rmdopen.bmj4d
Patient appropriateness for total knee arthroplasty and predicted probability of a good outcome
Objectives One-fifth of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) recipients experience a suboptimal outcome. Incorporation of patients’ preferences in TKA assessment may improve outcomes. We determined the ...
rmdopen.bmj2d
Hyaluronan for knee osteoarthritis: an updated meta-analysis of trials with low risk of bias
Background The effectiveness of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (IAHA) injection for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is debated. Objectives To evaluate the effect of IAHA for patients with KOA by analysing ...
rmdopen.bmj3d
Towards secondary prevention of early knee osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common arthritic disease, yet a convincing drug treatment is not available. The current narrative review focuses on integration of scientific evidence and ...
rmdopen.bmj8d
Impact of sex on spinal radiographic progression in axial spondyloarthritis: a longitudinal Swiss cohort analysis over a period of 10 years
Objective To investigate sex differences in spinal radiographic progression in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods AxSpA patients in the Swiss Clinical Quality Management cohort with available ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
Pretreatment mortality risk prediction model in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease
Objectives Risk prediction for patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease (PM/DM-ILD) is challenging due to heterogeneity in the ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
Pretreatment mortality risk prediction model in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease
Objectives Risk prediction for patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease (PM/DM-ILD) is challenging due to heterogeneity in the ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
Primary Sjögren’s syndrome independently promotes premature subclinical atherosclerosis
Objectives Cardiovascular comorbidities are common in patients with autoimmune diseases. This study investigates the extent of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome ...
rmdopen.bmj13d
Comparison between primary Sjögren’s disease patients with high or low level of dryness
Objectives To describe primary Sjögren’s disease (SjD) patients presenting no or low level of dryness and to compare them with SjD patients with oral or ocular dryness features. Methods All patients ...
rmdopen.bmj8d
Patient–physician collaboration in rheumatology: a necessity
Over the past few decades, there has been significant and impressive progress in the understanding and management of rheumatic diseases. One of the key reasons for succeeding in making this progress ...
rmdopen.bmj9d
Disease evolution and organ damage accrual in patients with stable UCTD: a long-term monocentric inception cohort
2 Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pisa, Italy Objectives Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases (UCTDs) are systemic autoimmune conditions that cannot be ...
rmdopen.bmj11d
Current Issue
Correction: Significance of structural changes in the axial skeleton in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: how important are lesions in the sacroiliac joint? (9 April, 2024) Correction: Validation ...
rmdopen.bmj8d
Spatiotemporal changes in imaging features associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
Objectives The purpose of our study was to characterise spatiotemporal features of disease progression in people with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), early-phase DISH, and those not ...