Evaluating the Use of Glucocorticoids Among Belimumab‐Treated Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Real‐World Settings Using the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effect... by Nevin Hammam, Michael Evans, Christopher F. Bell, Kerry Gairy, Jinoos Yazdany, Gabriela Schmajuk

“…Methods This retrospective analysis (GSK Study 209267) used EHR prescription records of patients with SLE managed by rheumatologists. Eligible patients had an index date (first belimumab prescription) between January 2014 and June 2018. …”
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Mental disorders in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: association with activity and the course of rheumatic disease by Anastasia B. Borisova, Tatiana A. Lisitsyna, Dmitry Yu. Veltishchev, Tatiana M. Reshetnyak

“…Patients with high SLE activity index should be of particular concern to rheumatologists regarding the diagnosis of depressive disorders. …”
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Relationships of dermatologic symptoms and quality of life in patients with psoriatic arthritis: analysis of two tofacitinib phase III studies by Peter C. Taylor, Andrew G. Bushmakin, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Pamela Young, Rebecca Germino, Joseph F. Merola, Gil Yosipovitch

“…Conclusions Substantial links exist between dermatologic symptoms and QoL in patients with PsA, potentially informing patient-centered care and research. Rheumatologists should be aware of dermatologic manifestations and QoL impacts in patients with PsA. …”
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Outreach to Promote Management of Cardiovascular Risk in Primary Care Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Seen in Rheumatology Practice by Stephen D. Persell, Ji Young Lee, Dawid Lipiszko, Yaw A. Peprah, Eric M. Ruderman, Michael Schachter, Darcy S. Majka

“…A nonclinician care manager contacted patients by phone and mail on behalf of the rheumatologists, provided information about the identified risk factor(s), recommend follow‐up with primary care physicians (PCPs), sent correspondence to PCPs, and followed up with patients to see what actions had been taken. …”
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Predictors of admission to intensive care unit among systemic lupus erythematosus patients: prospective study by Shimaa Mostafa Abdelwhab, Lobna Ismaeil Kotb, Ghada Sameer, Ghada Dawa

“…Proper screening and prophylaxis is recommended against variable causes of infections. Rheumatologists should be careful in controlling SLE active disease and to balance the doses of immunosuppressive especially in the presence of infection. …”
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Improving Quality of Care in Rheumatoid Arthritis Through Mobile Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement: Focus Group Study by Desai, Sonali, Stevens, Emma, Emani, Srinivas, Meyers, Peter, Iversen, Maura, Solomon, Daniel H

“…Informal feedback from patients was positive and negative, relating to the usability of the tablet and the way rheumatologists used and explained the RAPID3 data in shared decision making during the office visit. …”
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The Evolving Concept of the Multidisciplinary Approach in the Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Lung Diseases by Stefano Sanduzzi Zamparelli, Alessandro Sanduzzi Zamparelli, Marialuisa Bocchino

“…A multidisciplinary team should include pulmonologists, radiologists, pathologists, and, often, rheumatologists, being assembled regularly to achieve a consensus diagnosis and to review cases in light of new features. …”
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Diagnostic Algorithm for Joint Pain in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disorders by A. I. Dolgushina, G. M. Khusainova, O. B. Nesmeyanova, N. V. Kirsh, O. V. Solovieva, E. A. Bogdanova

“…Joint pain complaints are common in IBD patients and require a multispecialty rheumatologists-involving approach to proceed with differential diagnosis and opting for treatment tactics. …”
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Optimization of Medicinal Treatment of Patients with Glaucoma in Combination with Concurrent System Pathology. Part 1: Cardiovascular Pathology by A. N. Zhuravleva, M. V. Zueva, E. B. Shustov

“…In scheme optimizing of the prescribed medications, it is important to cross-inform between specialists of different profiles (ophthalmologists, therapists, neurologists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, rheumatologists, etc.), create an algorithm for entering the medications of choice and their rational combinations, which reduces the risk of polypragmasia. …”
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Facilitators and barriers for vaccination in patients with inflammatory rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases: a prospective cohort study by Xenofon Baraliakos, Juergen Braun, Uta Kiltz, Imke Redeker, Ioana Andreica, Iulia Roman

“…Most patients indicated that recommendations of their healthcare professional would encourage them to be vaccinated—without preference for general practitioner or rheumatologists. There were more barriers towards SARS-CoV-2 vaccination than to vaccination in general. …”
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Screening for depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: relationship with pain severity, disease activity, and sleep quality by Adel Ibrahim Azzam, Mohamed Lamlom, Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa

“…Much progress has been made in the evaluation of inflammation and disease activity in recent years; however, other factors that can influence these patients’ quality of life, including depression, stress, fatigue, sleep problems, fibromyalgia, sexual activity, and obesity, are often not evaluated by rheumatologists. Our purpose was to explore depressive symptoms in patients with RA and determine how they connected to other aspects of the disease, including pain severity, disease activity, and sleep quality. …”
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2018 American College of Rheumatology/National Psoriasis Foundation guideline for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis by Singh, J, Guyatt, G, Ogdie, A, Gladman, D, Deal, C, Deodhar, A, Dubreuil, M, Dunham, J, Husni, M, Kenny, S, Kwan-Morley, J, Lin, J, Marchetta, P, Mease, P, Merola, J, Miner, J, Ritchlin, C, Siaton, B, Smith, B, Van Voorhees, A, Jonsson, A, Shah, A, Sullivan, N, Turgunbaev, M, Coates, L, Gottlieb, A, Magrey, M, Nowell, W, Orbai, A, Reddy, S, Scher, J, Siegel, E, Siegel, M, Walsh, J, Turner, A, Reston, J

