Summaries of Must-Read Clinical Literature, Guidelines, and FDA Actions
Must Reads by Date
Must reads for theWeek ending September 20, 2015
A Care Gap in Inflammatory Arthritis?, Effect of missing one type of antibody evaluated
IGF-1, Adioponectin Levels and RA Link, Muscle mass, disease activity and severity gauged
Predicting Knee Osteoarthritis, Is there value in measuring meniscus extrusion?
Infections in Patients With Lupus, What contributes to compromised ability to fight?
Regulatory T-Cells of RA Patients Studied, How did they compare to those of healthy controls?
Must reads for theWeek ending September 13, 2015
Myocardial Infarction in Arthroplasty, How persistent is the risk?
Racism in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Comparing perceptions in African-American and white patients
Walking Habits in Knee Osteoarthritis, Associating depression with a change in steps
Physical Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Does activity intensity affect cardiovascular risk?
A Common Pathway in Osteoarthritis, Linking OA in finger joints with meniscus damage
Must reads for theWeek ending September 6, 2015
Fracture in Invasive Breast Cancer, Assessing fracture incidence after BC diagnosis
Tabalumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Does it block the BAFF pathway?
Lower Back Pain After Hip Arthroplasty, Studying Socioeconomic Associations
Smoking and Fracture Risk, Can quitting decrease the risk?
Rheumatoid Factor in RA, Associating RF with disease activity
Must reads for theWeek ending August 30, 2015
Safety of Rituximab at 11 Years of Observation, Studying infection, cardiac events, and malignancies
Oral Contraceptive Use on Inflammatory Arthritis, Do OCs affect patient-reported outcomes?
Psychosocial Morbidities in RA, Evaluating associations with cardiovascular disease
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and Lupus, What is their relation with anti-RNP autoantibodies?
Fibrosis Markers and Fracture Risk, Examining TGF-β1 and PIIINP
Must reads for theWeek ending August 23, 2015
Vascular Mortality in Ankylosing Spondylitis, Assessing risk factors and mortality
NSAIDs in Reducing Ankylosing Spondylitis Pain, Does efficacy differ?
Statin Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Studying associations with mortality
Interstitial Lung Disease in RA, Analyzing clinical and laboratory factors
Seasonal Incidence of Acute Gouty Arthritis, When do hospitalizations peak?