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.

American College of Rheumatology guidelines for screening, treatment, and management of lupus nephritis

Posted on: 21/08/2014 - 15:09

Major Recommendations

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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No rise in breast cancer recurrence found with TNF inhibitor use

Posted on: 13/08/2014 - 13:50

Treatment with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors does not appear to increase the rate of breast cancer recurrence among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to findings from a Swedish...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Guidelines, quality indicators found lacking for CVD in RA

Posted on: 11/08/2014 - 21:30

Rheumatoid arthritis increases cardiovascular risks as much as diabetes does, but guidelines and quality indicators fail to adequately address cardiovascular disease prevention for RA patients,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

One in six SLE patients readmitted in 30 days

Posted on: 11/08/2014 - 05:01

One in six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus was readmitted within 30 days after discharge in a multistate, administrative database study of more than 800 hospitals and 55,000...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Multicenter cooperative psoriatic arthritis study group formed

Posted on: 04/08/2014 - 14:10

NEW YORK – A research consortium in psoriatic arthritis has been recently organized by a group of researchers at academic centers hoping to accelerate data collection by pooling resources. Formed...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Age, income, ethnicity predicted rheumatoid arthritis drug discontinuation

Posted on: 31/07/2014 - 18:25

Some of the same factors that predict patients’ discontinuation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis also appear to predict their initiation, such as use of oral...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Acetaminophen no better than placebo for acute low back pain

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 20:15

Acetaminophen taken regularly or as required was no better than placebo in improving time to recovery in patients with acute low back pain, Australian research shows. A randomized,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

The Medical Roundtable: Osteoarthritis Coping Guidelines for the Elderly

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 19:07

Moderator: Eric P. Gall, MD, MACP, MACR Discussants: Joel A. Block, MD; Roland W. Moskowitz, MD FoxP2 Media LLC is the publisher of The Medical Ro

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Higher risk of progression found in joints with subclinical joint inflammation on MRI

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 18:50

The joints of patients with early arthritis that showed subclinical inflammation on MRI had an increased risk of radiographic progression in the first year after disease presentation, particularly...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Conventional DMARDs may be excluded from psoriatic arthritis enthesitis guidelines

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 16:30

NEW YORK – Conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs will not be included among acceptable treatments for enthesitis related to psoriatic arthritis, according to a draft of guidelines being...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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