 1286 patients with PsA (983 and 303 whose primary treating physician was a rheumatologist or dermatologist, respectively) and 1553 physicians (795 rheumatologists and 758 dermatologists) completed the survey. …”

Subacute bacterial endocarditis with vasculitis-like presentation; report of a case and literature review by Tayebeh Soleymanian, Hoda Kavosi

“…We introduced a case of infective endocarditis which was a 62-year-old man who presented with weakness, weight loss, myalgia, arthritis, petechiae, hematuria and proteinuria and was admitted by a rheumatologist for evaluation of possible vasculitis.…”
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How to prescribe physical exercise in rheumatology by S. Maddali Bongi, A. Del Rosso

“…Therapeutic exercise should: aim to improve firstly local symptoms and then general health; respect the pain threshold; be a part of a treatment including pharmacological therapies and other rehabilitation techniques, be administered by skilled physiotherapist under the guide of a rheumatologist, be different according to different diseases, disease phases and patient expectations.…”
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Main Ocular Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Sandra Saray Quignon Santana, Osbel Alfonso Sánchez

“…It is our purpose to give you our experiences to the students as well as the internal medicine, ophthalmology and rheumatologist residents about this topic. The ophthalmological consultation of sick patients contributes to the prevention of ocular illnesses which are characteristic of the base disease and improve the ocular health.…”
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APPLICATION EXPERIENCE OF PROCALCYTONINE TEST FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS OF THE ACUTE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE by S.I. Valieva, E.I. Alexeeva, T.M. Bzarova, A.M. Chomakhidze, K.B. Isaeva

“…The article provides the clinical observation, allowing for the conclusion that the use of pct test in the daily practice of a rheumatologist makes it possible to early carry out differential diagnostics of a patient with the manifestations of the systemic inflammatory response and to duly start necessary pathogenetic and/or etiotropic therapy. …”
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The spectrum of inflammatory rheumatic disorders. by Walker-Bone, K, Cooper, C

“…Finally, we will describe the overall burden of the musculoskeletal disorders in the community, and then highlight the role of the rheumatologist in the management of these disabling conditions.…”

Post-COVID-19 Condition and İts Recognition in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Working Notes from the United Kingdom Experience by Arvind Nune, Karthikeyan P Iyengar, Bhupen Barman, Ciro Manzo

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Characterising the axial phenotype of psoriatic arthritis: a study comparing axial psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis with psoriasis from the REGISPONSER registry by Alba Erra, Clementina López-Medina, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Eduardo Collantes, Xavier Juanola, Xabier Michelena, Pilar Font-Ugalde

“…Clinical, laboratory and radiographical characteristics between patients classified as axial PsA and AS with psoriasis by their rheumatologist are compared according to HLA-B27 status.Results Of 2367 patients on REGISPONSER, n=405 had PsA, of whom 27% (n=109) had axial involvement as per the treating rheumatologist. 30% (n=26/86) of axial PsA were HLA-B27 positive. …”
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Preparing for Pregnancy in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus—A Multidisciplinary Approach by Ioana Cristina Saulescu, Daniela Opris-Belinski, Andra Rodica Balanescu, Bogdan Pavel, Nicolae Gica, Anca Maria Panaitescu

“…A good collaboration between the patient’s rheumatologist and obstetrician is therefore mandatory in order to: (a) allow the mother to make an informed decision on pursuing with the pregnancy; (b) ensure a perfect synchronization between pregnancy terms and treatment; and (c) avoid or minimize potential complications. …”
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Knowledge of Common Symptoms of Rheumatic Diseases and Causes of Delayed Diagnosis in Saudi Arabia by Al-Mehmadi BA, Alelaiwi MMM, Alnumayr HSA, Alghamdi BS, Alomari BA, Alzahrani HS

“…In addition, patients with longer duration of symptoms were likely to have more visits to the rheumatologist. Most of the participants of < 50 years significantly agreed that rheumatologists treat autoimmune diseases, only a few approved that they treat muscle problems.Conclusion: Most participants in our study have lesser knowledge about their symptoms and they did not know where to consult for the treatment of their disease. …”
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SARS-COV-2 vaccine acceptance in patients with rheumatic diseases: a cross-sectional study by Tina Ko, Claire Dendle, Ian Woolley, Eric Morand, Anna Antony

“…In vaccine-hesitant respondents, 39.2% were more likely to accept vaccination if given a choice of which vaccine they receive and 54.5% if their rheumatologist recommended it. Twenty-seven percent of patients on immunomodulators were willing to withhold medications while 42.1% were willing if advised by their rheumatologist. …”
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Resource utilization and costs of transitioning from pediatric to adult care for patients with chronic autoinflammatory and autoimmune disorders by Daniela Choukair, Christian Patry, Ronny Lehmann, Dorothea Treiber, Georg F. Hoffmann, Corinna Grasemann, Normi Bruck, Reinhard Berner, Peter Burgard, Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Burkhard Tönshoff

“…Transfer consultations were performed in 49 patients, including 10 patients jointly with the future adult rheumatologist. Most consultations were performed by the multidisciplinary team with a median of three team members and lasted 65.5 ± 21.3 min. …”
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Low-dose CT hounsfield units: a reliable methodology for assessing vertebral bone density in radiographic axial spondyloarthritis by Sofia Ramiro, Désirée van der Heijde, Xenofon Baraliakos, Monique Reijnierse, Juergen Braun, Floris A van Gaalen, Mary Lucy Marques, Nuno Pereira da Silva

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Acro-osteolysis and calcinosis in patient with scleroderma: A case report by Wan-Sun Choi, So-Yeon Park, Yoon-Seong Ban, Joo-Hak Kim

“…The medical treatment was arranged under the supervision of a rheumatologist. Keywords: Acro-osteolysis, Calcinosis, Finger, Scleroderma…”
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