In the January issue of ARD , Caporali and Smolen1 argue against the use of ultrasound in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), citing the negative findings of the TaSER2 and ARCTIC3 studies and a lack of standardisation. Even disregarding that the results were not unequivocal, showing a slight, but not statistically significant difference between the ultrasound and control groups after a longer time span, I strongly disagree with the overall conclusion. There is no doubt that modern disease management has led to excellent outcomes for most patients with RA, with the mutilating disease courses of the prebiological era largely a thing of the past.4 However, there are still patients, …

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回顾过去：某些类风湿性关节炎患者可能需要超声检查

在 ARD 一月刊中，Caporali 和 Smolen1 反对在类风湿性关节炎 (RA) 治疗中使用超声波，理由是 TaSER2 和 ARCTIC3 研究的阴性结果以及缺乏标准化。即使不考虑结果不是明确的，在更长的时间跨度后超声组和对照组之间显示出轻微但没有统计学意义的差异，我强烈不同意总体结论。毫无疑问，现代疾病管理为大多数 RA 患者带来了出色的结果，前生物学时代的破坏性病程在很大程度上已成为过去。 4 然而，仍然有患者……