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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.
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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.

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Physical therapy for older adults with arthritis: what is recommended?

TL;DR: A review of the common findings of the physical therapy examination and evidence for physical therapy interventions for select arthritic conditions in older adults with arthritis.
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Efectividad y seguridad de adalimumab y etanercept en artritis reumatoide en un hospital de tercer nivel

TL;DR: Adalimumab and etanercept had a similar effectiveness in the population diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis andCriteria of use may condition results, and thus awareness of other hospitals experience is encouraged.
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Shared Experiences and Best Practices in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Crohn's Disease

TL;DR: The AMBITION study: Superiority of Tociluzumab (TCZ) vs methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy in patients with rheumatiod arthritis is compared.
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Cost-effectiveness of tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonists in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.

TL;DR: Pharmacoeconomic studies conclude that tumor necrosis factor-α antagonists result in significant increases in health-related quality of life; however, the cost–effectiveness of this class of drug remains uncertain, particularly in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.
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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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