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Abstract Number: PP18 • ACR Convergence 2022
From Devastated to Empowered: How Patient Engagement in Research Changes Lives
Eileen Davidson, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: In April of 2015 I was a 29 year-old single mom diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA wasn't unknown to me; my aunt who…
Abstract Number: PP23 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Journey to Collaborative Care and Patient-Centric Educational Opportunities for a Scleroderma Patient
Amy Gietzen and Hannah Bowen, The Ann Steffens Scleroderma Foundation, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: In 2001 I started to experience forearm, elbow, and wrist pain. My fingers were constantly swollen, and sensitive. After 6 months of living in…
Abstract Number: 2272 • ACR Convergence 2022
Temporal Trends in COVID-19 Outcomes Among Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: From the First Wave to Omicron
Yumeko Kawano¹, Naomi Patel², Xiaosong Wang¹, Claire Cook³, Kathleen Vanni¹, Emily Kowalski¹, Emily Banasiak¹, Grace Qian¹, Michael Diiorio¹, Tiffany Hsu¹, Michael Weinblatt⁴, Derrick Todd¹, Zachary Wallace³ and Jeffrey Sparks⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Sale Creek, TN, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Advances in prevention, testing, and treatment of COVID-19 have contributed to less severe outcomes in the general population, but whether outcomes have improved for…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Advocating for My Autoimmune Disease Led Me to Desire to Pursue a Career in Rheumatology
Brooklyn Johnson¹ and Kathleen Collins², ¹Memphis, TN, ²LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: The summer before my senior year, I developed a faint rash on my face and my arms. At a dermatology appointment, I pointed this…
Abstract Number: 2257 • ACR Convergence 2022
MRI Spinal Lesions in Patients Without MRI or Radiographic Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints Typical of Axial Spondyloarthritis
Walter P Maksymowych¹, Mikkel Østergaard², Xenofon Baraliakos³, Pedro Machado⁴, Susanne J. Pedersen⁵, Ulrich Weber⁶, Iris Eshed⁷, Manouk de Hooge⁸, Joachim Sieper⁹, Denis Poddubnyy¹⁰, Martin Rudwaleit¹¹, Désirée van der Heijde¹², Robert Landewé¹³ and Robert G Lambert¹⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Practice Buchsbaum Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, ⁷Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁸Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ⁹Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹¹University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Germany Klinikum Bielefeld and Charité Berlin, Germany, and Gent University, Gent, Belgium, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹³Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ¹⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: There is limited data as to the frequency of spinal lesions on MRI in patients without MRI or radiographic features typical of sacroiliac joint…
Abstract Number: PP24 • ACR Convergence 2022
Planting Seeds of Self-Advocacy: Increasing Healthcare Engagement in Children and Adolescents Through Arthritis Camp
Kaye Anderson¹, Kristine Carandang² and Courtney Wells³, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, River Falls, WI, ²Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, ³University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: I was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at the age of ten. The constant battle between doctor appointments, pain, and medication side effects left…
Abstract Number: 2158 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Decade of Caring for SSc Patients: Do Outcomes Improve? Data from the Leiden CCISS Cohort
Sophie Liem¹, Saad Ahmed², Jacopo Ciaffi³, Liesbeth Beaart-van de Voorde⁴, Anne Schouffoer⁵, J Geelhoed⁶, Nina Ajmone Marsan⁷, Tom Huizinga⁸ and Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra⁸, ¹LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ³IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna/Leiden University Medical Center, Bologna, Italy, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center/Haga Teaching Hospital, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Pulmonology, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁷Leiden University Medical Center, Cardiology, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Combined Care in Systemic Sclerosis (CCISS) is a prospective cohort of patients referred to Leiden University Medical Center for Raynaud's Phenomenon (RP), a suspicion…
Abstract Number: 2157 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluation of Functional Disability over Time in the Leiden Systemic Sclerosis (CCISS) Cohort
Sophie Liem¹, Saad Ahmed², Tom Huizinga³, Thea Vliet Vlieland⁴, Sytske Anne Bergstra¹ and Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra³, ¹LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Functional disability in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) greatly influences quality of life. In SSc, the goal of treatment is to decrease disease burden…
