Rheumatology
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Tramadol use for noncancer pain linked with increased hip fracture risk
"Our results point to the need to consider tramadol's associated risk of fracture in clinical practice and treatment guidelines," the researchers...
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Fast-tracked surgery for hip fracture does not reduce mortality
However, hospital stays were shorter and patients had less delirium and fewer serious infections.
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Nonspecific musculoskeletal symptoms might indicate early PsA
Diagnosis may be delayed more than 5 years.
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Cherry concentrate fails for gout flares
Gout patients given tart cherry concentrate over 28 days showed no differences in serum urate levels, compared with patients given placebo.
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Gout rates reduced with SGLT2 inhibitors
Type 2 diabetes patients using SGLT2 inhibitors had significantly lower rates of gout than did those taking GLP1 agonists.
Conference Coverage
Prednisolone scores for hand OA
ATLANTA – The approach “is for short course. Long-term steroids can have important side effects, like osteoporosis. We do not think this study...
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Updated gout guidelines: Don’t let kidney function dictate allopurinol dosing
Inadequate allopurinol dosing has been the bête noire of rheumatology for years.
CE/CME
Click for Credit: PPI use & dementia; Weight loss after gastroplasty; more
Topics include: Weight loss after gastroplasty • PT vs steroids for OA • Pregnancy-related death • PPI use & dementia • Biomarkers for CV...
Conference Coverage
OA management guidelines forgo treatment hierarchy or order but emphasize severity, patient risk factors
ATLANTA – “For any individual patient, a single option may be chosen at a particular time point, perhaps with or without other options, and may be...
Conference Coverage
Large population-based study underscores link between gout, CVD event risk
ATLANTA – The relationships between gout and fatal and nonfatal CVD events found in a large population-based health data linkage study in New...