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.

Adalimumab effective in nonpsoriatic peripheral spondyloarthritis

Posted on: 09/01/2015 - 15:11

Adalimumab alleviated symptoms and improved physical functions in certain patients with active nonpsoriatic peripheral spondyloarthritis in the first ... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Reducing abatacept feasible for poor-prognosis early RA patients

Posted on: 08/01/2015 - 16:40

Patients with poor-prognosis early rheumatoid arthritis who have been on a regimen of abatacept for at least 1 year and have low disease activity scor... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Antibody elimination may mark radiographic outcomes in RA

Posted on: 08/01/2015 - 13:13

The elimination of anticitrullinated vimentin antibodies during early antirheumatic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients may significantly increas... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Intra-articular better than oral therapies for knee OA?

Posted on: 05/01/2015 - 22:00

Intra-articular treatments appear to be more effective than oral therapies for knee osteoarthritis, but that may be due to their greater placebo effec... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Number, not level, of positive antibodies predicts mortality in early RA

Posted on: 22/12/2014 - 13:27

Seropositivity for both rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated protein antibody was associated with increased mortality, compared with single positivity or seronegativity in patients with early...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

IVIG may be worthwhile in treatment of refractory active diffuse scleroderma

Posted on: 19/12/2014 - 21:01

Intravenous immunoglobulin may be an effective add-on therapy for patients with active diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis who are unresponsive to traditional immunosuppressive treatment, a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Immunogenicity to TNF-alpha blockers varies in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 19/12/2014 - 18:01

Immunogenicity to three TNF-alpha blocking agents seems to vary substantially among patients with psoriatic arthritis, and the use of methotrexate appears to attenuate the presence of antidrug...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Rituximab regimen helped to maintain remission of ANCA-associated vasculitis

Posted on: 18/12/2014 - 22:15

Fixed-interval, repeat-dose rituximab is an effective maintenance therapy for patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis, a retrospective study reports. The study helps to inform the ideal duration of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Psoriasis patients have higher rate of low back pain

Posted on: 18/12/2014 - 18:15

The prevalence of low back pain appears to be higher in people with psoriasis than in the general population, according to an analysis of national survey data. The findings may change the way...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Preeclampsia in SLE ups CVD risk

Posted on: 18/12/2014 - 18:13

Women with lupus and a history of preeclampsia have almost fourfold higher odds of subsequent heart disease as measured by coronary artery calcium than do women with the disease who never had...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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