OPTIMIZING THE DIAGNOSIS, A MONITORING AND TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS IN REAL PRACTICE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR ORGANIZING AN ALL-RUSSIAN REGISTER OF PATIENTS WITH PSO... by T. V. Korotaeva, Yu. L. Korsakova, E. Yu. Loginova, E. E. Gubar, A. D. Koltakova, E. E. Medved, S. S. Kudishina, A. V. Petrov, M. V. Sedunova, I. N. Pristavsky, E. A. Vasilenko, I. N. Bondareva, I. F. Umnova, P. A. Shesternya, E. L. Nasonov

“…Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology and with the support of the All-Russian public organization «Association of Rheumatologists of Russia». This system is an all-Russian population-based register that allows for the recording and monitoring of patients with PsA throughout the follow-up period. …”
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Bilateral retinal vasculitis associated with cold agglutinin disease treated with obinutuzumab and infliximab by Ngoc Trong Tuong Than, Çigdem Yaşar, Brandon Huy Pham, Brandon Chau Lam, Huy Luong Doan, Amir Akhavanrezayat, Muhammad Sohail Halim, David Joseph Iberri, Doan Luong Hien, Quan Dong Nguyen

“…She had been evaluated by rheumatologists and pulmonologists and was placed on low doses of prednisone and methotrexate. …”
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Oral health-related quality of life, impaired physical health and orofacial pain in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis – a prospective multicenter cohort s... by Josefine M. Halbig, Birgitta Jönsson, Elisabeth G. Gil, Anne N. Åstrøm, Veronika Rypdal, Paula Frid, Thomas A. Augdal, Johannes Fischer, Lena Cetrelli, Marite Rygg, Anette Lundestad, Karin Tylleskär, Ellen Nordal, For the Norwegian JIA Study – Temporo-mandibular Involvement, Oral Health, Uveitis, Bone Health, Quality of Life in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

“…Conclusions Children and adolescents with orofacial pain or impaired physical health were more likely to report impacts on daily life activities than those without. Pediatric rheumatologists and dentists should be aware of impaired OHRQoL in individuals with JIA with active disease or temporomandibular joint involvement. …”
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“I’d like more options!”: Interviews to explore young people and family decision-making needs for pain management in juvenile idiopathic arthritis by Karine Toupin-April, Isabelle Gaboury, Laurie Proulx, Adam M. Huber, Ciarán M. Duffy, Esi M. Morgan, Linda C. Li, Elizabeth Stringer, Mark Connelly, Jennifer E. Weiss, Michele Gibbon, Hannah Sachs, Aditi Sivakumar, Alexandra Sirois, Emily Sirotich, Natasha Trehan, Naomi Abrahams, Janice S. Cohen, Sabrina Cavallo, Tania El Hindi, Marco Ragusa, France Légaré, William B. Brinkman, Paul R. Fortin, Simon Décary, Rebecca Lee, Sabrina Gmuca, Gail Paterson, Peter Tugwell, Jennifer N. Stinson

“…Pediatric HCPs were comprised of rheumatologists (n = 4), physical therapists (n = 3), rheumatology nurses (n = 2) and occupational therapists (n = 2). …”
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Clinical Characterization and Predictive Factors for Progression in a Cohort of Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease and Features of Autoimmunity: The Need for a Revision of IPA... by Francesco Bozzao, Paola Tomietto, Elisa Baratella, Metka Kodric, Rossella Cifaldi, Rossana Della Porta, Ilaria Prearo, Silvia Maria Grazia Pirronello, Paola Confalonieri, Barbara Ruaro, Fabio Fischetti, Bruno Fabris

“…<i>Methods:</i> We retrospectively evaluated data on 133 consecutive patients with ILD at onset associated with at least one feature of autoimmunity, referred by pulmonologists to rheumatologists from March 2009 to March 2020. Patients received 33 (16.5–69.5) months of follow-up. …”
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Oral health-related quality of life in 4–16-year-olds with and without juvenile idiopathic arthritis by Elisabeth G. Gil, Marit S. Skeie, Josefine Halbig, Birgitta Jönsson, Stein Atle Lie, Marite Rygg, Johannes Fischer, Annika Rosén, Athanasia Bletsa, Keijo Luukko, Xie-Qi Shi, Paula Frid, Lena Cetrelli, Karin Tylleskär, Karen Rosendahl, Anne N. Åstrøm

“…JIA-specific characteristics were assessed by pediatric rheumatologists and socio-demographic, behavioral and self-reported oral health information collected by questionnaires. …”
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A MULTICENTER, BLIND, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE SYMPTOM- AND STRUCTURE-MODIFYING EFFET OF ALFLUTOP IN PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS. REPORT 2: THE ASSESSMENT... by L. I. Alekseeva, E. P. Sharapova, E. A. Taskina, N. V. Chichasova, G. R. Imametdinova, N. A. Shostak, N. G. Pravdyuk, L. N. Denisov

“…The study included 90 patients with knee OA (according to the criteria of the Russian Association of Rheumatologists) at the stage 2–3 (according to the Kellgren-Lawrence scale); pain score when walk- ing ≥ 40 mm (assessed using the visual analog scale). …”
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Registro brasileiro de biológicos: processo de implementação e resultados preliminares do BiobadaBrasil Brazilian biologic registry: BiobadaBrasil implementation process and prelim... by David C Titton, Ines Guimarães Silveira, Paulo Louzada-Junior, Andre L Hayata, Hellen Mary S Carvalho, Roberto Ranza, Lucila S Rezende, Geraldo Castelar Pinheiro, Jair Licio F Santos, Jose Roberto Miranda, Jozelio Freitas Carvalho, Manoel Barros Bertolo, Marlene Freire, Morton A Scheinberg, Thelma L Skare, Vander Fernandes, Washington Bianchi, Ieda Maria M Laurindo

