General Internal Medicine

Osteoarthritis

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When do you prefer bariatric surgery such as sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass over an initial trial of a GLP-1 receptor agonist in patients with severe obesity and painful knee or hip osteoarthritis?

This question is part of our collaboration with ACR Convergence 2025 to preview a session from this year's meeting. This question is inspired by the u...

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How do you weigh the risks and benefits of GLP-1 RAs in patients over age 65 specifically in regards to loss of muscle mass and osteoporosis?

How do you counsel patients about these risks? This question is part of our collaboration with ACR Convergence 2025 to preview a session from this ye...

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What is your approach to progressive calvarial hyperostosis found in an elderly adult not caused by Pagets, acromegaly or hypercalcemia?

No evidence for acromegaly or Pagets.

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Can joint replacement surgery be performed in someone with active Paget’s disease elsewhere?

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Do you find MRI helpful to differentiate early erosive OA from psoriatic arthritis when early X-ray changes in both conditions may be hard to distinguish?

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Rheumatology (Oxford), 2014 Sep 16

Differentiation between osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis: implications for pathogenesis and treatment in the biologic therapy era.

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