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Abstract Number: 1685 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Children with Rheumatic Diseases from Around the Globe
Jonathan Hausmann¹, Kevin Kennedy², Salman Surangiwala³, Maggie Larche⁴, Karen Durrant⁵, Rashmi Sinha⁶ and Emily Sirotich⁴, ¹Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ³Queen’s School of Medicine, Kingston, Canada, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Autoinflammatory Alliance, San Francisco, CA, ⁶SJIA Foundation, Cincinnati
Background/Purpose: Children with rheumatic diseases face unknown risks in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic. These children are often immunosuppressed due to their underlying disease…
Abstract Number: 1686 • ACR Convergence 2020
The COV-ASAKI Survey from the Pediatric Tuscany Network During COVID-19 Era
Maria Vincenza Mastrolia¹, Rino Agostiniani², Chiara Azzari³, Roberto Bernardini⁴, Ugo Bottone⁵, Giovanni Battista Calabri⁶, Flavio Civitelli⁷, Rita Consolini⁸, Roberto Danieli⁹, Rosalia Di Silvio¹⁰, Susanna Falorni¹¹, Luigi Gagliardi¹², Salvatore Grosso¹³, Marco Martini¹⁴, Graziano Memmini¹⁵, Marco Pezzati¹⁶, Giovanni Suriano¹⁷, Luca Tafi¹⁸, Angelina Vaccaro¹⁹, Pier Luigi Vasarri²⁰ and Gabriele Simonini²¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ²Paediatric Unit, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia, Italy, Pistoia, Toscana, Italy, ³Paediatric Immunology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ⁴Paediatric Unit, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy, Empoli, Toscana, Italy, ⁵Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Lotti Hospital, Pontedera, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ⁶Cardiologic Unit, Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ⁷Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Montepulciano Hospital, Montepulciano, AUSL Sud Est Toscana, Siena, Italy., Siena, Toscana, Italy, ⁸Section of clinical and laboratory Immunology, Department of clinical and experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, ⁹Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Spedali Riuniti di Livorno, Livorno, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Livorno, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁰Paediatric Unit, Mugello Hospital, Borgo San Lorenzo, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ¹¹Paediatric Unit, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy, Grosseto, Italy, ¹²Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Ospedale Versilia Hospital, Viareggio, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Viareggio, Toscana, Italy, ¹³Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Molecular Medicine and Development, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, Siena, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁴Paediatric Unit, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy, Arezzo, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁵Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Apuane Hospital, Massa Carrara, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Massa Carrara, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁶Paediatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Bagno a Ripoli, Firenze, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁷Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Cecina Hospital, Cecina, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Cecina, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁸Paediatric and Neonatal Unit, Valdarno Hospital, Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy, Arezzo, Toscana, Italy, ¹⁹Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, San Luca Hospital, Lucca, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy, Lucca, Toscana, Italy, ²⁰Paediatric and Neonatologic Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Prato, Italy, Prato, Toscana, Italy, ²¹Rheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence; NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: At the end of April 2020, national and international Pediatrics scientific societies diffused an alert about a rise in the number of pediatric severe,…
Abstract Number: 1687 • ACR Convergence 2020
Kawasaki Disease Shock Syndrome in the Intensive Care Unit: A Single Center Cohort
Monica Bray¹, Jennifer Rammel², Andrea Ramirez¹, Kristen Sexson¹, Fong Lam¹, Eyal Muscal³ and Marietta DeGuzman³, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD), a well described vasculitis of childhood, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries. Kawasaki disease shock syndrome…
Abstract Number: 1688 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-term Hearing Loss, Anxiety and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Following Kawasaki Disease: A Population-based Cohort Study
Cal Robinson¹, Francis Lao², Rahul Chanchlani¹, Anastasia Gayowsky³, Sandeep Brar⁴, Elizabeth Darling⁵, Catherine Demers⁵, Tapas Mondal¹, Rulan Parekh⁶, Hsien Seow⁵ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³ICES McMaster, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴University of California, San Fransisco, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: The incidence of Kawasaki disease (KD) is increasing in Ontario. Cardiovascular sequelae following KD are well-described. However, there are limited and conflicting non-cardiovascular outcome…
Abstract Number: 1689 • ACR Convergence 2020
Unexpectedly High Incidence of Kawasaki Disease in a Well-Characterized Population in Atlantic Canada
Abdulrahman Alkanhal¹, Joseph Saunders², Fajer Altammar³, Adam Huber⁴, Andrew Lynk², Alison MacLeod⁵, Oliva Ortiz-Alvarez⁶, Meighan Adams², Suzanne Ramsey⁷, Elizabeth Stringer⁸, Andrew Warren² and Bianca Lang⁹, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, ³Mcmaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ⁴Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁵Annapolis Valley Health, Kentville, Canada, ⁶St Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish, Canada, ⁷IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁸IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁹Dalhousie University - Halifax, Halifax, NS, Canada
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki Disease (KD), a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology, is now the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in North America. Its…
Abstract Number: 1690 • ACR Convergence 2020
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Nephritis: Different Histological Classifications, but Which One Is Most Strongly Associated to the Outcome of the Disease? Pilot Study of the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Vasculitis Working Party
