The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. This month’s Editor’s Picks spotlight interview is with Lars Erik Kristensen, MD, PhD, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg, Denmark.

This month’s selections also include:

Xie, et al: Benefits of Methotrexate Use on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Initiating Biologic Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191326

Jørgensen, et al: Relation Between Fatigue and ACR Response in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis Treated With Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Therapy: A Population-based Cohort Study - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191107

Dominguez, et al: Relationship Between Genetic Risk and Age of Diagnosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200002

Coffey, et al: Hospitalization Rates Are Highest in the First 5 Years of Systemic Sclerosis: Results From a Population-based Cohort (1980–2016) - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200737

Singh and Cleveland: Hospitalized Infections in People With Osteoarthritis: A National US Study - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191383

To read these, and other full articles visit www.jrheum.org.

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The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. This month’s Editor’s Picks spotlight interview is with Kaleb Michaud, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, and FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, Kansas, USA.

This month’s selections also include:

Ozen, et al: The Risk of Cardiovascular Events Associated With Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Rheumatoid Arthritis - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200265

Ogdie, et al: Descriptive Comparisons of the Effect of Apremilast and Methotrexate Monotherapy in Oligoarticular Psoriatic Arthritis: The Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry Results- https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191209

Kim, et al: Lupus Low Disease Activity State Achievement Is Important for Reducing Adverse Outcomes in Pregnant Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200802

Mossel, et al: Clinical Phenotyping of Primary Sjögren Syndrome Patients Using Salivary Gland Ultrasonography: Data From the RESULT Cohort - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200482

Panwar et al: Whole-body MRI Quantification for Assessment of Bone Lesions in Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis Patients Treated With Pamidronate: A Prevalence, Reproducibility, and Responsiveness Study - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200329

To read the full articles visit www.jrheum.org.

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The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. This month’s Editor’s Picks spotlight interview is with Claire Barber, MD, FRCPC, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

This month’s selections also include:

Barber, et al: Evaluating Quality of Care for Rheumatoid Arthritis for the Population of Alberta Using System-level Performance Measures - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200420

Liu, et al: Physical Activity and Attitudes Toward Exercise in People With Axial and Peripheral Spondyloarthritis- https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200354

Harkey, et al: A Decline in Walking Speed Is Associated With Incident Knee Replacement in Adults With and at Risk for Knee Osteoarthritis - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200176

Mendel, et al: CanVasc Consensus Recommendations for the Management of Antineutrophil Cytoplasm Antibody-associated Vasculitis: 2020 Update - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200721

Gkrouzman, et al: Antiphospholipid Antibody Profile Stability Over Time: Prospective Results From the APS ACTION Clinical Database and Repository - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200513

To read the full articles visit www.jrheum.org.

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The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. This month’s Editor’s Picks spotlight interview is with Dr. Ibrahim Almaghlouth.

This month’s selections also include:

Almaghlouth, et al: Propensity Score Methods in Rare Disease: A Demonstration Using Observational Data in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200254

Faye, et al: Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Autoimmune Disease and COVID-19: A Matched Cohort Study From New York City - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200989

Grosse, et al: Evaluation of Bone Erosions in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Ultrasound Score for Erosions Versus the Modified Sharp/van der Heijde Score for Erosions - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200286

Liew, et al: Cardiovascular Risk Scores in Axial Spondyloarthritis Versus the General Population: A Cross-sectional Study - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200188

van Leeuwen, et al: Association Between Centromere- and Topoisomerase-specific Immune Responses and the Degree of Microangiopathy in Systemic Sclerosis - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191331

To read the full articles visit www.jrheum.org.

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The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman talks about this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist.

This month’s selections include:

Kiltz, et al: Ixekizumab Improves Functioning and Health in the Treatment of Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Week 52 Results from 2 Pivotal Studies https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200093

Sarabia, et al: The Pattern of Musculoskeletal Complaints in Patients With Suspected Psoriatic Arthritis and Their Correlation With Physical Examination and Ultrasound https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190857

te Kampe, et al: Sex Differences in the Clinical Profile Among Patients With Gout: Cross-sectional Analyses of an Observational Study https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200113

Walscheid, et al: Enthesitis-related Arthritis: Prevalence and Complications of Associated Uveitis in Children and Adolescents From a Population-based Nationwide Study in Germany https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191085

Master, et al: Does the 1-year Decline in Walking Speed Predict Mortality Risk Beyond Current Walking Speed in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis? https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200259

To read the full articles and watch the full author interview visit www.jrheum.org

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The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. This month we begin a new feature, an Editor’s spotlight. The podcast includes an interview with Dr. Natasha Gakhal about her and her team’s paper:

Improving Hydroxychloroquine Dosing and Toxicity Screening at a Tertiary Care Ambulatory Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative by Sahil Koppikar, Stephanie Gottheil, Chandra Farrer and Natasha Gakhal https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191265

This month’s selections also include:

Tofacitinib Persistence in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Anat Fisher, Marie Hudson, Robert W. Platt and Colin R. Dormuth for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) Investigators https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191252

Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis: Combined Analysis of European Biologics Databases by Matthew L. Thomas, Gavin Shaddick, Rachel Charlton, Charlotte Cavill, Richard Holland, Florenzo Iannone, Giovanni Lapadula, Simona Lopriore, Jakub Závada, Michal Uher, Karel Pavelka, Lenka Szczuková, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, Irini Flouri, Alexandros Drosos, Burkhard Möller, Michael J. Nissen, Rüdiger B. Müller, Almut Scherer, Neil McHugh and Alison Nightingale https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190815

The Challenge of Very Early Systemic Sclerosis: A Combination of Mild and Early Disease? By Elisabeth Blaja, Suzana Jordan, Carmen-Marina Mihai, Rucsandra Dobrota, Mike Oliver Becker, Britta Maurer, Marco Matucci-Cerinic and Oliver Distler https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190976

Phenylalanine Is a Novel Marker for Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis Progression: The MOST Study by Guangju Zhai, Xianbang Sun, Edward W. Randell, Ming Liu, Na Wang, Irina Tolstykh, Proton Rahman, James Torner, Cora E. Lewis, Michael C. Nevitt, Ali Guermazi, Frank Roemer and David T. Felson https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200054

Improving Hydroxychloroquine Dosing and Toxicity Screening at a Tertiary Care Ambulatory Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative by Sahil Koppikar, Stephanie Gottheil, Chandra Farrer and Natasha Gakhal https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191265

To read the full articles visit www.jrheum.org

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The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman talks about this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist.

This month’s selections include:

Circulating Small Noncoding RNA Biomarkers of Response to Triple Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy in White Women With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Andrew D. Foers, Alexandra L. Garnham, Gordon K. Smyth, Susanna M. Proudman, Lesley Cheng, Andrew F. Hill, Ken C. Pang and Ian P. Wicks https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191012

Serum MicroRNA Signature as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Marker in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis by Sarah M. Wade, Trudy McGarry, Siobhan C. Wade, Ursula Fearon and Douglas J. Veale https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190602

Utility of the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire to Monitor Patient Beliefs in Systemic Vasculitis by Mollie N. Schwartz, Casey A. Rimland, Kaitlin A. Quinn, Marcela A. Ferrada, K. Bates Gribbons, Joel S. Rosenblum, Wendy Goodspeed, Elaine Novakovich and Peter C. Grayson https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190828

Identifying Research Priorities among Patients and Families of Children with Rheumatic Diseases Living in the United States by Colleen K. Correll, Mitali Dave, Anne F. Paul, Vincent Del Gaizo, Suzanne Schrandt, Roushanac S. Partovi and Esi M. Morgan https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190934

Five-year Evolution Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Patients with Lower-limb Osteoarthritis and Their Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates by Sarah Bitar, Abdou Y. Omorou, Aurélie Van Hoye, Francis Guillemin and Anne-Christine Rat https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190854

To read the full articles visit www.jrheum.org

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The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman talks about this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist.

This month’s selections include:

Expert Consensus on a Set of Outcomes to Assess the Effectiveness of Biologic Treatment in Psoriatic Arthritis: The MERECES Study by Juan D. Cañete, Joan M. Nolla, Ruben Queiro, Miguel J. Rodríguez, Miguel Ruiz and Luis Lizán for the MERECES Working Gro DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191056

Using Process Improvement and Systems Redesign to Improve Rheumatology Care Quality in a Safety Net Clinic by Alfredo Aguirre, Laura Trupin, Mary Margaretten, Sarah Goglin, Jung Hee Noh and Jinoos Yazdany DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190472

Analysis of Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibody-positive Systemic Sclerosis and Altered GPATCH2L and CTNND2 Expression in Scleroderma Renal Crisis by Edward P. Stern, Sandra G. Guerra, Harry Chinque, Vanessa Acquaah, David González-Serna, Markella Ponticos, Javier Martin, Voon H. Ong, Korsa Khan, Svetlana I. Nihtyanova, Mark Harber, Aine Burns, Maureen D. Mayes, Shervin Assassi, Carmen Fonseca and Christopher P. Denton DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190945

Rituximab and Cyclophosphamide in Antisynthetase Syndrome–related Interstitial Lung Disease: An Observational Retrospective Study by Vincent Langlois, André Gillibert, Yurdagül Uzunhan, Marie-Laure Chabi, Eric Hachulla, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Kuberaka Mariampillai, Nicolas Champtiaux, Hilario Nunes, Olivier Benveniste and Baptiste Hervier DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190505

Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Regarding Patients at Risk of Increased Disease Activity and Cardiovascular Comorbidity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Stanley Moore, Hsin-Hsuan Juo, Christoffer T. Nielsen, Helena Tyden, Anders A. Bengtsson and Christian Lood DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190875

To read the full articles visit www.jrheum.org

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The Effect of HLA-B27 on Susceptibility and Severity of Covid-19

James T. Rosenbaum, Hedley Hamilton, Michael H. Weisman, John D. Reveille, Kevin L. Winthrop and Dongseok Choi

The Journal of Rheumatology October 2020, jrheum.200939; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200939

Mortality among Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Large-scale Population-based Cohort Study

Niv Ben-Shabat, Shmuel Tiosano, Ora Shovman, Doron Comaneshter, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Arnon D. Cohen and Howard Amital

The Journal of Rheumatology September 2020, 47 (9) 1385-1391; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190927

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