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

This collaboration between the American College of Rheumatology and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons developed an evidence-based guideline for the perioperative management of antirheumatic drug therapy for adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthritis (SpA) including ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) undergoing elective total hip (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - June 22, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics 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, Barry Tags: ACR/AAHKS Guidelines for Perioperative Management Source Type: research