title: [Treatment guidelines for ankylosing spondylitis and its effect on Mexican rheumatology].
abstract: We describe the guidelines for the current treatment of ankylosing spondylitis with an emphasis on the role and outlook of the Mexican rheumatologic community. The topics we analyze include: epidemiological as well as professional, financial, health status, and quality of life aspects. We propose to acknowledge that axial spondyloarthritis is the earliest form of ankylosing spondylitis. Finally we carry out a review of the literature supporting current therapeutic recommendations. Regarding the latter, we approached the ASAS/EULAR recommendations for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis and their level of agreement with Mexican and other countries' rheumatologists. Finally, we analyzed the recommendations to start tumor necrosis alpha blockers among patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General de México, Dr. Balmis 148, Col. Doctores, Del. Cuauhtémoc, 06720 México D.F., México. burgosv@prodigy.net.mx
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burgos-Vargas
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abud-Mendoza
authors.forename: Efraín
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Díaz-Jouanen
authors.forename: Mario A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Garza-Elizondo
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Medrano-Ramírez
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orozco-Alcalá
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pacheco-Tena
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pineda-Villaseñor
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carlos-Pozos
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ramos-Niembro
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robles-San Román
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santana-Sahagún
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012219:Rheumatology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000628:therapy*