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Rheumatology Clinical Briefs

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Associated With Increased Risk for Infection CME In a review of US Medicaid data, hospitalized children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis had higher rates of serious bacterial infection than children without this disease.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, May 11, 2012
Obesity Adds to Increased Rates of Rheumatoid Arthritis CME/CE A retrospective, population-based study in Minnesota reveals that more than half of the increase in rheumatoid arthritis in women can be attributed to obesity.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, May 8, 2012
Combination Treatment More Effective Than Monotherapy in Early RA CME At 102 weeks, immediate combination treatment or triple therapy was more effective than monotherapy before step-up therapy in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, May 2, 2012
FDA Safety Changes: Warnings Issued on Storage, Use of Fentanyl Patches CME/CE To prevent harm from accidental exposure, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning emphasizing the appropriate storage, use, application, and disposal of fentanyl patches.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, April 25, 2012
Epidural Steroid Injections Provide Modest Relief for Sciatica CME In a randomized trial of patients with sciatica, epidural injections of steroids or a cytokine inhibitor were not much better than epidural saline injections in relieving leg and back pain.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, April 24, 2012
Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Not Linked With Cancer Risk CME In a British study, patients who have undergone metal-on-metal hip replacement had no increased risk for cancer for up to 7 years after the procedure.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, April 18, 2012
New Evidence-Based Treatment Recommendations for Inflammatory Arthritis CME/CE Rheumatologists have reported a set of 11 evidence-based recommendations for drug therapy to manage pain in inflammatory arthritis.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, April 18, 2012
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Recommendations Updated: ACR CME/CE The American College of Rheumatology has issued 2012 updates to its 2008 recommendations on the use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and biologic agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, April 17, 2012
Increased Mortality Risk Evident in Patients With RA Who Stop Statins CME In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, stopping statins for at least 3 months was associated with a 60% increased risk for cardiovascular mortality and a 79% increased risk for all-cause mortality.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, April 5, 2012
Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked With Increased Risks for AF, Stroke CME A new study shows that patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a 40% increased risk for atrial fibrillation and a 30% increased risk of stroke vs those without rheumatoid arthritis.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, March 30, 2012