Rheumatology | European Federation of Internal Medicine

Rheumatology (Greek ρεύμα, rheuma, river) is a sub-specialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, devoted to diagnosis and therapyof rheumatic diseases. Clinicians who specialize in rheumatology are called rheumatologists. Rheumatologists deal mainly with clinical problems involving joints, soft tissues, autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, and heritable connective tissue disorders.

European ANCA-associated vasculitis guidance gets first makeover since 2009

Posted on: 25/06/2016 - 17:23

LONDON – Updated management recommendations for patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis from the European L... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Primary care gout patients often discontinue allopurinol

Posted on: 24/06/2016 - 19:32

LONDON – Many patients with newly diagnosed gout who are prescribed allopurinol to reduce their uric acid level and prevent recurrent episodes fail ... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: No major malformations ascribed to bisphosphonate use in pregnancy

Posted on: 23/06/2016 - 22:45

LONDON – One of the largest studies of pregnancy outcomes after bisphosphonate exposure has found no evidence for major teratogenic effects in women... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Single rituximab dose slows rheumatoid arthritis development

Posted on: 23/06/2016 - 17:20

A single, intravenous dose of 1,000 mg rituximab to people with arthralgia and a high risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis halved the incidence of... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Investigational Wnt inhibitor shows promise in knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 23/06/2016 - 16:29

LONDON – Early clinical data show that a novel injectable drug holds promise for becoming the first disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug. The resu... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: RA patients on subcutaneous methotrexate avoid biologics

Posted on: 20/06/2016 - 16:58

LONDON – Subcutaneous methotrexate monotherapy may be more effective at helping recently diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis avoid biologic... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Updated Behçet’s disease recommendations expand biologic treatment

Posted on: 20/06/2016 - 16:43

LONDON – A EULAR task force issued the first update to recommendations for managing Behçet’s disease since 2008, with revised recommendations tha... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Step therapy and biologics: An easier road ahead?

Posted on: 22/01/2016 - 23:04

Payers’ fail-first policies pose special concerns for clinicians treating with biologic therapies. Until these become cheaper, navigating them will ... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

MRI findings beyond sacroiliitis not necessary for classifying nonradiographic axial SpA

Posted on: 20/01/2016 - 21:53

Current recommendations for identifying sacroiliitis on MRI to classify patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis should still depend on t... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Secukinumab receives FDA approval for psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 18/01/2016 - 20:02

The Food and Drug Administration approved two new indications for the interleukin-17A inhibitor secukinumab (Cosentyx) – psoriatic arthritis in adul... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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