Smita Maruvada

Frequency and Significance of Hepatic Involvement in New-Onset Giant Cell Arteritis: A Study of 514 Patients - J Rheumatol pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37839813/?utm_…

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💥💥Its here!! ✨️✨️Annual events each year that keeps amazing us! 👇🏻 📲 Apple #iPhone #iPhone15 announcement/s & #ACR Convergence Schedule at a glance! 🗓🤗 @ACRheum💪The schedule looks as strong as Titanium! 💫Loaded with awesomess! Excited already! #ACR23 #ACRambassador

#ClinicalPearl what is the #diagnosis? hint most of the changes are damage ex post inflammatory depigmentation and increased #pigmentation. What are the 2 most likely #antibodies to be positive?

A highlight of today’s @uiowa Carver College of Medicine commencement proceedings is the chill nature of the ASL interpreter

Nearly 30% #myositis patients #flare after #COVID infection- a good reason to #vaccinate Special thanks to all myositis #patientgroups for hhelping us gather this data! @MyositisSupport @TheMyositisAssc @UKMyositis watermark.silverchair.com/kead149.pdf?to… @RheumJnl

Silicosis and Rapidly Progressive Systemic Sclerosis! journals.lww.com/ijru/Fulltext/… #MedTwitter #RheumTwitter #MedEd #scleroderma

The chaos that preceded the @LSUHS Fellows #RheumMadness bracket submission! We had a gr8 time learning Rheum history these 2 months: understanding why we do what we do today. The All Star Season should be a part of every Rheum fellowship forever!

EULAR has published the 2022 update on recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). bit.ly/3yPaB7O

@Janetbirdope Would you consider escalating treatment to bosentan and prostacyclins when patients have severe pain and refractory Raynauds with CCBand PDEi but have no evidence of digital ulcerations.

#ClinicalPearl Severe vasculopathy from #systemic #sclerosis If one digit is amputated, then many more fingers are at risk. CCBs, PDE5i and prostacyclins. Some countries have access of digital ulcer prevention with bosentan. #MedEd #MedTwitter

Be a minimalist versus a maximalist. Live to the point. Say NO to most activities, so you can build the rest of your life around your gorgeous priorities. Type YES if you commit to being a more focused producer. 🙏🏽 Hope all this helps. I’m here to serve. Love, Robin

Hahahahaha love this brackett playing out all the nerdy #RheumMadness team names! "CYC'd for SLS" all the way!! #RheumTwitter @sarwatchatha @MaruvadaSmita @hassaankhanp @JasmeenUppal92

The study involved 13 JDM patients who had failed multiple lines of therapy, including glucocorticoids, methotrexate, and biologic agents. After 6 months of abatacept therapy, 11 patients (85%) showed improvement in disease activity

New Clinical Image from ACR Open Rheumatology: Calcinosis universalis in systemic sclerosis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… #OpenAccess

How sclerosants work for telangiectasias 💉💡

Do not take antacids or PPI with mycophenolate. Magnesium & aluminium hydroxide antacids (Maalox) will lower MMF Cmax 33% & AUC 17% if given simultaneously. PPI also lowers AUC by ~33% bit.ly/3BOc0xo bit.ly/3j3FZuz bit.ly/3V6ohnz

Solid advice. If a woman on chronic #methtrexate becomes pregnant, stop it and give folate 5 mg/day. Also reassure pt and send for tests as needed - fetal ultrasound, counselling, etc

Spooooky Rheuuuumies! 👻 With the most awesome PDs ever @sarwatchatha & Dr Hayat. Decor for @LSUHS inter-departmental Door competition by yours truly, @MaruvadaSmita & @JasmeenUppal92! #GameOfBones #CreakyJoints

IL-6i in Behcets? Lit Review finds 25 articles papers, 74 pts (31 TNFi naive, 45 TNFi prior Rx). Pts Rx w/ tocilizumab IV. TCZ given for vascular, CNS , ocular & mucocutaneous. TCZ was effective in 87% TNF naive & 80% in TNFi Experienced pts. bit.ly/3fjUoRK

NEJM Clinical Images: 74-yoF with psoriatic arthritis has swelling of the fifth finger; found to have nontender, subcutaneous nodules in the hypothenar region and over the fifth finger. bit.ly/3AoDMQP