Abstract Number: 1153 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Double Trouble: Utility of Serial TB Screening in a Rheumatology Clinic Serving a Foreign-Born Population
Background/Purpose: The potential for reactivation of tuberculosis (TB) in patients treated with anti-TNF or other immunosuppressive agents has been well described. Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA)…Abstract Number: 1154 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Hispanic Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Greater Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Estimates Than Other Ethnic Groups, Explained Largely by Fibromyalgia (FM) According to a FM Assessment Screening Tool 3 (FAST3)
Background/Purpose: Discordance between patient and physician global estimates has been described in many rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA)1, and has been associated with decreased…Abstract Number: 1155 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Status of Latin-American Women in Rheumatology
Background/Purpose: Currently, Latin America does not have detailed information of women in rheumatologists based on education, working conditions, productivity, distribution of time between work activities…Abstract Number: 1156 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Differences in Clinical Outcomes According to the Healthcare Regime in Colombian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) generates high impact on patients and healthcare systems. Adequate control of disease activity depends to a large extent on the access…Abstract Number: 1157 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
#WomeninRheumatology: Is There a Speaker Gender Gap at ACR Meetings?
Background/Purpose: There is a gender gap – that is, proportionately more male than female physicians – across most medical specialties in Canada and the U.S.…Abstract Number: 1158 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Investigating Health Literacy and Numeracy in an Academic Center Lupus Cohort
Background/Purpose: Up to 50% of American adults have basic or below basic health literacy and numeracy. Low health literacy is associated with increased health care…Abstract Number: 1159 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Deep Learning Social Media Analysis Demonstrated Gender-Specific Disparity in Side Effects from Rheumatoid Medications
Background/Purpose: Multiple studies revealed adverse side effects caused by different rheumatoid arthritis (RA) medications. However, little is known about gender differences in RA treatment and…Abstract Number: 1160 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical Trials in Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Inadequate Racial/Ethnic, Gender and Age Diversity: A Systematic Review
Background/Purpose: Racial/ethnic minorities, women, and the elderly experience a disproportionate burden of disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), making it particularly important to examine drug therapies…Abstract Number: 1161 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Shoulders Contributes Accurate Diagnosis and Predicting Recurrence to Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a glucocorticoid-responsive muscle pain and stiffness, especially in the shoulders and hips. PMR is clinically diagnosed based on the symptoms,…Abstract Number: 1162 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Changes in Novel Composite Scores of Disease Activity and Cumulative Damage Are Prognostic of Accelerated Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Background/Purpose: Composite imaging scores that reflect cartilage damage, bone marrow lesions (BMLs), and effusion-synovitis may enable us to conceptualize knee osteoarthritis (KOA) disease progression as…Abstract Number: 1163 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Erosions Are the Most Often Reported Structural Lesion on MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints in axSpA Patients with IBP
Background/Purpose: HLA-B27 and sacroiliitis on MRI form the basis of the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) classification criteria. In addition, while…Abstract Number: 1164 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Novel Computer Assisted Methodology for Quantitative Assessment of MRI Treatment Responses to Apremilast in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Response to treatment in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) can be captured using the OMERACT PsA Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (PsAMRIS). While reliable and valid, PsAMRIS…Abstract Number: 1165 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Utility of Coronary Calcium Scoring (CCS) in the Spectrum of Connective Tissue Disorders (CTDs) for the Evaluation of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis – a Systematic Review
Background/Purpose: Recent literature shows that connective tissue disorders (CTDs) are positively associated with subclinical atherosclerosis via chronic activation of inflammatory pathways, or direct endothelial injury.…Abstract Number: 1166 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A New Risk Factor for Predicting the Long-term Outcome of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Connective Tissue Disease: Pulmonary Artery Size Measured by Chest Computed Tomography
Background/Purpose: Most of the prognostic indicators are derived from right cardiac catheterization or biomarkers in patients with CTD-PAH. It is not clear whether the non-invasive…Abstract Number: 1167 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
To Evaluate Spine Ankylosis, Vertebral Fractures and Bone Fragility on a Single Imaging Exam in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Myth or Reality?
Background/Purpose: Spine ankylosis is a risk factor of osteoporosis and mortality in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Recently, thoracic-abdomino-pelvic CT (TAP-CT) has demonstrated its ability to screen…
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