Abstract Number: PP21 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Lies Beneath: Making Rheumatoid Arthritis Visible for the Seronegative Patient Through Blood Work
Shilpa Venkatachalam, Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: When I first received my Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) diagnosis 5 years ago, I experienced a combination of relief and disbelief. Relief because now all…
Abstract Number: 2248 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence and Mortality of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in Rheumatoid Arthritis and non-RA Comparators in a Multicenter Prospective Cohort
Gregory McDermott¹, Keigo Hayashi², Kazuki Yoshida¹, Matthew Moll¹, Michael Cho¹, Tracy Doyle¹, Paul Dellaripa¹, Rachel Putman¹, Raul San Jose Estepar¹, George Washko¹, Elizabeth Regan³, Hiroto Hatabu¹, Gary M Hunninghake¹, Edwin Silverman¹ and Jeffrey Sparks⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, ³National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Subpleural interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) may be a form of subclinical or preclinical interstitial lung disease (ILD) and have been reported in up to…
Abstract Number: 2156 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Benefits of Lung Transplantation in Systemic Sclerosis-related Interstitial Lung Disease; A Single-Center Retrospective Study
Yoichi Nakayama¹, Ran Nakashima¹, Tomohiro Handa², Kiminobu Tanizawa², Akihiro Ohsumi³, Mirei Shirakashi¹, Ryosuke Hiwa¹, Hideaki Tsuji¹, Koji Kitagori¹, Shuji Akizuki⁴, Hajime Yoshifuji⁵, Hiroshi date³ and Akio Morinobu⁵, ¹Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto, Japan, ²Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ³Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Kyoto universtiy hospital, Kyoto City, Japan, ⁵Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disorder with microangiopathy and fibrosis affecting the skin and visceral organs. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a…
Abstract Number: 1788 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pulmonary Vascular Dysfunction Occurs in Association with Hyperuricaemia: Assessment by a Novel Non-Invasive Measurement of Pulmonary Pulse Wave Transit Time
Rachael Flood¹, Nicole Fagan², Diarmuid O'Brien¹, Colm Kirby¹, David Kane¹ and Ronan Mullan¹, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Hyperuricaemia is common in pulmonary hypertension (PH) occurring in up to 80% of patients with serum uric acid levels(sUA) correlating with poor PH outcomes.…
Abstract Number: 2152 • ACR Convergence 2022
Depression and Other Neurological Disorders Are Associated with Biologic DMARD Failure in Psoriatic Arthritis
Nicoletta Luciano¹, Elisa Barone², Enrico Brunetta¹, Maria De Santis³, Angela Ceribelli⁴, Marta Caprioli⁵, Giacomo Maria Guidelli¹, Arianna Sonaglia¹, Daniela Renna⁶, Francesca Motta⁷, Natasa Isailovic⁷, Matteo Vecellio³ and Carlo Selmi⁸, ¹IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano, Italy, ²IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano (MI), Lombardia, Italy, ³Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pieve Emanuele, Italy, ⁴Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano (MI) Italy, Borgo San Giacomo, Italy, ⁵IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pavia, Italy, ⁶IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Milano, Italy, ⁷Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano (MI), Italy, ⁸Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rozzano, Italy
Background/Purpose: The management of patients with psoriasis and psoriatic artrhitis (PsA) has been recently enriched and has thus become more challenging by the wide armamentarium…
Abstract Number: 1786 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anterior Knee Pain Is Associated with 2-year Compartment Specific Patellofemoral Cartilage Worsening: The MOST Study
Corey Lanois¹, Natalie Collins², Tuhina Neogi³, Ali Guermazi⁴, Frank Roemer⁵, Michael LaValley⁶, Michael Nevitt⁷, James Torner⁸, Cora E. Lewis⁹ and Joshua Stefanik¹⁰, ¹Northeastern University, Providence, RI, ²University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁵Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, ⁷University of California at San Francisco, Orinda, CA, ⁸University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Anterior knee pain (AKP) may be a precursor to patellofemoral osteoarthritis (PFOA). Cross-sectionally, frequent AKP has been associated with MRI features of PFOA; however,…
Abstract Number: 1789 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gout in Heart Failure Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy in a Tertiary Academic Hospital
Aakriti Arora¹, Lakshmi Jayaram², TEFERA ESHETU³ and FLORINA CONSTANTINESCU³, ¹MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ²McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Gout is one of the most common inflammatory joint diseases and is a disabling complication in patients with heart failure. Patients with gout and…

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