2017 American College of Rheumatology/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Guideline for the Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty

ConclusionThis guideline should help decision‐making by clinicians and patients regarding perioperative antirheumatic medication management at the time of elective THA or TKA. These conditional recommendations reflect the paucity of high‐quality direct randomized controlled trial data.

Source: Arthritis Care and Research - June 16, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Susan M. Goodman, Bryan Springer, Gordon Guyatt, Matthew P. Abdel, Vinod Dasa, Michael George, Ora Gewurz ‐Singer, Jon T. Giles, Beverly Johnson, Steve Lee, Lisa A. Mandl, Michael A. Mont, Peter Sculco, Scott Sporer, Louis Stryker, Marat Turgunbaev, Bar Tags: Special Article Source Type: research