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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Rheumatology

Rheumatology current awareness bulletin

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October 2025

Association of physical therapy care with use of intra-articular injections in people with knee osteoarthritis: a real-world cohort study

Associations and diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound features in knee osteoarthritis: cross-sectional results from a large community-based cohort

Associations of fire smoke and other pollutants with incident rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis–associated interstitial lung disease

Avoidable hospitalizations in persons with rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study using administrative data

The effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide on cartilage in osteoarthritis

Global, regional and national burden of knee osteoarthritis 1990–2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study 2021

The gut microbiome in hyperuricemia and gout

Immune aging in rheumatoid arthritis

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (NEJM review)

Lupus flares: more common in dialysis patients than in post–kidney transplant recipients - a systematic review and meta-analysis

The National Academies’ 2024 diagnostic criteria for Long COVID: concerns that could affect the rheumatology community

Nociplasticity: a proposed concept to understand the symptomatology of systemic lupus erythematosus

Peripheral biomarker signatures in rheumatoid arthritis–associated interstitial lung disease

Plasma proteomic profiles predict individual future osteoarthritis risk

Pregnancy outcomes of targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs among patients with autoimmune diseases: a scoping review

Primary Sjögren’s Disease: a review of unmet need, outcome measures, therapeutic advances and health economic impacts. Lessons from the NEw Clinical Endpoints in primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: an Interventional Trial based on stratifYing patients (NECESSITY) Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)

Sex-related differences in efficacy and safety outcomes in axial spondyloarthritis randomized clinical trials: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Treating juvenile dermatomyositis to target: Paediatric Rheumatology European Society/Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance-endorsed recommendations from an international task force

Vitamin D Is associated with susceptibility and disease severity in systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sources

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (Jul); Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Sep); Arthritis & Rheumatology (Jul-Aug); Arthritis Care & Research (Jul-Aug); International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases (Jul-Aug); NEJM (Jul)

August 2025

25 years of biologics for the treatment of pediatric rheumatic disease: advances in prognosis and ongoing challenges

Advancing rheumatologic care in older adults: highlights from the 2024 American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases collection on axial spondyloarthritis (2022-2024): advances in the field

Diagnostic delay and less intensive therapy for people with psoriatic arthritis compared with rheumatoid arthritis: a study nested within an English and Welsh audit data set

Efficacy of Janus kinase inhibitors in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of an international consensus statement

Environmental risk factors for systemic lupus erythematosus through the lens of social determinants of health

EULAR/PReS endorsed recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF): 2024 update

EULAR recommendations for use of antirheumatic drugs in reproduction, pregnancy, and lactation: 2024 update

Expert consensus statement on the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases with Janus kinase inhibitors: 2024 update

Expert perspective: diagnostic approach to differentiating juvenile dermatomyositis from muscular dystrophy

Gout flares after stopping anti-inflammatory prophylaxis: a rapid literature review and meta-analysis

Inflammatory bowel disease and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a UK Biobank cohort study

Management of relapses in giant cell arteritis

Obesity substantially impacts rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: time to act

Physician views and attitudes regarding tobacco-cessation strategies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Potentially elevated rheumatoid arthritis risk due to chemotherapy-induced inflammation in prostate cancer with bone metastasis

Safety and efficacy of ianalumab in patients with Sjögren's disease: 52-week results from a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 2b dose-ranging study

Safety of colchicine on fertility, pregnancy, and lactation: a systematic review and meta-analysis informing the EULAR/PReS recommendations for familial Mediterranean fever

Safety of Janus kinase inhibitors in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases – a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of an international expert consensus statement

Sources

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (May-Jun); Arthritis & Rheumatology (May-Jun); Arthritis Care & Research (May-Jun); International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases (Jun)

June 2025

Angular assessment of joints in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Animal models informing the role of the microbiome and its metabolites in rheumatoid arthritis

The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) consensus-based expert definition of difficult-to-manage, including treatment-refractory, axial spondyloarthritis

Association of walking with incident knee osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study using data from the UK Biobank

Autoimmune connective tissue diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis

Determinants of self-management behavior in gout: a scoping review

Dual-energy computed tomography applications in rheumatology

Exploring the mucosal immune response in axial spondyloarthritis through immunoglobulin A-coated microbiota

Gut and joint microbiomes

How to treat undifferentiated arthritis today or tomorrow? A consideration of treatment recommendations in light of current evidence

Improving identification of at-risk behaviors in adolescents with rheumatic disease

It takes a village (the microbiome of juvenile idiopathic arthritis)

Macrophage activation syndrome (review article)

Newer immunosuppressants for rheumatologic disease

Profile and attributes of physician assistants/associates in rheumatology: an in-depth analysis

Recommendations for aligned nomenclature of peripheral nervous system disorders across rheumatology and neurology

Stem cell injections for osteoarthritis of the knee (new Cochrane intervention review)

Systematic literature review and meta-analysis informing the EULAR points to consider on the initiation of targeted therapies in patients with inflammatory arthritis and a history of cancer

Sources

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (Apr); Arthritis & Rheumatology (Apr); Arthritis Care & Research (Apr); Cochrane Library (Mar-Apr); Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America (May); Rheumatology and Immunology Research (Mar)

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