🔥A recent study reveals that the Mediterranean #diet can ⬇️disease activity and fatigue in patients with inflammatory #arthritis! 🌿🥗 Meanwhile, high consumption of processed meats is linked to ⬆️pain and fatigue. 🚫🥩 👉bit.ly/4fUJH2z

💉 Calling all rheumatologists: consider using intravenous methylprednisolone (125 - 500 mg daily X 3 doses) at diagnosis time in #SLE #lupus to increase the chances for long-term remission in those with moderate to severe disease: acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ac…

Posting again, #SpA mimic MRI finding✅👇 Bone marrow edema in 54% even at 12 months postpartum🤰‼︎ 🔑for differentiation →region of the BME! #APLAR2024 #AxSpA

💡Obstetric #APS 🤰 👉Consider various failures in OAPS. 👉importance of aPL profile ✅low titer, non criteria, seronegative 👉There are high risk OAPS pt #APLAR2024 #antiphospholipid

#Biologics #safety during #pregnancy

Riley Bove (US) showed that treatment with Ocrelizumab during lactation is SAFE! Negligible transfer in the milk and no effect in serum of the infants. (SOPRANINO study) No reason to postpone the treatments. Nice to see that confirmation #ECTRIMS2024

Uʟᴛʀᴀsᴏᴜɴᴅ ǫᴜɪᴢ Lᴇᴠᴇʟ: ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴜᴛ ᴇᴀsʏ Pᴀɪɴ ɪɴ ᴀɴᴋʟᴇ ᴊᴏɪɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴘᴀᴛɪᴇɴᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀʜᴇᴜᴍᴀᴛᴏɪᴅ ᴀʀᴛʜʀɪᴛɪs Nᴏ, ɪᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴇɴᴏsʏɴᴏᴠɪᴛɪs Wʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ?

An updated overview of #antibodies in idiopathic inflammatory #myositis (originally published by Benveniste et al. 2016). Any thoughts on improvements or changes? #rheumatology #autoantibodies #immunology

Blood pressure does not always correlate with perfusion. I can’t emphasize this enough. A patient can have a normal blood pressure yet freezing cold extremities, severe skin mottling, and be profoundly malperfused in florid shock. Understanding this concept will literally save

Treatment of giant cell arteritis with ultra-short glucocorticoids and tocilizumab ⏩TCZ monotherapy was effective in maintaining drug-free clinical remission ⏩Changes in PETVAS early after TCZ discontinuation may predict subsequent relapses. academic.oup.com/rheumatology/a…

Upper limb nerve pathology.

🎯 Predictive value of musculoskeletal sonographic features in #PsoriaticArthritis (#PsA) ✅ Higher baseline scores of synovitis, peritenonitis, & enthesitis structural ➡️ Greater reduction in DAPSA score ✅ Total inflammatory score ➡️ Predicts DAPSA change, regardless of

Full read JAMA ILD Review article. ILD= 33% idiopathic (IPF) + 15% hypersensitivity pneumonitis + 25% from CTD. 30% of ILD has cough Chest CT 91% sensitive, 71% specific 5% decr in FVC/12 mos assoc w/ 2-fold incr in mortality Rx options nintedanib or pirfenidone, TCZ, MMF, RTX

A paradigm change in management of Lupus Nephritis (LN) In pts with proliferative LN & + anti-ds DNA, treatment should be aimed at immunological remission Definition of response based on proteinuria is outdated Lupus Nephritis:Redefining treatment goals kidney-international.org/article/S0085-…

Contraception is safe and effective for patients with RMDs✅ #RMDs #contraception #reproductivehealth journals.lww.com/jclinrheum/ful…

Can we separate Behcets oral ulcers from other oral lesions? #Rheumatology #Medtwitter #Vasculitis [Prof Direskeneli]

FDA has given FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation to Nipocalimab for treatment of adults w/ moderate-to-severe Sjögren’s disease. NIPO is an Ab to neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), & was tested and shown effective in Sjog in the Phase 2 DAHLIAS study - a plenary presentation at

#ACR24 instead of #immunosuppressives #PDE5i and #iloprost Prevent the Onset of #ILD in #scleroderma although DU increase the ILD risk from #EUSTAR Database Neslihan Gokcen RheumNow Murat Taşçı🇹🇷🇦🇿 Rheuma Doc JuanFe SRUK | Scleroderma & Raynaud's UK acrabstracts.org/abstract/can-i…

Tip 4: Be helpful. Always. One example is getting consults to the ICU that clearly don't need ICU care. In these situations, the referring physician (or clinician) is often just asking for help. Even if they don't need to come to ICU, lend your expertise and support to help

Proud to share our new article on CV involvement in #BehcetsDisease, now online in The Egyptian Rheumatologist! Free access for 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lUaE3yQKVA%… Thanks to my mentors & co-authors for their invaluable support. #Rheumatology #OpenAccess #Research