“…A voting panel, including rheumatologists, dermatologists, other health professionals, and patients, achieved consensus on the direction and the strength of the recommendations. …”

Medically unexplained symptoms in patients referred to a specialist rheumatology service: prevalence and associations. by Maiden, N, Hurst, N, Lochhead, A, Carson, A, Sharpe, M

“…METHODS: A sample of newly referred consecutive patients to a hospital-based, regional rheumatology service was administered a questionnaire for assessment of emotional disorders, pain, health status and socioeconomic factors. Rheumatologists rated the degree to which patients' symptoms were explained by organic disease (organicity rating). …”

Clinical characteristics and patient-reported outcomes in patients with inadequately controlled rheumatoid arthritis despite ongoing treatment by Taylor, P, Alten, R, Gomez Reino, J, Caporali, R, Bertin, P, Sullivan, E, Wood, R, Piercy, J, Vasilescu, R, Spurden, D, Alvir, J, Tarallo, M

“…</p><p> Methods: Data were drawn from the Adelphi 2014 RA Disease Specific Program in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Rheumatologists provided patient demographics, comorbidities, satisfaction with RA control and other clinical details. …”

Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis/Outcome Measures in Rheumatology consensus‐based recommendations and research agenda for use of composite mea... by Coates, L, FitzGerald, O, Merola, J, Smolen, J, van Mens, L, Bertheussen, H, Boehncke, W, Callis Duffin, K, Campbell, W, de Wit, M, Gladman, D, Gottlieb, A, James, J, Kavanaugh, A, Kristensen, L, Kvien, T, Luger, T, McHugh, N, Mease, P, Nash, P, Ogdie, A, Rosen, C, Strand, V, Tillett, W, Veale, D, Helliwell, P

“…A consensus meeting (26 rheumatologists, dermatologists, and patient representatives) reviewed evidence on composite measures and potential treatment targets, plus survey results. …”

An algorithm recommendation for the management of knee osteoarthritis in Europe and internationally: A report from a task force of the European Society for Clinical and Economic As... by Bruyère, O, Cooper, C, Pelletier, J, Branco, J, Luisa Brandi, M, Guillemin, F, Hochberg, M, Kanis, J, Kvien, T, Martel-Pelletier, J, Rizzoli, R, Silverman, S, Reginster, J

“…METHODS: ESCEO assembled a task force of 13 international experts (rheumatologists, clinical epidemiologists, and clinical scientists). …”

Gender equity in academic rheumatology, current status and potential for improvement: a cross-sectional study to inform an EULAR task force by Ovseiko, PV, Gossec, L, Andreoli, L, Kiltz, U, van Mens, L, Hassan, N, van der Leeden, M, Siddle, HJ, Alunno, A, McInnes, IB, Damjanov, NS, Apparailly, F, Ospelt, C, van der Horst-Bruinsma, IE, Nikiphorou, E, Druce, KL, Szekanecz, Z, Sepriano, A, Avcin, T, Bertsias, G, Schett, G, Keenan, A-M, Pololi, LH, Coates, LC

“…The EULAR convened a task force to obtain empirical evidence on the potential unmet need for support of female rheumatologists, health professionals and non-clinical scientists in academic rheumatology.…”

Medically unexplained symptoms in patients referred to a specialist rheumatology service: Prevalence and associations by Maiden, N, Hurst, N, Lochhead, A, Carson, A, Sharpe, M

“…A sample of newly referred consecutive patients to a hospital-based, regional rheumatology service was administered a questionnaire for assessment of emotional disorders, pain, health status and socioeconomic factors. Rheumatologists rated the degree to which Results. Two hundred and fifty-six patients were eligible and 203 (79%) participated. …”

Treating axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis, especially psoriatic arthritis, to target: 2017 update of recommendations by an international task force by Smolen, JS, Schöls, M, Braun, J, Dougados, M, FitzGerald, O, Gladman, DD, Kavanaugh, A, Landewé, R, Mease, P, Sieper, J, Stamm, T, Wit, MD, Aletaha, D, Baraliakos, X, Betteridge, N, Bosch, FVD, Coates, LC, Emery, P, Gensler, LS, Gossec, L, Helliwell, P, Jongkees, M, Kvien, TK, Inman, RD, McInnes, IB, Maccarone, M, Machado, PM, Molto, A, Ogdie, A, Poddubnyy, D, Ritchlin, C, Rudwaleit, M, Tanew, A, Thio, B, Veale, D, Vlam, KD, van der Heijde, D

“…Based on the results of a systematic literature review and expert opinion, a task force of rheumatologists, dermatologists, patients and a health professional developed an update of the 2012 recommendations. …”

An AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support System to Predict Flares in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Study by Hannah Labinsky, Dubravka Ukalovic, Fabian Hartmann, Vanessa Runft, André Wichmann, Jan Jakubcik, Kira Gambel, Katharina Otani, Harriet Morf, Jule Taubmann, Filippo Fagni, Arnd Kleyer, David Simon, Georg Schett, Matthias Reichert, Johannes Knitza

“…Treat-to-target (T2T) is a main therapeutic strategy in rheumatology; however, patients and rheumatologists currently have little support in making the best treatment decision. …”
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