Wilson Bautista-Molano, Daniel G Fernández-Ávila, María Lorena Brance, María Gabriela Ávila Pedretti, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Inés Corbacho, Vanesa Laura Cosentino, José Francisco Díaz Coto, Enrique Giraldo Ho, Gustavo Gomes Resende, Luis Arturo Gutiérrez, Marwin Gutiérrez, Sebastián Eduardo Ibáñez Vodnizza, Edwin Jáuregui, Vanessa Ocampo, Daniel Ruben Palleiro Rivero, Penélope Esther Palominos, Cesar Pacheco Tena, Guillermo Andrés Quiceno, Lina María Saldarriaga-Rivera, Fernando Andrés Sommerfleck, Annelise Goecke Sariego, Claudia Vera Barrezueta, Luis Enrique Vega Espinoza, Oscar Vega Hinojosa, Gustavo Citera, Carlos Lozada, Percival D Sampaio-Barros, Emilce Schneeberger, Enrique R Soriano
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) comprises a spectrum of chronic inflammatory manifestations affecting the axial skeleton and represents a challenge for diagnosis and treatment. Our objective was to generate a set of evidence-based recommendations for the management of axSpA for physicians, health professionals, rheumatologists and policy decision makers in Pan American League of Associations for Rheumatology (PANLAR) countries. Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation-ADOLOPMENT methodology was used to adapt existing recommendations after performing an independent systematic search and synthesis of the literature to update the evidence...
October 6, 2023: Nature Reviews. Rheumatology