Reumatizam, Vol. 61 No. 2, 2014.
Review article
The role of diagnostic ultrasound of hands and feet in the patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Porin Perić
orcid.org/0000-0001-7416-1868
; Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases and Rehabilitation of the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In the past decade diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) has revolutionized the approach of treating the patients with inflammatory rheumatic conditions. There is still need for further efforts in establishing the US as a standard tool in everyday rheumatologic practice. Appropriate education and training is essential to standardize the method. Main limitation of the method is the lack of time for performing US examination because the US is time consuming. Concerns regarding the validity and reproducibility are being addressed. Nowadays in rheumatology, potential in using US lies in its possibility for early and accurate diagnosis of arthritis, monitoring of the disease and conduction of US-lead interventions in rheumatology.
Keywords
diagnostic ultrasound; rheumatoid arthritis; early arthritis; small joints of hands and feet
Hrčak ID:
137896
URI
Publication date:
23.10.2014.
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