“…During the first two years of this effort, the original protocol was adapted, translated, and presented to all Brazilian rheumatologists. For ten months, data of 1,037 patients (750 subjects treated with biological drugs and 287 control subjects) from 15 centers were collected. …”
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Combining Traditional Chinese Herbs and csDMARDs for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Involves Tapering and Discontinuing Glucocorticoids: Protocol for a Two-Stage Non-Randomi... by Wang X, Yang X, Wang S, Tian X, Yin J, Liu N, Di P, Qi J, Li Y, Chen J, Wu Y, Wu J, Zhao W, Peng J, Zhang L, Gu L

“…Xingqiang Wang,1,2,&ast; Xianna Yang,3,&ast; Shiqi Wang,3,&ast; Xiaofang Tian,1 Jianmei Yin,3 Nian Liu,3 Pengtao Di,1 Jipeng Qi,3 Ya Li,3 Jimin Chen,3,4 Yang Wu,1 Jingjin Wu,1,2 Weiqing Zhao,5 Jiangyun Peng,1,2 Ling Zhang,1,2 Lingli Gu1 1Department of Rheumatology, The No. 1 Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, 650021, People’s Republic of China; 2Yunnan Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center of Rheumatism in TCM, Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, 650021, People’s Republic of China; 3The First School of Clinical Medicine, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, 650021, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Integrative Internal Medicine, The Lijiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lijiang, Yunnan, 674100, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province and The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650034, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ling Zhang; Lingli Gu, Email zebaiyuan@126.com; guyuxin82@126.comAbstract: Glucocorticoids (GC) are crucial in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but discontinuing GC effectively in RA patients poses a significant challenge for rheumatologists. In this two-stage, single-center, non-randomized controlled trial, we investigated the benefits of combining Chinese traditional herbal treatment with csDMARDs to aid GC discontinuation in terms of GC tapering, disease control, and safety. …”
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Whole-Body [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT Can Alter Diagnosis in Patients with Suspected Rheumatic Disease by Matthias Fröhlich, Sebastian Serfling, Takahiro Higuchi, Martin G. Pomper, Steven P. Rowe, Marc Schmalzing, Hans-Peter Tony, Michael Gernert, Patrick-Pascal Strunz, Jan Portegys, Eva-Christina Schwaneck, Ottar Gadeholt, Alexander Weich, Andreas K. Buck, Thorsten A. Bley, Konstanze V. Guggenberger, Rudolf A. Werner

“…Prior to [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT, 22/34 (64.7%) of patients did not have an established diagnosis, whereas in 7/34 (20.6%), polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) was suspected, and in 5/34 (14.7%), giant cell arteritis (GCA) was suspected by the referring rheumatologists. After [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT, the diagnosis was GCA in 19/34 (55.9%), combined GCA and PMR (GCA + PMR) in 9/34 (26.5%) and PMR in the remaining 6/34 (17.6%). …”
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The Debut of Inflammatory Musculoskeletal Pathology in Patients Receiving Anticancer Therapy with PD-1/PD-L1 Pathway Inhibitors by A. D. Koltakova, A. M. Lila, O. G. Alekseeva, A. A. Fedenko, Y. V. Gridneva, A. S. Olshanskaya

“…Additional studies and close cooperation between rheumatologists and oncologists are needed to obtain a more complete understanding of the nature and spectrum of musculoskeletal AEs, to identify their clinical, laboratory and instrumental features, and to develop an management of patients algorithm.…”
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The Inflammatory and Oxidative Status of Newly Diagnosed Class III and Class IV Lupus Nephritis, with Six-Month Follow-Up by José Ignacio Cerrillos-Gutiérrez, Miguel Medina-Pérez, Jorge Andrade-Sierra, Alejandra De Alba-Razo, Fermín Paul Pacheco-Moisés, Ernesto Germán Cardona-Muñoz, Wendy Campos-Pérez, Erika Martínez-López, Daniela Itzel Sánchez-Lozano, Andrés García-Sánchez, Tannia Isabel Campos-Bayardo, Alejandra Guillermina Miranda-Díaz

“…The early co-management between Rheumatologists and Nephrologists is essential to prevent the rapid progression of LN. …”
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Efficacy and safety of canakinumab as a second line biologic after tocilizumab treatment failure in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A single-centre cohort stu... by Ekaterina Alexeeva, Ekaterina Alexeeva, Ekaterina Alexeeva, Elizaveta Krekhova, Elizaveta Krekhova, Tatyana Dvoryakovskaya, Tatyana Dvoryakovskaya, Tatyana Dvoryakovskaya, Ksenia Isaeva, Aleksandra Chomakhidze, Evgeniya Chistyakova, Evgeniya Chistyakova, Olga Lomakina, Rina Denisova, Anna Mamutova, Anna Fetisova, Marina Gautier, Dariya Vankova, Ivan Kriulin, Ivan Kriulin, Ivan Kriulin, Ruslan Saygitov

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