[Early recognition and screening consultation: a necessary way to improve early detection and treatment in rheumatology? : Overview of the early recognition and screening consultation models for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in Germany].

In order to reduce the prognostically relevant time interval between the initial manifestation of a rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease and diagnosis as well as the consecutive initiation of an appropriate treatment, several rheumatological centers in Germany have improved the access to initial rheumatologic evaluation by establishing early recognition/screening clinics at their respective sites. Corresponding models located at Altoetting·Burghausen, Bad Pyrmont, Berlin Buch, Duesseldorf, Heidelberg, Herne, Mannheim as well as supraregional/multicenter initiatives Rheuma Rapid, RhePort and Rheuma-VOR are presented in this overview along with the respective characteristics, potential advantages and disadvantages, but also first evaluation results of several models. The aim of this publication is to promote early detection of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases as one of the most important challenges in current rheumatology by encouraging further rheumatologic centers and practices to launch their own early recognition/screening consultation model on the basis of aspects presented herein.

Correction to: Nurses' roles in the management of chronic inflammatory arthritis: a systematic review.

In the original publication, the authors given name and family name were interchanged.

2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the role of the nurse in the management of chronic inflammatory arthritis.

To update the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the role of the nurse in the management of chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIA) using the most up to date evidence. The EULAR standardised operating procedures were followed. A task force of rheumatologists, health professionals and patients, representing 17 European countries updated the recommendations, based on a systematic literature review and expert consensus.

[Design of an agglutination latex test to detect venoms from Viperidae snakes in patients' serum].

This latex agglutination test was designed as a tool in the diagnosis of the ophidic accidents The development of specific trials to identify venoms from the most common snakes inVenezuela in human sera, could contribute to the improvement of the diagnosis of these accidents caused by snakes of the Bothrops and Crotalus genera, and in the control of the antiophidic serum for the treatment in an adequate and immediate way. The results obtained revealed a sensitivity of 167 mg/mL with good specificity, rapidity (10 minutes) and simplicity, since it can be accomplished by personnel with a basic training and only a microscope is necessary. All these reasons show the potential of this technique.