August 2021 Editor's Picks

The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. Included are excerpts from this month’s Editor’s Picks spotlight interviews with 2 authors, Glen Hazlewood, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada and James Galloway, PhD, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Kings College London, London, UK. This month’s selections also include: Vu, et al: Impact of Comorbid Conditions on Healthcare Expenditure and Work-related Outcomes in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200231 Taylor, et al: A Phase III Randomized Study of Apremilast, an Oral Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitor, for Active Ankylosing Spondylitis - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.201088 Falasinnu, et al: The Problem of Pain in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Explication of the Role of Biopsychosocial Mechanisms - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200595 Hazlewood, et al: Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendation for the Use of COVID-19 Vaccination for Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210288 Aljaberi et al: Maintaining Hepatitis B Protection in Immunocompromised Pediatric Rheumatology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200283 Bechman, et al: The COVID-19 Vaccine Landscape: What a Rheumatologist Needs to Know - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210106 Rahman: Why Do Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Suffer Pain? - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210057 Awqati, et al: Ulcerative Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis in the Setting of Positive Transcriptional Intermediary Factor 1-γ Antibody - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200399 Shinoda, et al: Widespread Mechanic’s Hands in Antisynthetase Syndrome With Anti-OJ Antibody - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.201043 To read these, and other full articles visit www.jrheum.org. Music by David Hilowitz