[Recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis].
Fei Huang, Jian Zhu, Y H Wang, Jianzheng Zhang, Hongtao Jin, Wentao Zhang, Yin Su, Ivy Yan Zhao
Abstract
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease mainly affecting the sacroiliac joints, spine and peripheral joints. In China, standardized diagnosis and treatment of AS is still to be popularized. Based on the evidence and guidelines from China and other countries, Chinese Rheumatology Association developed standardization of diagnosis and treatment of AS. The purposes are: (1) to standardize the diagnosis and evaluation of AS; (2) to promote rational use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, biological as well as traditional disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, so as to improve the patient's quality of life.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineAnkylosing spondylitisStandardizationSpondylitisDiseaseIntensive care medicineRheumatologyPhysical therapyInternal medicineLawPolitical scienceSpondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsRheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research