The Proposal of the Croatian Society for Rheumatology for the treatment of adult rheumatoid arthritis patients with biologics, 2013

Standardiziran pristup bolesnicima s reumatoidnim artritisom (RA) jedan je od uvjeta dobre reumatološke kliničke prakse. Hrvatsko reumatološko društvo (HRD) Hrvatskog liječničkog zbora (HLZ) ažuriralo je Prijedlog liječenja RA biološkim lijekovima u skladu s novijim spoznajama u reumatologiji kroz posljednje 3 godine. Poštivanjem dogovorenog standarda liječenja izbjegava se nesavjesno liječenje i neracionalna potrošnja, a većini bolesnika pruža veća šansa za povoljan ishod.Standardized approach to the patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the requirements of good clinical practice. Croatian Society for Rheumatology (HRD) of Croatian Medical Association (HLZ) updated the Proposed treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with biologic agents in line with recent findings in rheumatology for the last 3 years. By complying with the agreed standards of treatment we can avoid malpractice and irrational consumption, and to the most patients provide a greater chance for a favorable outcome