Clinical Focus ›› 2016, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (2): 156-161.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2016.02.006

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Major clinical progress of rheumatic disease in 2015

Gao Lixia, Guo Huifang   

  1. Department of Immunology and Reumatology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
  • Received:2016-01-19 Online:2016-02-05 Published:2016-04-18
  • Contact: Guo Huifang, Email:guohfch@126.com

Abstract: The clinical progress of rheumatic disease mainly concentrated in the change of management guidelines and treatment strategies in rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic polymyalgia, IgG4 related disease and psoriasis arthritis during 2015. At the same time, the diagnostic criteria of primary Sjogren syndrome and gout were updated. The guidelines of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) -associated pulmonary arterial hypertension were made, and our domestic rheumatologists made management suggestions for SLE patients during pregnancy and the puerperium. Both rheumatism itself and comorbidity attracted attention to in 2015, especially rheumatic diseases complicated with cardiovascular disease, and patient educations were more emphasized.

Key words: rheumatic diseases, arthritis,rheumatoid, rheumatic polymyalgia, gout, arthritis,psoriatic

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