The Evidence Based Rheumatology Podcast

Quick podcast this week on the utility of an ANA.  It's a frequent reason for referral (17% in this series) to rheumatology offices and this is a useful paper for context. Find the paper itself here.

A recent retrospective study on a rare condition - catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome - caught my eye in the Journal of Rheumatology this week.  I thought it would be a good opportunity to talk about unmeasured confounding and introduce a rare condition that new fellows need to know about.  Find the paper itself here. 

Short but impactful paper this week on the association between steroids and scleroderma renal crisis.  Find the original paper here.

Getting back to our usual format, this week we'll discuss the GIACTA trial, which compared various schedules of tocilizumab to various schedules of placebo and prednisone.  It's an important trial that has changed the face of GCA and will be a refreshing RCT to discuss before we dive back into garbagey data next week.  

Welcome back! This week we're doing something a little different and discussing a few important studies on the ribosomal P in neuropsychiatric SLE.  We also have theme music!  Let me know what you think about both on twitter @EBRheum.