Abstracts Archive - Page 668 of 2425 - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 0593 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient Characteristics and Factors Affecting Decision-Making Regarding Total Knee Replacement by Different Types of Physicians Treating Patients with Knee OA
Angela Bedenbaugh¹, Vinson Lee¹, Gary Oderda², Sarah Kennedy¹, Jeyanesh Tambiah¹, Diana Brixner² and Timothy McAlindon³, ¹Samumed, LLC, San Diego, CA, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Total knee replacement (TKR) is considered an effective knee OA treatment and is a commonly performed orthopedic procedure that relieves pain and improves function and…
Abstract Number: 0607 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Evolution of Rheumatologist’s Practice in Response to the COVID19 Pandemic
Maria Bacalao¹, Kathryn Dao² and John Cush², ¹UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: The COVID19 pandemic was a turning point for Rheumatology. This survey of rheumatologists (rheums) assessed its impact on care delivery, patient counseling and drug…
Abstract Number: 0606 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Systematic Review Exploring Pre-COVID-19 Telehealthcare Models Used in the Management of Patients with Rheumatological Disease
Alexandra Nelson¹ and Marina Anderson², ¹University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Recent advancements in the delivery and utilization of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have led to an increased application of telehealthcare services. Global coronavirus…
Abstract Number: 0612 • ACR Convergence 2020
Differences in 30-Day Rehospitalization Risk and Predictors by Age Group Among Patients with Lupus in Medicare
Maria Schletzbaum¹, Yi Chen², Ann Sheehy³, Farah Kaiksow³, Ryan Powell⁴, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi⁵, Amy Kind⁶ and Christie Bartels⁷, ¹University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Hospital Medicine Division, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics Division, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin - Madison, School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Health Services and Care Research Program, Geriatrics Division, Madison, WI, ⁷University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Although our recent research demonstrates that young adult Medicare beneficiaries (age 18-35) with lupus (SLE) have higher risk of 30-day rehospitalization, predictors specific to…
Abstract Number: 0611 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Activity and Disability Are Not Associated with Rehabilitation Utilization in African Americans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Louise Thoma¹, Rebecca Cleveland², S. Louis Bridges³, Beth Jonas¹ and Leigh Callahan⁴, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Mountain Brk, AL, ⁴University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Considerable advances in pharmacological care for adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over the last 25 years have reduced disease activity in individual patients, but…
Abstract Number: 0617 • ACR Convergence 2020
Support Methodologies for African American Women with Lupus – Comparing Two Study’s Effects on Patient Activation
Ashley White¹, Trevor Faith¹, Aissatou Ba¹, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan², Hetlena Johnson³, Jillian Rose⁴, Clara Dismuke-Greer⁵, Jim Oates⁶, Leonard Egede⁷ and Edith Williams¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²medical university of south carolina, south carolina, ³LupusCSC, Columbia, SC, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁵Palo Alto VA, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC, ⁷Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease in which the immune system of affected individuals attacks their own healthy tissues. While pharmaceutical…
Abstract Number: 0619 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pharmacist Intervention: Reducing Insurance Denials of Specialty Medications
Nisha Sharma¹, Nicole Girardi¹ and Karen Wong¹, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Insurance companies have inconsistent formularies that do not align with Rheumatology clinical treatment guidelines. We are faced with the ongoing challenge of insurance companies…
Abstract Number: 0614 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Rheumatology Practice in Mexico: Mexican College of Rheumatology Survey
Natllely Ruiz¹, José Enrique Ruiz Guizar², Erick A Zamora Tehozol³, Iris Jazmín Colunga Pedraza⁴, Cristina Hernández-Díaz⁵, Vijaya Rivera-Terán⁶, Cesar Pacheco Tena⁷ and Deshire Alpizar-Rodriguez⁶, ¹Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ²Independent, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ³Centro Médico Pensiones, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁶Colegio Mexicano de Reumatología, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁷Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 pandemic is an evident challenge for healthcare systems and daily clinical practice in developing countries. Particularly, chronic diseases attention has faced difficulties. The…
Abstract Number: 0609 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of Depressive Symptoms, Anti-depression Treatment on Direct Medical Costs Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA)
Shuang Song¹, Jeffrey Katz² and Elena Losina², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brighton, MA, ²Harvard Medical School / The Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Depressive symptoms are prevalent among knee OA (KOA) patients and likely lead to additional medical costs. We sought to quantify the prevalence of depressive…
Abstract Number: 0622 • ACR Convergence 2020
Infection-induced MPO-ANCA Associated Vasculitis: A Systematic Review of Published Case Reports
Konstantinos Parperis¹, Loukas Kakoullis², Eleni Papachristodoulou³ and George Panos³, ¹University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix and University of Cyprus Medical School, Phoenix, ²University of Patras School of Health Sciences, Patras, Akhaia, Greece, ³University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
Background/Purpose: Anti-myeloperoxidase (MPO) antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and an MPO-ANCA associated glomerulonephritis; both conditions are…
Abstract Number: 0625 • ACR Convergence 2020
Machine Learning Model to Predict Culture Positivity in Suspected Septic Arthritis
Vinit Gilvaz¹, Elinor Mody², Alwyn Rapose², Shree Radhakrishnan³, Saud Abaalkhail¹ and Sri Vibhavari Guntupalli¹, ¹Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, ²Reliant medical group, Worcester, MA, ³Innovation Incubator Inc, San Jose, CA
Background/Purpose: Arthrocentesis is typically performed on patients with an acutely inflamed joint of unclear etiology. This is most often done to rule out septic arthritis,…
Abstract Number: 0626 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early Rise in CRP Is Associated with Progression to Respiratory Failure and Intubation in COVID-19 Patients
Alisa Mueller¹, Tomoyoshi Tamura², Julia Jezmir³, Erin Penn¹, Gregory Keras⁴, Anthony Massaro⁵ and Edy Kim⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: During the course of hospitalization, it is often unclear which COVID-19 patients will progress from non-critical to critical illness. Timely identification of these patients…
Abstract Number: 0621 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effectiveness of Screening in Patients with Rheumatic Disease Before Commencing Biologic Therapy and Risk of Active Tuberculosis
Sultana Abdulaziz¹, Suzan Attar², Wael Bajhammoh³, Eman Alsindi³, Eman Bakhashwain⁴ and Doaa Ayish⁵, ¹King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ²King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ³King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁴East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Prince Mohammed Bin Nasser Hospital, Gizan, Saudi Arabia
Background/Purpose: Treatment with biologic therapy has been associated with a high risk of reactivation of latent tuberculosis (TB ). Preventive strategies for tuberculosis remain a…
Abstract Number: 0629 • ACR Convergence 2020
COVID-19 Among Patients with Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases: A Descriptive Study
Jesús Loarce-Martos¹, Antía García-Fernández¹, Fernando López-Gutiérrez¹, Veronica Garcia², Laura Calvo-Sanz¹, Ivan Del Bosque-Granero², Cristina Pijoan-Moratalla¹, Lourdes Villalobos-Sánchez³, Boris Blanco-Cáceres¹, Javier Bachiller-Corral¹ and Mónica Vázquez¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid
Background/Purpose: Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID) have a higher risk of infections related to their disease, comorbidities or immunosuppressive treatments, but recent studies addressing…
Abstract Number: 0624 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Regional Body Composition and Physical Function Using the Short Physical Performance Battery Among Peruvian Women with HIV
Diego Cabrera¹, Mijahil Pavel Cornejo Ortega², Yvett Pinedo³, Patricia Garcia⁴ and Evelyn Hsieh⁵, ¹Yale University, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, ²Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru, ³Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, ⁴Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, ⁵Yale University School of Medicine; West Haven VA, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: The musculoskeletal (MSK) system is significantly affected by HIV and its treatment. Changes in body composition can reflect important changes in bone and MSK…

