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WEBRMD Open publishes high quality peer-reviewed original research covering the full spectrum of musculoskeletal disorders, rheumatism and connective tissue diseases, including osteoporosis, spine and rehabilitation.Clinical and epidemiological research, basic and translational medicine, interesting clinical cases, and smaller studies that add to the literature are all considered.
Reactive arthritis after SARS-CoV-2 infection - RMD Open
WEBSARS-CoV-2 has been recognised as a potential trigger of inflammatory arthritis in individuals with inflammatory rheumatic diseases as well as in previously unaffected individuals. However, new-onset arthritis after COVID-19 is a heterogeneous phenomenon that complicates differential diagnosis. For example, acute arthritis with features of viral arthritis has been reported after COVID-19, as ...
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WEBThe American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Survey Criteria and the Italian version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire completed the survey. Results A final sample of 616 individuals (77.4% women) filled the form 6±3 months after the COVID-19 diagnosis. Of these, 189 (30.7%) satisfied the ACR survey criteria for FM (56.6% women).
Scoring ultrasound synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: a ... - RMD Open
WEBObjectives To develop a consensus-based ultrasound (US) definition and quantification system for synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A multistep, iterative approach was used to: (1) evaluate the baseline agreement on defining and scoring synovitis according to the usual practice of different sonographers, using both grey-scale (GS) (synovial hypertrophy (SH) and effusion) and power ...
Management of lupus nephritis: a systematic literature ... - RMD …
WEBObjectives To analyse the current evidence for the management of lupus nephritis (LN) informing the 2019 update of the EULAR/European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association recommendations. Methods According to the EULAR standardised operating procedures, a PubMed systematic literature review was performed, from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2018. Since this was an ...
Distinguishing rheumatoid arthritis from psoriatic arthritis - RMD …
WEBRheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have key differences in clinical presentation, radiographic findings, comorbidities and pathogenesis to distinguish between these common forms of chronic inflammatory arthritis. Joint involvement is typically, but not always, asymmetric in PsA, while it is predominantly symmetric in RA. Bone erosions, without new bone growth, and cervical ...
WEBmader r et al. rMD Open 226:e1151 doi:11136rmdopen211151 1 Original research Imaging of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) Reuven Mader ,1 Xenofon Baraliakos ,2 Iris Eshed,3 Irina Novofastovski,1 Amir Bieber,1 Jorrit-Jan Verlaan,4 David Kiefer ,5,6 Nicola Pappone,7 Fabiola Atzeni8 To cite: Mader r, Baraliakos X, eshed i, et al. imaging of
MRI for diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis: major advance with ...
WEBRecognition of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) remains challenging, as no unique reference standard is available to ascertain diagnosis. Imaging procedures have been used for long in the field, in particular pelvic radiography, to capture structural changes evocative of sacroiliitis, the key feature in SpA. The introduction of MRI of the sacroiliac joints (SIJs) has led to a major shift in ...
EULAR Sjögren's syndrome disease activity index (ESSDAI): a user …
WEBThe EULAR Sjögren's syndrome (SS) disease activity index (ESSDAI) is a systemic disease activity index that was designed to measure disease activity in patients with primary SS. With the growing use of the ESSDAI, some domains appear to be more challenging to rate than others. The ESSDAI is now in use as a gold standard to measure disease activity in clinical studies, and as an outcome ...
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