Rheumatology

Inflammatory arthritis

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Are there patients with SLE associated inflammatory arthritis in whom you recommend TNF inhibitors as a treatment option?

Specifically referring to SLE and not a true 'Rhupus' overlap patient. How do you weigh the safety or risk of the use of these agents in SLE patients?...

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When would you consider utilizing bone scintigraphy in the assessment of inflammatory arthritis?

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How do you approach differentiating infectious vs inflammatory tenosynovitis?

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Do you stop TNF inhibitors during the third trimester of pregnancy?

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Is it safe to treat checkpoint inhibitor-induced arthritis with methotrexate or biologics?

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How would you treat inflammatory arthritis in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome and ILD (on mycophenolate) that is not responsive to hydroxychloroquine?

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How do you approach the continued use of TNF inhibitors in a patient with inflammatory arthritis who develops a positive dsDNA without clinical evidence of drug-induced lupus?

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How long would you treat with antimycobacterials before starting biologic DMARD in a patient with latent TB and active rheumatoid arthritis?

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How do you advise patients who had autoimmune diseases "triggered" by COVID infections on getting COVID vaccination?

E.g., inflammatory polyarthritis or inflammatory myopathy with onset within 2 weeks of documented COVID infection

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How do you manage arthralgias with subclinical synovitis seen on US or MRI?

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Papers discussed in this category

Ann. Rheum. Dis., 2019 Sep 20

Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced inflammatory arthritis persists after immunotherapy cessation.

Lancet Rheumatol, 2021 Apr 06

Incident systemic rheumatic disease following COVID-19.

N Engl J Med, 2020 Nov 20

Covid-19-Associated Myopathy Caused by Type I Interferonopathy.

Arthritis Rheum,

Tuberculosis associated with therapy against tumor necrosis factor alpha.

Autoimmun Rev, 2012 Nov 30

Immunogenicity and autoimmunity during anti-TNF therapy.

Chest, 2021 Feb

Consensus Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Disease in Sjögren's.

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