Answering questions on how COVID-19 affects rheumatic patients
As we inch closer to a possible vaccine for COVID-19, we are finally filling in the details on how the pandemic is affecting every aspect of our patient’s lives.
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Systemic Sclerosis and Physical Therapy
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic fibrosing disease currently with no available cure.
ACR Best Abstracts - Day 4
The final day (day 4) of the ACR 2020 meeting saw a flurry of late-breaking abstracts and other novel studies that excited our faculty. Below are some of their choices for #ACRbest.
Rheumatology Round-Up 2020 Tonight!
Rheumatology Round-Up tonight 8:00pm EST, 7pm CST. Drs. Artie Kavanaugh and Jack Cush reprise their long-running end of ACR highlights. Rheums can watch by Zoom (Q&A too), everyone can watch on RheumNow.com or our YouTube channel. See you there!
LLDAS: Predicting Pregnancy Outcomes
Pregnancy in SLE is a high risk situation and active disease can lead to fetal loss, pre-term birth, IUGR and neonatal lupus syndromes. In a study by Dr. Michelle Petri and colleagues, they evaluated whether the LLDAS at the start of pregnancy was predictive of pregnancy outcome.
ACR20 - Day 3 Report
Here are my highlights from day three, Sunday, of the ACR 2020 Convergence.
ACR20 - Day 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3
Check out our many podcasts from the ACR 2020 meeting - listen in for faculty reports and overviews. You can also find the RheumNow podcast on Apple Podcast, Apple Car Play, Android Auto or where ever you prefer to listen.
ACR20 - Day 3.3 & 3.4 Podcasts
Check out our many podcasts from the ACR 2020 meeting - listen in for faculty reports and overviews. You can also find the RheumNow podcast on Apple Podcast, Apple Car Play, Android Auto or where ever you prefer to listen.
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Telemedicine Studies: A Trainee’s Perspective
The shift from face-to-face consultations to telemedicine has been immense for clinicians and patients. Given the numerous challenges and nuances in practising telemedicine, it is apt that ACR 2020 has been packed with abstracts and presentations on this topic.
ACR20 Best Abstracts - Day 3
The RheumNow faculty reporters have been scouring and reporting on the best abstracts from the ACR. Here is a sampling of their choice abstract presentations reported during ACR 2020 Day 3 (#ACRbest).
Evolution of GCA Treatments - More to Come
The field of Rheumatology is an ever-nascent field with an incredible expansion in our therapeutic armamentarium over the past half century. An example of such advancement is easily appreciated when reflecting on the innovative treatment approach to Giant Cell Arteri
