Saturday, 30th November 46th Annual ARA NSW-ACT Branch Meeting 2024

• Ankle/foot injuries and surgery and the medicolegal implications. - Paul Miniter

• Medical Weight Loss medications – The new and what you should know! - Nic Kormas

• Optimal therapy for IgG4 disease and how it may change. - Karuna Keat

• Public hospital utilisation for rheumatological conditions by First Nations people in Western Sydney - Jason EZ Sines
• The impact of rurality on health outcomes in a national systemic sclerosis cohort - Kara Goon
• Frequency and management of checkpoint inhibitor-induced rheumatic manifestations in a Canberra oncology cohort - Arupam Raman
• Effectiveness and safety of minimally invasive interventions targeting the genicular nerves for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials - Leticia A Deveza
• Advancing rheumatology training beyond institutional walls: a self-funded advanced training initiative in private practice - Irwin Lim

Xiaoqian Liu 
Efficacy and Safety of an Oral Complementary Medicine Combination in People with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Protocol for the Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled ATLAS Trial abs# 30 

Gerard Convey 
Gout presenting as dactylitis in a young man with significant urate burden demonstrated by dual energy CT abs# 31 
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Grace GB Bak 
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis Qualitative Interview Study abs# 32 
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Katherine Crawley 
Long-term outcomes in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis:  Retrospective analysis of 10 and 20 years of follow up at a single Australian centre. abs# 33 
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Patrick Baquir 
Update on Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) for the measurement of bone density at the lumbar spine and hip – a “real-life” Australian pilot validation study abs# 34 

Anna Tran 
Osteoporosis and TikTok as an untapped health information source  abs# 35 
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Stella Watson 
Adherence to National Physical Activity Guidelines in patients with Psoriatic Arthritis abs# 36 
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Terry Kwong 
A 55 year old man presented with puffy hand and Scl 70 positive abs# 38 

Paul Sun Woo Kim 
The clinical indications and utility of inpatient antinuclear antibody (ANA) testing at a major tertiary hospital abs# 39 
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• Efficacy and Safety of an Oral Complementary Medicine Combination in People with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Protocol for the Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled ATLAS Trial - Xiaoqian Liu
• Gout presenting as dactylitis in a young man with significant urate burden demonstrated by dual energy CT - Gerard Convey
• Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis Qualitative Interview Study - Grace GB Bak
• Long-term outcomes in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis:  Retrospective analysis of 10 and 20 years of follow up at a single Australian centre. - Katherine Crawley
• Update on Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) for the measurement of bone density at the lumbar spine and hip – a “real-life” Australian pilot validation study - Patrick Baquir
• Osteoporosis and TikTok as an untapped health information source  - Anna Tran
• Adherence to National Physical Activity Guidelines in patients with Psoriatic Arthritis - Stella Watson
• A 55 year old man presented with puffy hand and Scl 70 positive - Terry Kwong
• The clinical indications and utility of inpatient antinuclear antibody (ANA) testing at a major tertiary hospital - Paul Sun Woo Kim

• Single centre fracture prevention clinic targeting men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy: a cost-benefit analysis and review on local specialist referral behaviours toward bone health. - Patrick J Baquir
• Barriers and facilitators to exercise in people with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies a qualitative study  - Natalie Li
• A systematic review on screening tools for cardiac sarcoidosis - Steven Tu
• Delivering convenient, cost-effective and enhanced care as part of the 2023 Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Care Standard - Errol Lim
• Recognising genetic myopathy in an adult rheumatology clinic - Terry Kwong

• The evolving therapeutic landscape of SLE. - Mandana Nikpour

• Question the Expert: Food Allergies - Constance Katelaris

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