2024年11月25日 · Recommended treatment includes pulse intravenous glucocorticoids (250-1000 mg/day for 1-3 days) transitioning to oral dosing (≤0.5 mg/kg/day), with the goal of tapering to a dose of 5 mg/day or less by 6 months.

2022年4月6日 · References. American College of Rheumatology & American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. 2022 American College of Rheumatology/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons guideline for the perioperative management of antirheumatic medication in patients with rheumatic diseases undergoing elective total hip …

2022年9月12日 · Etiology and Risk Factors. Spondylosis, or degeneration of the spine, is the most common cause of facet joint disease. Osteoarthritis, or degeneration that is due to natural wear and tear, is a process that involves cytokines and proteolytic enzymes. Other causes of facet hypertrophy can include trauma caused by car accidents, sports injuries, or falls. 1

2024年3月5日 · Throughout 2024, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved new drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), giant cell arteritis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and certain cancers, while also expanding treatment indications for previously approved drugs.

2024年12月11日 · The most common adverse events reported with both treatments were mild to moderate gastrointestinal-related side effects. Tirzepatide provided superior weight loss when compared with semaglutide in the SURMOUNT-5 trial.

2022年11月15日 · History and Epidemiology. A typically uniarticular condition, hydroxyapatite (HA) crystal deposition disease (HADD) is marked by the presence of hydroxyapatite crystals in the periarticular soft tissues, especially the tendons 1.HA is a mineral found in normal bone, but when it builds up in and around the joints it can cause inflammation, tenderness, and pain.

2021年6月18日 · The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) recently released updated guidelines for the pharmacologic management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The full report has been published simultaneously in Arthritis Care & Research and Arthritis & Rheumatology.. Overall, the updated guidelines include treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), including biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs) and ...

2017年12月20日 · Biologics, approved nearly 20 years ago for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), transformed treatment, and tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFis) are now usually the first and most frequently used biologics. 1. Although all TNFis block TNFα and are broadly similar in efficacy and toxicity, resulting in little preference of one over another, there are important differences in TNFis ...

2022年8月9日 · Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) is a diagnosis of exclusion. Patients who present with clinical and serolotical manifestations that suggest a systemic autoimmune disease but do not fulfill criteria for defined connective tissue disease (eg, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, myositis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome) are classified to have UCTD.

2023年5月10日 · This is a comprehensive table of rheumatology ICD 10 codes used by researchers as well as healthcare professionals and personnel—nurses, medical coders, physicians, et al.