ArticleBioinformation2023
Evidence-based modalities in the management of Psoriasis and Psoriatic arthritis.
Article in Bioinformation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
Psoriasis is a waxing and waning skin disorder, often associated with a plethora of co-morbidities, including psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a severe form of chronic inflammatory arthritis. All forms of psoriasis and PsA are immune-mediated diseases where the patient's immune system is overactive in the production of certain factors that stimulate and activate the function of certain immune cells. Recent evidence has uncovered an important role for cell-mediated immunity in the aetiology and course of psoriasis and PsA, with a critical role played by the pro-inflammatory IL-23/TH17 axis. Taken together, these new lines of evidence suggest new and improved therapeutic interventions for patients with psoriasis and PsA. The hypothesis-driven process of inquiry of the best available evidence and its implication, application and evaluation in the context of clinical practice pertains to the meta-science of evidence-based health care (EBHC). EBHC consists in the initial step of research synthesis and generation of the systematic review of the best available evidence, estimated both qualitatively and quantitatively (i.e., meta-analysis). Evidence-based decision-making, a process driven and controlled by the expertise of the clinician and by the clinical needs and personal wants of the patient, is the principal, most timely and critical aspect of evidence-based practice. Recent and systematic reviews for the treatment of psoriasis and PsA consistently updated for emerging new and revised data (i.e., living systematic reviews) confirm the efficacy and the effectiveness of methotrexate (MTX) in containing and controlling psoriasis. The outcomes of MTX intervention for PsA remain mixed and inconclusive.
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