The added value of musculoskeletal ultrasound to clinical evaluation in the treatment decision of rheumatoid arthritis outpatients: physician experience matters.

C Sifuentes-CantúI Contreras-YáñezL SaldarriagaA C LozadaM GutiérrezVirginia Pascual-Ramos

Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2017)

Musculoskeletal ultrasound added to standard rheumatic assessments impacted the treatment proposal in a limited number of patients; the impact was greater in the TR.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
magnetic resonance imaging
clinical evaluation
emergency department
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
primary care
prognostic factors
computed tomography
ultrasound guided
systemic lupus erythematosus
ankylosing spondylitis
patient reported
peritoneal dialysis