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Guidelines for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis 2002 Update
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The guideline reviewed in this month's column describes the recommended care of patients who have been previously diagnosed with RA.Abstract:
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive polyarthritis that is responsible for over nine million office visits annually. It is likely that most nurse practitioners will care for one or more patients with RA because approximately 1% of the adult population is affected by this disabling disorder. The guideline reviewed in this month's column describes the recommended care of patients who have been previously diagnosed with RA.read more
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Performance on rheumatoid arthritis quality indicators in an Alaska Native healthcare system
Elizabeth D. Ferucci,Katherine J Donnithorne,Kathryn R. Koller,Amy Swango-Wilson,Jacqueline Pflaum,Anne P. Lanier +5 more
TL;DR: Quality of care for RA varies by measure and is better for patients who see a rheumatologist if they met the following criteria: RA diagnosed before October 2000 fulfilling American College of Rheumatology classification criteria; all care at the Alaska Native Medical Center.
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Will Chinese external therapy with compound Tripterygium wilfordii hook F gel safely control disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: design of a double-blinded randomized controlled trial.
TL;DR: The results of this study are expected to have important public health implications for Asian RA patients that currently utilize CET as a complimentary treatment and to be viewed as supporting the generalizability of CET in the setting of inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
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Utilization Patterns of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Elderly Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Xue Mei Jin,Joongyub Lee,Nam Kyong Choi,Nam Kyong Choi,Jong Mi Seong,Ju-Young Shin,Ye-Jee Kim,Mi Sook Kim,Bo Ram Yang,Byung Joo Park +9 more
TL;DR: Investigation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug utilization in Korean elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis found DMARD use in elderly RA patients was noticeably low, although drug prescriptions showed an increasing trend during the study period.
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The future of rheumatoid arthritis and hand surgery - combining evolutionary pharmacology and surgical technique.
TL;DR: The management of Rheumatoid Arthritis is complex; in the initial phase of the disease it primarily depends on pharmacological management, but with disease progression, surgical input to correct deformity comes to play an increasingly important role.
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Changes in use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in Australia over the period 1992-2004.
Vivien Chan,Susan E. Tett +1 more
TL;DR: The aim of this study was to describe objectively the pattern of consumption of DMARDs in the Australian community 1992–2004, and to compare this with prescribing patterns reported in other countries.
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The American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis.
Frank C. Arnett,Steven M. Edworthy,Daniel A. Bloch,Dennis J. McShane,James F. Fries,Norman S. Cooper,L. A. Healey,Stephen R. Kaplan,Matthew H. Liang,Harvinder S. Luthra,Thomas A. Medsger,Donald M. Mitchell,David H. Neustadt,Robert S. Pinals,Jane G. Schaller,John T. Sharp,Ronald L. Wilder,Gene G. Hunder +17 more
TL;DR: The revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were formulated from a computerized analysis of 262 contemporary, consecutively studied patients with RA and 262 control subjects with rheumatic diseases other than RA (non-RA).
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Measurement of patient outcome in arthritis.
TL;DR: A structure for representation of patient outcome is presented, together with a method for outcome measurement and validation of the technique in rheumatoid arthritis, and these techniques appear extremely useful for evaluation of long term outcome of patients with rheumatic diseases.
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Comparison of Upper Gastrointestinal Toxicity of Rofecoxib and Naproxen in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Claire Bombardier,Loren Laine,Alise S. Reicin,Deborah R. Shapiro,Ruben Burgos-Vargas,Barry R. Davis,Richard O. Day,Marcos Bosi Ferraz,Christopher J. Hawkey,Marc C. Hochberg,Tore K Kvien,Thomas J. Schnitzer +11 more
TL;DR: In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, treatment with rofecoxib, a selective inhibitor of cyclooxygenase-2, is associated with significantly fewer clinically important upper gastrointestinal events than treatment with naproxen, a nonselective inhibitor.
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Gastrointestinal Toxicity With Celecoxib vs Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs for Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: The CLASS Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Fred E. Silverstein,Gerald A. Faich,Jay L. Goldstein,Lee S. Simon,Theodore Pincus,Andrew Whelton,Robert W. Makuch,Glenn M. Eisen,Naurang M. Agrawal,William F. Stenson,Aimee M. Burr,William W. Zhao,Jeffrey D. Kent,James B. Lefkowith,Kenneth M. Verburg,G. Steven Geis +15 more
TL;DR: In this study, celecoxib, at dosages greater than those indicated clinically, was associated with a lower incidence of symptomatic ulcers and ulcer complications combined, as well as other clinically important toxic effects, compared with NSAIDs at standard dosages.
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Infliximab (chimeric anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha monoclonal antibody) versus placebo in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving concomitant methotrexate: a randomised phase III trial. ATTRACT Study Group.
Ravinder N. Maini,E W St Clair,F. C. Breedveld,Daniel E. Furst,Joachim R. Kalden,Michael H. Weisman,Josef S. Smolen,Paul Emery,G Harriman,Marc Feldmann,Peter E. Lipsky +10 more
TL;DR: Infliximab was well-tolerated; withdrawals for adverse events as well as the occurrence of serious adverse events or serious infections did not exceed those in the placebo group.
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