All abstracts accepted to ACR Convergence are under media embargo once the ACR has notified presenters of their abstract’s acceptance. They may be presented at other meetings or published as manuscripts after this time but should not be discussed in non-scholarly venues or outlets. The following embargo policies are strictly enforced by the ACR.

Accepted abstracts are made available to the public online in advance of the meeting and are published in a special online supplement of our scientific journal, Arthritis & Rheumatology. Information contained in those abstracts may not be released until the abstracts appear online. In an exception to the media embargo, academic institutions, private organizations, and companies with products whose value may be influenced by information contained in an abstract may issue a press release to coincide with the availability of an ACR abstract on the ACR website. However, the ACR continues to require that information that goes beyond that contained in the abstract (e.g., discussion of the abstract done as part of editorial news coverage) is under media embargo until 10:00 AM ET on November 14, 2024. Journalists with access to embargoed information cannot release articles or editorial news coverage before this time. Editorial news coverage is considered original articles/videos developed by employed journalists to report facts, commentary, and subject matter expert quotes in a narrative form using a variety of sources (e.g., research, announcements, press releases, events, etc.).

Violation of this policy may result in the abstract being withdrawn from the meeting and other measures deemed appropriate. Authors are responsible for notifying colleagues, institutions, communications firms, and all other stakeholders related to the development or promotion of the abstract about this policy. If you have questions about the ACR abstract embargo policy, please contact ACR abstracts staff at [email protected].