Vanessa Quick

🌏Today is #RareDiseaseAwareness Day!! The rarest day of the year! #RareDiseaseDay, #vasculitis is a rare #rheumatic #autoimmune disease! #raredisease #together we are stronger!!! @LUPUSUK @WeAreSRUK @RAIRDA_org #BSSA

Do you have PolyMyalgia Rheumatica #PMR? 🚶🏽#Exercise & incorporating #physicalactivity into your day has health benefits 😀Mood 🦴Bones 💪🏽Muscles ➕More Here's a new guide to help you, co-produced by patients & specialists, supported by @PMRGCAuk 👉🏽pmrgca.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

The #TOCSTOP research (@VanessaQuick3 et al) clearly shows that for #GCA patients who receive a year's treatment of tocilizumab - 1/3 relapse by 1 year and 1/2 relapse by 2 years pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37952183/. GCA patients need greater access to this drug.

@IhabFathiSulima Ultrasound should be the first test for #GCA diagnosis if available. TAB would v likely be an unnecessary / invasive test in this florid case, plus unlike ultrasound it would not give additional info about large vessel #LVV involvement pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37550004/#:~:t….

Temporal (Giant cell ) arteritis . - Treatment - Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard diagnosis . - Male , smoker.

@ward_round @OGdukeneurosurg In Europe and increasingly in the states ultrasound is the first test for GCA and biopsy is reserved for uncertain cases academic.oup.com/rheumatology/a… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37550004/#:~:t….

Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also known as temporal arteritis, is a type of vasculitis—a group of disorders characterized by inflammation of blood vessels. GCA primarily affects medium to large arteries, particularly the temporal arteries located on the sides of the head. The condition is more common in individuals over the age of 50. Symptoms often include severe headache, tenderness of the scalp, jaw pain, and visual disturbances. If left untreated, GCA can lead to serious complications such as blindness due to involvement of the ophthalmic arteries. Diagnosis involves clinical evaluation, blood tests, and sometimes a biopsy of the temporal artery. Treatment typically includes high-dose corticosteroids to reduce inflammation. Early detection and prompt treatment are crucial to prevent complications and manage symptoms associated with giant cell arteritis.

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@ward_round @OGdukeneurosurg Temporal arteritis is an out dated but still used name for GCA, as the condition affects a much wider number of arteries in many patients. A significant proportion have large vessel involvement including the aorta and its large branches such as the axillaries.

Bhaskar Dasgupa teaching #GCA #ultrasound at #ArLAR in Kuwait.

Delighted to announce that TOC STOP, a national service evaluation of #GCA patients that have completed a course of #Tocilizumab has recruited 379 patients from 40 Trusts across England and Wales. @PMRGCAuk @RheumatologyUK #ENRAD @NICEguidance

Have your seen our 4 new pathways for core #rheumatology conditions with #BestMSKhealth? 🔹Inflammatory arthritis 🔹GCA 🔹Connective Tissue Disease 🔹Axial SpA Huge thanks to @NRAS_UK @PMRGCAuk @RAIRDA_org @NASSexercise for their support Find them here:🔗bit.ly/3itQYNw

Advice for new fellows: Visit 1: Dx- fibromyalgia Visit 2: MSKUS w/o synovitis Visit 3: carpal tunnel syndrome Visit 4: carpal tunnel injection Visit 5 today: clinical and sonographic synovitis across MCPs and PIPs Things change. Never put someone firmly in one box #RheumTwitter

@cpgale3 @HSRatBMC Grace cardiovascular

The difficulty of implementing a clinical risk score into routine clinic practice. Objective risk assessment vs standard care for ACS — The Australian GRACE Risk tool Implementation Study (AGRIS): a process evaluation ⁦⁦@HSRatBMC⁩ #wondrmedical bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Rheum led FTPs increase rates of secure diagnosis, reduce biopsy rates and reduce sight loss in GCA all for less cost and less admission days. Pushing GCA suspects to A/E will reverse all that.

Worrying: This doesn’t follow BSRs own GCA guideline 2020 “Pts should be evaluated by a specialist ideally on the same working day and in all cases within 3 working days” and may deincentivise Rheum depts to set up GCA fast track pathways as a 1 day rule will feel unachievable

@profbdasgupta @DrAiLynTan @RheumatologyUK @dalia_ludwig @alwinuk Rheum led FTPs increase rates of secure diagnosis, reduce biopsy rates and reduce sight loss in GCA all for less cost and less admission days. Pushing GCA suspects to A/E will reverse all that.

@profbdasgupta @DrAiLynTan @RheumatologyUK @dalia_ludwig @alwinuk Worrying: This doesn’t follow BSRs own GCA guideline 2020 “Pts should be evaluated by a specialist ideally on the same working day and in all cases within 3 working days” and may deincentivise Rheum depts to set up GCA fast track pathways as a 1 day rule will feel unachievable

The British Society for #Rheumatology @RheumatologyUK developed guidance to help ensure right patients are seen promptly by UK specialist Getting It Right First Time #GIRFT 👉🏽rheumatology.org.uk/news/details/B… ...including conditions not to be referred to rheumatology 👇🏽

What we’d give for a summer’s day on a Cornish beach! Bliss! #Cornwall #Porthcurno

2020 Rheumatology Year in Review-- Read our top news items that rheumatologists should recollect and integrate into clinical standards for 2021 and beyond. bit.ly/3nMmd3x

RECOVERY Recruitment Update: 26,000 patients enrolled (including over 3,000 randomised in the ongoing comparison to tocilizumab vs. usual care)

@remap_cap is proud to announce the findings of IL-6 blockade in critically ill patients with #COVID19. medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… (1/10)