Pediatrics
Guidelines
Myositis guidelines aim to standardize adult and pediatric care
These are the first guidelines on how to manage adult and pediatric patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM).
Conference Coverage
Prior authorizations delay TNF inhibitors for children with JIA
Many patients newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) at one academic center over a year had delays in care due to unnecessary...
Feature
Medical education programs tell how climate change affects health
Medical schools are educating the next generation of doctors on one of the most widespread, insidious health threats of our time.
Latest News
Maternal autoimmune diseases up risk of mental illness in children
Offspring of mothers with autoimmune diseases may benefit from long-term surveillance for mental health disorders.
From the Journals
Long-term efficacy, safety data for ixekizumab in pediatric psoriasis reported
No new safety findings during weeks 48 to 108 of the trial were reported, including no new cases of inflammatory bowel disease or Candida...
From the Journals
Age and ferritin levels may predict MIS-C severity
“We do not understand why teens get more severe MIS-C than younger children.”
From the Journals
Children with RMDs not at high risk for severe COVID-19, study finds
“Many parents and families with children who have RMDs have lived with great fear over the pandemic about whether or not their children are at an...
From the Journals
JIA disease activity, disability linked to social factors
For patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, levels of disease activity and disability vary, depending on family income,...
Guidelines
Kawasaki disease guideline highlights rheumatology angles
“This guideline approaches Kawasaki disease from a perspective of acting as an adjunct to the already existing and excellent...
From the Journals
COVID-19 vaccines effective in younger patients with childhood-onset rheumatic diseases
The study is the first to demonstrate a robust humoral neutralization response in adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset rheumatic...
Guidelines
New JIA guidelines emphasize earlier DMARD use
Advances in understanding and treating systemic JIA have led practitioners away from steroids and toward using conventional synthetic and biologic...