Myofascial pain: from Virchow's to our days by I. V. Egorov

“…Myalgia is not a definite nosological entity and fixes the attention of neurologists, rheumatologists, and physicians in other specialties. …”
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Treatment strategy for rheumatoid arthritis: hot topics by D. E. Karateev

“…The draft RA treatment guidelines by the Association of Rheumatologists of Russia (ARR) reflect these principles in expanded form. …”
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Differences and similarities between the EULAR/ASAS-EULAR and national recommendations for treatment of patients with psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis across Europe by Brigitte Michelsen, Mikkel Østergaard, Michael John Nissen, Adrian Ciurea, Burkhard Möller, Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg, Jakub Zavada, Bente Glintborg, Alan MacDonald, Karin Laas, Dan Nordström, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Florenzo Iannone, Pasoon Hellmand, Tore Kristian Kvien, Ana Maria Rodrigues, Catalin Codreanu, Ziga Rotar, Isabel Castrejón Fernández, Johan Karlsson Wallman, Jiri Vencovsky, Anne Gitte Loft, Maureen Heddle, Sigrid Vorobjov, Anna-Mari Hokkanen, Gerdur Gröndal, Marco Sebastiani, Marleen van de Sande, Eirik Klami Kristianslund, Maria José Santos, Corina Mogosan, Matija Tomsic, Federico Díaz-González, Daniela Di Giuseppe, Merete Lund Hetland

“…An electronic survey was completed from October 2021–April 2022 by rheumatologists in 15 European countries. One and four countries followed all EULAR and ASAS-EULAR recommendations, respectively. …”
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Association of cardiovascular risks in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Management, treatment and future perspectives by Nishant Johri, Shivani Varshney, Smriti Gandha, Aditya Maurya, Piyush Mittal, Sarita Jangra, Rajkumar Garg, Amit Saraf

“…Collaborative engagement among rheumatologists, cardiologists, internists, and primary care providers becomes imperative for optimally attending to RA patients at cardiovascular risk. …”
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Minor rheumatology: Nonsystemic rheumatic disease of juxta-articular soft tissues of the pelvis and lower extremity: Diagnosis and treatment. Part 3 by A. E. Karateev, D. E. Karateev

“…Pain associated with rheumatic diseases of juxta-articular soft tissues (RDJAST) of the pelvis and lower extremity is a frequent reason for seeking advice from general practitioners and rheumatologists. However, the true cause of painful sensations is often overlooked by a physician and the patient is long and frequently treated unsuccessfully for lumbago, coxarthrosis, or gonarthrosis.The complexities of topical diagnosis are largely associated with the fact that instrumental methods virtually always determine these or those degenerative changes in the lumbar spine and hip joint (HJ), which formally supports the presence of nonspecific low back pain and coxarthrosis. …”
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Features Found in Indocyanine Green-Based Fluorescence Optical Imaging of Inflammatory Diseases of the Hands by Egbert Gedat, Jörn Berger, Denise Kiesel, Vieri Failli, Andreas Briel, Pia Welker

“…Rheumatologists in Europe and the USA increasingly rely on fluorescence optical imaging (FOI, Xiralite) for the diagnosis of inflammatory diseases. …”
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Recommendation to implementation of remote patient monitoring in rheumatology: lessons learned and barriers to take by Johannes Knitza, Sebastian Kuhn, Rachel Knevel, Philip Hamann

“…Sample papers and studies describe the value of RPM. But for many rheumatologists, the unanswered question remains the ‘how to?’ …”
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Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiac Imaging in Inflammatory Arthritis by Anastasia-Vasiliki Madenidou, Sophie Mavrogeni, Elena Nikiphorou

“…We reflect on imaging modalities to screen for CVD in IA and on the important role of rheumatologists and cardiologists working closely together.…”
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HRCT Patterns of Drug-Induced Interstitial Lung Diseases: A Review by Giulio Distefano, Luigi Fanzone, Monica Palermo, Francesco Tiralongo, Salvatore Cosentino, Corrado Inì, Federica Galioto, Ada Vancheri, Sebastiano E. Torrisi, Letizia A. Mauro, Pietro V. Foti, Carlo Vancheri, Stefano Palmucci, Antonio Basile

