Objective Patients with axial spondylarthritis (SpA) who have structural changes in the
sacroiliac joints and/or the spine have been classified as having ankylosing spondylitis (AS), …

Objective This study investigated whether efficacious methotrexate (MTX) treatment has an
impact on mortality of patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods In this …

Objective. Rituximab (RTX) has been used successfully for the treatment of severe Jo1
antibody-associated antisynthetase syndrome. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate …

Objective. NSAIDs are first-line therapy in axial SpA (axSpA). The proportion of patients
responding to NSAIDs and differences between AS and non-radiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA) in …

Objective To assess the comparative effectiveness of biological medicines in rheumatoid
arthritis in sufficiently similar patient populations, based on the current definitions of key …

Background The Assessments of Spondyloarthritis international Society (ASAS) classification
criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have been criticized because of insufficient …

Introduction: With growing age, multiple chronic diseases may result in polypharmacy. Drugs
that should be avoided in older adults are called potentially inappropriate medications (PIM)…

Background Medications with an unfavorable risk–benefit profile in the elderly, and for
which there are safer alternatives, are designated as potentially inappropriate medications (PIM). …

Objective In active early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), glucocorticoids are often used for bridging,
due to the delayed action of methotrexate. This study was undertaken to compare the effect …

Background: To assess the risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in older adults and the
contribution of traditional and novel risk factors to the incidence of PAD. Patients and methods: …