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GuidelineAnnals of the rheumatic diseases2007

EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis: report of a task force of the European Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT).

B Combe, R Landewe, C Lukas, H D Bolosiu, F Breedveld, M Dougados, P Emery, G Ferraccioli, J M W Hazes, L Klareskog and 6 more

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Guideline in Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 209 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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209citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

209 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 797 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Efficacy of methotrexate in reducing the risk of bone erosion in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021
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  5. Balneotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis-a systematic review.International journal of biometeorology · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 13 institutions in 9 countries.

B CombeImmuno-Rhumatologie, Lapeyronie Hosp, Montpellier, France. b-combe@chu-montpellier.fr
R Landewe
C Lukas
H D Bolosiu
F Breedveld
M Dougados
P Emery
G Ferraccioli
J M W Hazes
L Klareskog
K Machold
E Martin-Mola
H Nielsen
A Silman
J Smolen
H Yazici
Hôpital Lapeyronie · FRMedical University of Vienna · ATErasmus University Rotterdam · NLHerlev Hospital · DKHôpital Cochin · FRHospital Universitario La Paz · ESIstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa · TRKarolinska University Hospital · SELeiden University Medical Center · NLMaastricht University · NLNIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit · GBUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo formulate EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis.

methodsIn accordance with EULAR's "standardised operating procedures", the task force pursued an evidence based approach and an approach based on expert opinion. A steering group comprised of 14 rheumatologists representing 10 European countries. The group defined the focus of the process, the target population, and formulated an operational definition of "management". Each participant was invited to propose issues of interest regarding the management of early arthritis or early rheumatoid arthritis. Fifteen issues for further research were selected by use of a modified Delphi technique. A systematic literature search was carried out. Evidence was categorised according to usual guidelines. A set of draft recommendations was proposed on the basis of the research questions and the results of the literature search.. The strength of the recommendations was based on the category of evidence and expert opinion.

results15 research questions, covering the entire spectrum of "management of early arthritis", were formulated for further research; and 284 studies were identified and evaluated. Twelve recommendations for the management of early arthritis were selected and presented with short sentences. The selected statements included recognition of arthritis, referral, diagnosis, prognosis, classification, and treatment of early arthritis (information, education, non-pharmacological interventions, pharmacological treatments, and monitoring of the disease process). On the basis of expert opinion, 11 items were identified as being important for future research.

conclusions12 key recommendations for the management of early arthritis or early rheumatoid arthritis were developed, based on evidence in the literature and expert consensus.

Indexed as

Evidence-Based MedicineRheumatologyAntirheumatic AgentsArthritisEuropeExercise TherapyHealth StatusHumansJointsReferral and ConsultationAntirheumatic Agents

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PMID16396980
PMCPMC1798412
OpenAlexW2168792642

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