Abstract Number: 1255 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated Serum Globulin Gap As a Reliable and Cost-Savings Marker of Inflammation in Patients with Systemic Rheumatic Diseases
Background/Purpose: In clinical practice, the two most commonly used markers of systemic inflammation are the serum CRP level and ESR. The economic costs of these…Abstract Number: 1256 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Customized Health Information Technology Effectively Identifies and Directs Bone Health Services in Rural Veterans with Osteoporosis Risk Factors
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), especially in rural Veterans. Tools to identify risk factors in Veterans are available.…Abstract Number: 1257 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simple and Cost-Effective Intervention Doubled the Rate of Osteoporosis Screening in High Risk Rheumatology Patients
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is a common bone disorder that places patients at risk of pathologic fractures. Osteoporotic fractures can be devastating and associated with significant morbidity,…Abstract Number: 1258 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Patients Enter Medical History Data By Self-Report Directly into an Electronic Medical Record (EMR)? “Private Medical History” (PMH) Software for Physician Report in EMR Format and Patient Storage to Correct and Update Medical History for Any EMR
Background/Purpose: The electronic medical record (EMR) promised greater efficiencies in clinical medicine. This goal may be met in part in an ICU, operating room, and…Abstract Number: 1259 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Driving Performance and Safety in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review
Background/Purpose: Automobile driving represents an instrumental activity of daily living (IADL). Symptoms accompanying RA, including fatigue, joint pain and stiffness, decreased strength, reduced mobility, and…Abstract Number: 1260 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Hospitalization Due to Acute Gout: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: Despite effective treatments, hospitalization due to acute gout is increasing and is financially burdensome. Prior studies have primarily attributed the increased rate of gout…Abstract Number: 1261 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development a Core Domain Set to Assess Shared Decision Making Interventions in Rheumatology: An OMERACT White Paper to Facilitate Endorsement
Background/Purpose: Shared decision making (SDM) improves decisional outcomes and patient-physician communication and holds great potential for improving the management of various rheumatology conditions. However, the…Abstract Number: 1262 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Importance of Standardization of Musculoskeletal Procedures Performed in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic
Background/Purpose: Diagnostic and therapeutic arthrocentesis and soft tissue injections are routinely performed by Rheumatologists mostly in the outpatient and some in the inpatient settings. There…Abstract Number: 1263 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Develop a Master Algorithm for Drug Withdraw Strategy in Reduction of Adverse Events – a Machine Learning Model from the Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM)
Background/Purpose: Combination therapy with DMARDs for treating RA is considered as standard of care. However, certain rates of adverse events (AEs) are unavoidable. The stigma…Abstract Number: 1264 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modeling the Costs and Outcomes Associated with Treatment Sequences, with and without Tofacitinib, for Moderately to Severely Active Psoriatic Arthritis in the US
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a chronic progressive inflammatory condition associated with significant direct and indirect costs. Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for…Abstract Number: 1265 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Challenges of Managing Gout in Primary Care: Results of a Best Practice Audit
Background/Purpose: The majority of gout management occurs in primary care and may be suboptimal. While community based clinical trials have reported improvements whether such improvements…Abstract Number: 1266 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ABCG2 rs2231142 Q141K and Oxypurinol Concentration in People with Gout Receiving Allopurinol
Background/Purpose: Association of ABCG2 Q141K (p.141Lys) with poor urate-lowering response to allopurinol has been reported although the mechanism is unclear. ABCG2 has been reported to…Abstract Number: 1267 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association between Clinically Suspect Arthralgia and Adipokines in Obese Patients
Background/Purpose: Obesity is a moderate low-grade chronic inflammatory condition. Also, it has been reported to be a risk factor for inflammatory rheumatic diseases, seronegative inflammatory…Abstract Number: 1268 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of the Persistence of Crystals Under Polarised Light Microscopy in Stored Synovial Fluid Samples
Background/Purpose: Lacking an immediate access to a polarized light microscope is sometimes used to justify the clinical diagnosis of crystal-related arthritis. Some studies have assessed…Abstract Number: 1269 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influence of Diuretic-Response Sodium Transporter Genes on Renal Uric Acid Handling in Response to Frusemide
Background/Purpose: Elevated serum urate and reduced fractional excretion of uric acid (FEUA) are common in people on diuretics. Changes in FEUA in response to frusemide…
