Thank you, Ebony B. Carter, MD, MPH, for this wonderful demonstration of how the #COVID19vaccine works! #vaccine #science WashU Medicine OBGYN youtu.be/d5lX3B0vviU

Solid review of OA in the hip/knee JAMA Very pretty charts for the next time you're lecturing on OA! Notable that many therapies here - ie hyaluronic acid and PrP - continue to be used widely despite recommendations to the contrary PDFs: ebrheum.com/twts

Fascinating RCT of TCZ vs. RTX, stratified by synovial bx The Lancet ⬆️ response to TCZ (63% vs 36% CDAI 50% change at wk 16) w/B-cell based RNA-seq classification, but no change w/histo (56 vs 45% p = 0.31) The future has arrived? It sounds awesome, invasive, & expensive...

"Welcome to Rheumatology, we have a great mix of inpatient medicine, outpatient medicine and waiting on hold with insurance companies to get prior authorizations!" Dr. Glaucomflecken

On behalf of the entire #COVaRiPAD team, we are thrilled to announce our preprint reporting humoral responses after BOTH doses of mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vax in 133 pts w/ chronic inflammatory diseases (CID) and 53 immunocompetent controls: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…. 1/

May as well join the fun: TYPES OF [X] PAPERS - RHEUM-EDITION! Special thanks to Benjamin Mazer for this article theatlantic.com/science/archiv… And to this website: observablehq.com/@guillaume-lev… And sorry if someone already did this! Had not seen yet for rheum but wouldn't be surprised ;)

Immunogenicity of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases compared to general population. ard.bmj.com/content/early/… Treatment with glucocorticoids, rituximab, MMF, abatacept was associated with a reduced immunogenicity

When you finally finish training and become an “independent” attending x.com/buitengebieden…

Textbooks say fever is common in lupus ("36%–86%") BUT IT IS NOT! Lupus is cause of FUO in 5%; Fever is seen in a minority of SLE onsets; Fever occurs w/ SLE complications - vasculitis, pneumonitis/serositis/alveolar hem, CNS, & INFECTION! bit.ly/3v76pg3

our review in ACR_Journals pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34313399/ SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS-ASSOCIATED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE: How to incorporate two Food and Drug Administration-approved therapies in clinical practice U-M Department of Internal Medicine #nintedanib and #tocilizumab in SSc-ILD

How the coronavirus infects cells, evades detection and multiplies. Very nice summary of what we are dealing with. #covid19 nature.com/articles/d4158…

Can we get a thread going of tips n’ tricks for new attending physicians? Asking for me 😅

Medical specialties as #TedLasso characters. A #MedLasso thread. Starting with Ted Lasso whose eternal optimism and relentless cheer is so obviously pediatrics. See also: Dani Rojas 1/

Time for some new CDC guidelines

Parallel Session V: Outcomes Cardiovascular Burden in Patients With ANCA-Associated and Non-ANCA Associated Vasculitis Dr. Ana B Arevalo Ana Belen Arevalo #Vasculitis22

We fundraise because we care. We care about patients with #Myositis and want to fund research, novel treatments, a cure to these diseases. Fundraise with us The Myositis Association! Chicago for Myositis. Please RT! secure.givelively.org/teams/myositis…

Do you like/love Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (#MSUS) in general, as well as in Rheumatology (#RhMSUS)? You must follow/watch this👇Sᴡɪss Uʟᴛʀᴀsᴏᴜɴᴅ Cᴇɴᴛᴇʀ - UZR #POCUS #MSKUS

Radiology #innovation Mayo Clinic #Photon counting CT with amazing resolution of medium sized vessels Patient with acute intra abdominal bleed #vasculitis mimic #FMD - not #PAN Glad to avoid #glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide!

Nifty little read about dx and tx algorithms in monogenic autoinflammatory disease I think we need to start generating more diagnostic algorithms and "approach to" articles Working on a series for my fellows and have had a hard time finding material!

In this Test Account workshop from Jake Murray Lisa Zickuhr AndreaRamirezG Amber Deptola MD residents learn to perform knee & shoulder arthrocentesis through simulated scenarios & assessment tools with strong reliability & validity evidence. ow.ly/svXo50O5q7R #MEPFeature