Elena Nikiphorou

TL;DR: An excess of stroke and heart failure occurs before diagnosis of RA and there is excess risk for further cardiovascular events after diagnosis, which is not explained by differences in traditional CVD or RA-related risk factors at diagnosis.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors explored the prevalence of multimorbidity in patients with IIMs, other autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) and healthy controls (HCs) and further explored the impact of comorbidities on patients' physical, mental, and social health assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS instruments).

TL;DR: A nominal group of adult and pediatric nurses (n=19) from 16 European countries, one rheumatologist, one pharmacist, and two patients, was established by the Portuguese Association of Health Professionals in Rheumatology (APPSReuma) to develop points-to-consider (PtC), based on the best available evidence and experts' opinion, on the nursing education of patients (or carers) with patients taking MTX as mentioned in this paper .

TL;DR: Recently, the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) produced guidelines for the implementation of self-management strategies in patients with inflammatory arthritis, and this editorial discusses the key recommendations in the guidelines.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored current practice and interregional differences in the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) considering countries' Gross National Income (GNI), disease subtypes, and symptoms using patient-reported information.