Talking Rheumatology Research

Can patients with rheumatoid arthritis examine their own joints?
Dr David Liew talks to Dr Charlotte Sharp and Karen Staniland about their work to create a video teaching patients how to self-examine tender and swollen joints.

Charlotte is now a consultant rheumatologist based in Manchester and has an interest in applied health research. Karen is the patient and public involvement lead for the REMORA project and has rheumatoid arthritis. Their paper was a winning entry to the 2023 Rheumatology Advances in Practice Trainee Publishing Programme.
Read the article: How to self-examine for tender and swollen joints: co-producing a training video for people with rheumatoid arthritis
You can also watch the video or find out more about the REMORA project.

The countdown to #BSR25 begins!
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How can we best diagnose septic arthritis in the acute care setting?
Dr Pallavi Shamdasani joins Prof Rene Westhovens to discuss the utility of synovial aspiration and intra-operative synovial fluid and tissue culture for the accurate diagnosis of septic arthritis.
Dr Shamdasani is a dual trained rheumatologist and obstetric medicine physician based in Melbourne, Australia. Her paper was a winning entry to the 2023 Rheumatology Advances in Practice Trainee Publishing Programme.
Read the winning paper: Diagnosis of septic arthritis in the acute care setting: the value of routine intra-operative sample culture

The countdown to #BSR25 begins!
Our full Annual Conference 2025 programme is now available. Browse 100+ sessions and get ready for an inspiring event.
https://bit.ly/4bGFX1N

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What is the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and disease flares in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA)?
Dr Shivani Gor and Dr Sung-Hee Kim join Dr Mwidimi Ndosi to discuss their retrospective study, which used C-reactive protein as a marker to determine the proportion of IA patients who had a flare within four weeks of receiving a vaccination for COVID-19.
Dr Gor and Dr Kim are currently rheumatology trainees at Great Western Hospital, UK. Their paper was one of the winning entries to the 2023 Rheumatology Advances in Practice Trainee Publishing Programme.
Read the paper: C-Reactive protein rise in rheumatology patients following COVID-19 vaccination

The countdown to #BSR25 begins!
Our full Annual Conference 2025 programme is now available. Browse 100+ sessions and get ready for an inspiring event.
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What evidence is there for effective transitional care in young people with chronic pain, and what should ideal transitional care look like?
Dr Lauren Huckerby joins Dr Diederik De Cock to discuss her recent systematic review - one of the winning papers from the 2023 Rheumatology Advances in Practice Trainee Publishing Programme.
Dr Huckerby is a paediatric and adolescent rheumatology registrar at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
Read the winning paper: Growing up with chronic pain: a systematic review of the evidence in transitional care for young people with chronic pain
Keywords: chronic pain, transitional care, paediatric, adolescent, JIA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systematic review, rheumatology

The countdown to #BSR25 begins!
Our full Annual Conference 2025 programme is now available. Browse 100+ sessions and get ready for an inspiring event.
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Should there be distinct definitions for difficult-to-treat and complex-to-manage psoriatic arthritis?

In this episode of Talking Rheumatology Research, Dr Fabian Proft and Dr Andre Ribeiro join Dr Ai Lyn Tan to discuss their work to define difficult-to-treat psoriatic arthritis, as part of GRAPPA's wider D2T-PsA project.

Find out more:

1. Deciphering difficult-to-treat psoriatic arthritis (D2T-PsA): a GRAPPA perspective from an international survey of healthcare professionals
2. Find out more about GRAPPA and its work

Keywords: psoriatic arthritis, PSA, difficult-to-treat, D2T, complex-to-manage, C2M, GRAPPA, rheumatology.

The countdown to #BSR25 begins!
Our full Annual Conference 2025 programme is now available. Browse 100+ sessions and get ready for an inspiring event.
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