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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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Utilisation des inhibiteurs du TNF alpha au cours de la polyarthrite rhumatoïde : enquête nationale sur la pratique des rhumatologues aux États-Unis

TL;DR: L'utilisation des agents anti-TNF ne se limite pas aux patients ayant une PR de severite moyenne ou importante, mais s'il existe quelques differences en ce qui concerne les prescriptions des examens de laboratoire et les obstacles ressentis a l' utilisation des anti- TNF.
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Looking Back: Safety of Current Treatments

TL;DR: An overview of several common injectable agents for the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries and pathologies is provided, with a special focus on the safety profile of corticosteroids, viscosupplementation, and local anesthesic agents.
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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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