title: [The role of diagnostic ultrasound of hands and feet in the patients with rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: In the past decade diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) has revolutionized the approach of treating the pa- tients with inflammatory rheumatic conditions. There is still need for further efforts in establishing the US as a standard tool in everyday rheumatologic practice. Ap- propriate education and training is essential to standard- ize the method. Main limitation of the method is the lack of time for performing US examination because the US is time consuming. Concerns regarding the validity and reproducibility are being addressed. Nowadays in rheu- matology, potential in using US lies in its possibility for early and accurate diagnosis of arthritis, monitoring of the disease and conduction of US-lead interventions in rheumatology.
authors.forename: Porin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perić
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography