Rheumatology Reading Resources

The following articles, videos, and websites provide reasonable overviews on a variety of topics you may encounter in rheumatology. University of Alberta students & residents: click on the link to go directly to the source.

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Inflammatory Arthritis

2010 ACR-EULAR Rheumatoid Arthritis Classification Criteria
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lancet 2010; 376: 1094-1108
Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
JAMA (2018) 320(13):1360-1372
Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
American Family Physician (2005) 72(6):1002
2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Care & Research 2021; 73(7): 924–939
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Psoriatic Arthritis
Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2009 Nov;5(11):634-41.
Psoriatic Arthritis NEJM Review
N Engl J Med 2017; 376:957-970
Ankylosing Spondylitis and Axial Spondyloarthritis
N Engl J Med. 2016 Jun 30;374(26):2563-74.

 

Physical Examination

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) publishes a regular Rational Clinical Examination, which demonstrates the the evidence for physical examination and diagnostic manoeuvres. Those relevant to rheumatology include:

Does This Adult Patient Have Septic Arthritis?
JAMA 2007; 297: 1478-1488.
Does This Woman Have Osteoporosis?
JAMA 2004; 292: 2890-2900.
Does This Patient Have an Instability of the Shoulder or a Labrum Lesion?
JAMA 2004; 292: 1989-1999.
Does This Patient Have Temporal Arteritis?
JAMA 2002; 287: 92-101.
Does This Patient Have a Torn Meniscus or Ligament of the Knee?:
JAMA 2001; 286: 1610-1620. (Video)
Does This Patient Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
JAMA 2000; 283: 3110-3117.
What Can the History and Physical Exam Tell Us About Low Back Pain?
JAMA 1993; 268: 760-765 (not available on-line)
Arthrocentesis of the Knee
NEJM 2006;354:e16.
McMaster University Rheumatology Exam Videos – Rheum Tutor

 

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Lancet. 2019;393(10188):2332-2343
Raynaud’s phenomenon—an update on diagnosis, classification and management
Clinical Rheumatology. 2019;38:3317–3330
Antiphospholipid syndrome: an overview
Lancet. 2010; 376 (9791): 1498-1509
The antiphospholipid syndrome
Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology 34(1): 831-45, 2020

 

Inflammatory Muscle Disease

Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis
Lancet 2003; 362: 971-82
An Overview of Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis
Muscle Nerve 2015 May;51(5):638-56
EULAC/ACR Classification Criteria for Adult and Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and their Major Subgroups
Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Dec; 76(12): 1955–1964.

 

Sjogren’s Syndrome

Sjogren’s Syndrome
Lancet 2005; 366: 321-31

 

Polymyalgia Rheumatica & Giant Cell Arteritis

Polymyalgia Rheumatica & Giant Cell Arteritis: Systematic Review
JAMA 2016;315(22):2442-2458
2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2020;79:19-30.
2015 Recommendations for the Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Arthritis and Rheumatology 2015;67(10):2569–2580

 

Fibromyalgia

Canadian Fibromyalgia Guidelines
EULAR Fibromyalgia Recommendations Summary

 

Osteoporosis

2017 ACR Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis Guidelines
Arthritis and Rheumatology 2017;69(8):1521–1537
Canadian Guidelines for the Treatment & Diagnosis of Osteoporosis
FRAX tool
CAROC tool

 

Septic Arthritis

Bacterial Septic Arthritis in Adults
Lancet 2010; 375: 846-55

 

Gout

Gout
N Engl J Med 2011;364:443-52.
2020 ACR Gout Guidelines
Arthritis and Rheumatism 2020;72(6):744–760

 

Online Journals

The Journal of Rheumatology

Arthritis Care & Research

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Clinical Rheumatology

Rheumatology (Oxford)

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

The Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

PubMed

 

Other Valuable Resources

RheumInfo.com is an excellent website by a Canadian rheumatologist, Dr. Andrew Thompson

American College of Rheumatology

Canadian Rheumatology Association



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