StillsNow Podcast

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, journal reports and rheumatologist cases from the past week on RheumNow.com. This podcast is brought to you by StillsNow.com - be sure to sign up for our monthly StillsNow email and Monthly StillsNow Podcast.

This week's Stills disease Journal Club features expert discussants Drs. Olga Petryna, Daniel Lovell, Hermine Brunner and Jack Cush. Journal articles reviewed includes: - CONSIDER Trial. Canakinumab for Treatment of Adult-Onset Still's Disease. Kedor C. Ann Rheum Dis 2020 Aug;79:1090-1097  https://bit.ly/3coPFg0- TENDER Trial. Tocilizumab in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. De Benedetti F. N Engl J Med. 2012 Dec 20;367:2385-95 https://bit.ly/3uXFq8Q

Join Dr. Michael Weisman, Dr. Bella Mehta and Dr. Jack Cush in this live, one-hour Journal Club to discuss:
1. Still's disease in the adult. EGL Bywaters. Annals of Rheumatic Disease 19712. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis presenting in the adult as fever of unknown origin. J Bujak, et al. Medicine 1973

QD193 - Stills (or Not) MAS off of Tocilizumab   https://youtu.be/xIco2Xdxf68QD194 - Stills (or Not) with Widespread Pain   https://youtu.be/50BXYafkVZMQD 195 - Stills (or Not) with Hives    https://youtu.be/f4tPMylrnpQQD 196 - Stills (or Not); A Wifes Letter   https://youtu.be/eRnisH0Hjhw

Still's disease is the most common rheumatic cause of unknown fever in adults. This series by Dr. Jack Cush covers the definition, history, epidemiology, key manifestations and labs, diagnostic criteria, pathogenesis and the management of adult-onset Still's disease. 
Dr. Cush is the executive editor of StillsNow.com - a new medical education site focused on Still's disease and other febrile autoinflammatory disorders. You can subscribe to the website's monthly email with updated social media, news articles, videos and podcasts for physicians, patients and healthcare providers caring for patients with febrile disorders.

Vexed about VEXAS: Dr. Janet Pope https://youtu.be/hfm54-5IZLQ   Diagnosing VEXAS Syndrome   https://youtu.be/KOec2hXUBeU     Dr. Cush interviews Dr. Marcela Ferrada (NIH) and Dr. David Beck (NYU) about VEXAS syndrome and predicting poor outcomes (abstract 1426) from ACR 2021

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the appproach to evaluating fever in adults suspected of having a rheumatic disease, Stills disease or autoinflammatory conditions. Presentation, disease criteria and genetic testing are discussed.