PPT-What’s new in my specialty- Rheumatoid Arthritis

Ogden SurgicalMedical Society Meeting 2018 Gregory T Austad MD FACP FACR Tanner Memorial Clinic Disclosures None Objectives Understand the mechanism of action of biologic and newer small molecule medications for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The good news is that the outlook has greatly improved for many people with newly diagnosed detected RA Of course RA remains a serious disease and one that can vary widely in symptoms what you feel and outcomes Even so treatment advances have made John Imboden MD. Rheumatoid arthritis: typical presentation. Prevalence 1%. Female > male (3:1). Peak onset: age 30s to 40s. Insidious onset of joint pain & AM stiffness lasting hours. By . Paula Roberts . FY1. Definition . Epidemiology . Pathophysiology . Signs and symptoms . Investigations . Management . Case study . Objectives . Rheumatoid arthritis is an . Inflammatory condition. . Stephanie Arrington. Joint Replacement . Research suggests that more than a million people a year are getting a total joint replacement. . More than half will be younger than 65. . Joint replacement are most typically an artificial hip or knee.. Dr R B Kalia,. Additional Professor ,. Department of Orthopaedics. Leaning Objective. Clinical Features of RA. Investigations . Diagnosis. Indications for Surgery in Arthritis. Various procedures possible. FRCPEdin. ; . FRCSEdin. “A . chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and . ankles”.. : Autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of connective tissue. Joint tissue is permanently affected, but any connective tissue of the body might be involved.. Etiology. : Associated with the production of abnormal antibodies that attacks or attaches to the bodies own cells and tissues. Presence of the antibody called Rheumatoid factor (RF) in the affected individuals blood is indicative of the disease.. . Rheumatoid arthritis is most common inflammatory disease of joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is primarily a disease of . synovium. .. Women are effected two to four times more often than men.. RA is systemic disease of young and middle-aged adults characterized by proliferative and restrictive changes in synovial membrane ,. Page 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis People have long feared r heumatoid arthritis (commonly called RA) as one of the most disabling types of improved for many people with newly diagnosed (detected) RA . Abstract Objective: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Address for Correspondence: Rajaie Namas, Division of Rheumatology, Department . By. Dr. Muhammad Abdullah Shwani. Assistant professor/Consultant urologist. Kurdistan Higher Council of Medical Specialties (KHCMS). drmalshwani@mail.com. Dr JW . Mojapelo. . MBChB. (. Pret. ). Dr M . Libala. . MBChB. (. Pret. ). Introduction. Arthritis is defined as a group of medical conditions accompanied by joint inflammation followed by various systemic symptoms and signs . Bryant England, MD, PhD. University of Nebraska Medical . Center. Omaha, NE, USA. Key message. Multimorbidity is growing problem that is associated with poor long-term health outcomes.. Of the four rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) examined in RISE, the prevalence of multimorbidity was highest in gout, similar in RA and . Alan L. Epstein, MD. Clinical Professor of Medicine. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Disclosures. Speakers’ Bureau and Consultant:. Abbvie, Amgen, Astra-Zeneca, BMS, . Chemocentryx. , Fresenius .