Search results for "Rheumatology"
Balancing benefits and harms of pain meds in older adults
Pain guidelines issued by medical societies call for nondrug therapies and exercise as primary recommendations for chronic pain.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/balancing-benefits-and-harms-of-pain-meds-in-older-adults.htm
1 Jul 2023
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for risk of rheumatoid arthritis
A 36-year-old woman is evaluated during a routine wellness visit. She is asymptomatic and has no medical problems. Her mother has rheumatoid arthritis, and the patient is concerned that she might also develop the disease. Following a physical exam, what is most likely to reduce this patient's risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/23/3.htm
23 May 2023
Control is the key in rheumatoid arthritis
To control symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, new guidelines are encouraging internists to act sooner and more definitively combatting the course of the disease. Also, disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs are playing a bigger role in controlling symptoms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/04/rheumatology.htm
1 Apr 2016
Most specialty e-consults appropriate, reduced in-person visits in one health system
A study found that about 70% of electronic consultations to five high-volume specialties were appropriate, ranging from 61% for rheumatology to 78% for psychiatry.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/14/5.htm
14 Apr 2020
Obituaries
ACP remembers College leaders.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/01/obituaries.htm
1 Jan 2022
MKSAP Quiz: 1-year history of lower extremity edema
This week's quiz asks readers to determine the most likely diagnosis for a 60-year-old man with a 30-year history of poorly controlled ankylosing spondylitis and intermittent uveitis who is evaluated for a 1-year history of lower extremity edema.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/02/14/3.htm
14 Feb 2023
Relationships between primary care physicians, specialists may affect patient satisfaction
Patients gave higher ratings after a referral if the specialist trained with their primary care physician, a quasi-experimental study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/01/10/4.htm
10 Jan 2023
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/06/spotlight.htm
1 Jun 2020
Obituaries
Obituaries note the passing of former ACP leaders.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/09/obits.htm
1 Sep 2021
New gout guidelines and 'treat to target'
Guidelines by ACP and by rheumatology societies disagree on the treat-to-target approach to therapy.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/gout.htm
1 Apr 2017