“…As the imaging patterns are rarely specific, an accurate evaluation of the clinical history is required and a multidisciplinary approach—involving pneumologists, cardiologists, radiologists, pathologists, and rheumatologists—is recommended.…”
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The prescription and monitoring of conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs: British Society for Rheumatology guideline scope by Mercer, L, Abhishek, A, Kavirayani, A, Ahmed, A, Davidson, A, Foulkes, A, Jones, C, Nash, C, Rose-Parfitt, E, Dhillon, E, Zabate, G, Twohig, H, De Vere, H, Scott, J, Reynolds, J, Holmes, J, Hartley, K, Warrier, K, Nowak, K, Parsons, K, Bechman, K, Bray, L, Adikari, M, Wood, N

“…Guideline revisions will be undertaken by a working group of adult and paediatric and adolescent rheumatologists, other healthcare professionals and people living with autoimmune rheumatic disease. …”

The humble wrist pain could be “early” tuberculosis and a high index of suspicion may help nip it in the bud: A case report by Punit Tiwari, Harmeet Kaur, Sandeep S Jaura, Navneet Singh, Kunwar Pal Singh, Sonali Madaan

“…Familiarity with the clinical profile of this entity, in its early stages, is valuable for primary care physicians, rheumatologists, internal medicine specialists, and orthopaedicians alike, who may confuse it with one of the many more common inflammatory, degenerative, or traumatic causes of wrist pain. …”
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Ankylosing spondylitis morbidity trends in Russia and Saturday spondyloarthritis schools by Shandor Fedorovich Erdes, R M Balabanova

“…Two levels of spondyloarthritis (SpA) schools oriented to rheumatologists and other specialists were developed. …”
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Looking through the 'window of opportunity': is there a new paradigm of podiatry care on the horizon in <it>early </it>rheumatoid arthritis? by McInnes Iain B, Steultjens Martijn PM, Hennessy Kym, Woodburn James, Turner Deborah E

“…</p> <p><it>'Podiatrists are experts on foot disorders: both patients and rheumatologists can profit from the involvement of a podiatrist'</it></p> <p>- Korda and Balint, 2004 <abbrgrp><abbr bid="B1">1</abbr></abbrgrp>.…”
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Recommendations for the use of ultrasound in rheumatoid arthritis: literature review and SONAR score experience by Pascal Zufferey, Giorgio Tamborrini, Cem Gabay, Andreas Krebs, Diego Kyburz, Beat Michel, Urs Moser, Peter Villiger, Alexander So, Hans Ruedi Ziswiler

“…A scoring system was developed and taught to a large number of Swiss rheumatologists who already contributed to the Swiss Clinical Quality Management (SCQM) database, a national patient register. …”
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Risk assessment score for adverse pregnancy outcome in systemic lupus erythematosus patients by Wafaa K. Makarm, Rabab S. Zaghlol, Lobna I. Kotb

“…Conclusions In this study, a predictive model with a risk score classification for adverse pregnancy outcomes in SLE patients was developed. This could help rheumatologists identify high-risk pregnant patients for better disease monitoring and management, resulting in better maternal/fetal outcomes.…”
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NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (EULAR, 2013): THE PLACE OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS by E. L. Nasonov

“…All this confirms that it is relevant to include the proposition for using GC into the 2014 Guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis of the All-Russian public organization “Association of Rheumatologists of Russia”.…”
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HLA-B27-associated uveitis: an independent disease or a variant of spondyloarthritis? by A. A. Godzenko, I. Yu. Razumova, I. A. Guseva

“…There is evidence for the need for a close interaction between ophthalmologists and rheumatologists in the management of patients with uveitis.…”
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NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (EULAR, 2013): THE PLACE OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS by E. L. Nasonov

“…All this confirms that it is relevant to include the proposition for using GC into the 2014 Guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis of the AllRussian public organization “Association of Rheumatologists of Russia”.…”
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On- and off-label use of rituximab in rheumatic diseases by Gilda Sandri, Carlo Umberto Manzini, Carlo Salvarani

“…RTX is extremely interesting for rheumatologists, as it represents an important additional therapeutic approach. …”
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Behcet's disease: reproductive function and pregnancy by Z. S. Alekberova, D. A. Bizhanova

“…The problem of fertility and pregnancy outcomes in rheumatic diseases (RDs) is discussed by both rheumatologists and obstetricians. The present paper considers the problems of reproductive function and pregnancy outcomes in patients with Behcet's disease (BD).The study of the circulating level of anti-MЯllerian hormone (AMH) opened a new page in the evaluation of ovarian function and fertility in different diseases, including RDs. …”
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