Manual for Arthritis Clinics

Early inflammatory clinics. Experience with early arthritis/back pain clinics.

There is a clear need to assess patients presenting with a new onset of inflammatory peripheral arthritis and/or back pain early. Indeed, the clinical presentation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is not always characteristic but its early diagnosis is crucial to prevent irreversible structural damage. Likewise low back pain is common in the general population but may be related to ankylosing spond...

Pharmacology – Prep Manual for Undergraduates

pharmacology – prep manual for undergraduates

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Use of a validated screening tool for psoriatic arthritis in dermatology clinics.

Dermatology clinics represent a key opportunity to screen patients with psoriasis for psoriatic arthritis (PA) which often remains unrecognised. A significant proportion of adults with psoriasis develop arthropathy [5] with around two-thirds having progressive arthritis.[6] NICE has recognised this by the annual use of a validated screening tool such as psoriasis epidemiological screening tool ...

1285Evaluation of Manual and Automated Bloodstream Infection Surveillance in Outpatient Dialysis Clinics

1285. Evaluation of Manual and Automated Bloodstream Infection Surveillance in Outpatient Dialysis Clinics Nicola D. Thompson, PhD, MSc; Matthew Wise, PhD; Ruth Belflower, RN, MPH; Meredith Kanago, MSPH; Marion a. Kainer, MBBS, MPH; Vlad Ladik,; Chris Lovell,; Priti Patel, MD, MPH; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN; Dialysis C...