Martina Held¹, Mario Sestan¹, Marijana Coric¹, Stela Bulimbasic¹, Teresa Giani², Neil Martin³, Nastasia Cekada¹, Sasa Srsen⁴, Ana Gudelj Gracanin⁵, Domagoj Kifer⁶, Merav Heshin⁷, Angelo Ravelli⁸, Rolando Cimaz⁹, Seza Ozen¹⁰, Alenka Gagro¹¹, Marijan Frkovic¹ and Marija Jelusic¹, ¹University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ²Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ³Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴University Hospital Centre Split, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska, Croatia, ⁵University Hospital Dubrava, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ⁶Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ⁷Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁸Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy, ⁹ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute and Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ¹¹Children's Hospital Zagreb, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Background/Purpose: Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) is the main and almost the only cause of morbidity and mortality among children suffering from this most common vasculitis…
Abstract Number: 1691 • ACR Convergence 2020
Applied Geostatistics in Pediatric Rheumatology – Spatial Clustering of IgA Vasculitis
Matej Sapina¹, Marijan Frkovic², Mario Sestan², Sasa Srsen³, Aleksandar Ovuka⁴, Mateja Batnozic Varga⁵, Nastasia Cekada², Karolina Kramaric⁶, Dario Brdaric⁷, Kresimir Milas⁵, Alenka Gagro⁸ and Marija Jelusic², ¹University Hospital Centre Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ²University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ³University Hospital Centre Split, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska, Croatia, ⁴University Hospital Centre Rijeka, University of Rijeka School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia, Rijeka, Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia, ⁵University Hospital Centre Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ⁶University Hospital Centre Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ⁷Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Institute of Public Health for the Osijek-Baranja County, Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ⁸Children's Hospital Zagreb, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Background/Purpose: IgA vasculitis (IgAV) is the most common childhood vasculitis, which etiology seems to be related to the combination of genetic as well as environmental…
Abstract Number: 1692 • ACR Convergence 2020
Poor Physical Activity Levels and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Among Patients with Childhood-Onset Takayasu Arteritis in Remission
Camilla Astley¹, Saulo Gil², Gleice Clemente³, Maria Teresa Terreri⁴, Lucia Campos⁵, Nadia Aikawa⁵, Ana Lucia de-Sá Pinto², Rosa Pereira⁵, Hamilton Roschel² and Bruno Gualano², ¹University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²University of Sao Paulo, Sao paulo, Brazil, ³Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (HCFMUSP), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset Takayasu Arteritis (c-TA) is a rare, granulomatous, chronic large-vessel vasculitis that involves mostly the aorta and its major branches with a high mortality…
Abstract Number: 1693 • ACR Convergence 2020
Evaluation of B-cell Depletion with Rituximab and IVIG Concurrent Treatment in Pediatric Autoimmune Brain Disease
Alexis Wilsey¹, Laura Cannon², Stephanie Johannes² and Heather Van Mater², ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Rituximab is standard therapy for autoimmune brain disease (ABD) including autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease (NMOSD). Recommendations for continuing concurrent intravenous…
Abstract Number: 1694 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors Associated with Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Juvenile Myositis in North America
Sara Sabbagh¹, Jessica Neely², Albert Chow³, Marietta DeGuzman⁴, Jamie Lai⁵, Svetlana Lvovich⁶, Tara McGrath⁷, Maria Pereira⁸, Iago Pinal-Fernandez⁹, Jordan Roberts¹⁰, Kelly Rouster-Stevens¹¹, Heinrike Schmeling¹², Anjali Sura¹³, Gabriel Tarshish¹⁴, Lori Tucker¹⁵, Lisa G. Rider¹⁶ and Susan Kim¹⁷, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Fox Point, WI, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Loma Linda University, San Bernardino, CA, ⁴Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, ⁵University of Colorado, The Woodlands, TX, ⁶St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁸Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁰Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ¹²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹³Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY, ¹⁴Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ¹⁵BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁶Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Garrett Park, MD, ¹⁷UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in adult myositis patients; however, few studies have examined PJP in juvenile myositis…
Abstract Number: 1695 • ACR Convergence 2020
Anti-Melanoma Differentiation Associated Protein 5 (MDA5) Positive Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Focus on the Lung
David Moreno McNeill¹, Miriah Gillispie-Taylor², Kevin Baszis³, Edouard Sayad¹, Manuel Silva Carmona¹ and Tiphanie Vogel¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, ³Washington Univ School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: A subset of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM), is uncommon and mainly described in adults. CADM is classically characterized by skin ulcerations,…
Abstract Number: 1696 • ACR Convergence 2020
Measuring Quality Improvement from CME Participants: Results from the RAPID® CME Initiative
Stephen Bender¹, Michael Weinblatt² and Daniel Duch¹, ¹FACTORx, Cherry Hill, NJ, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Medical claims data have been used since 2008 to measure the implementation of the diagnostic and referral strategies resulting from participation in RAPID® CME…
Abstract Number: 1697 • ACR Convergence 2020
Immune Related Adverse Events from Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: Survey of Hospitalists’ Awareness and Experiences
Cassandra Calabrese¹, Alexa Meara² and Varalakshmi Janamanchi¹, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Ohio State University Wexner School of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: The introduction of immunologic checkpoint inhibitor therapy (ICI) has caused a paradigm shift in the world of cancer treatment. Their use, however, is attended…
Abstract Number: 1698 • ACR Convergence 2020
Polyarthritis Workup in Primary Care Setting : How Are We Doing?
Ruhani Desai¹, Cassandra Calabrese², Neel Patel³ and Jessica Donato⁴, ¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, DeLand, FL, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland
Background/Purpose: Joint pain is a common presenting complaint in Primary Care with around 54.4 million adults diagnosed with some form of arthritis per 2013 CDC survey. Polyarthritis…
Abstract Number: 1699 • ACR Convergence 2020
Training Residents to ‘Choose Wisely’ When Testing for Antinuclear Antibodies
Iman Qaiser¹, Tracy Koehler¹ and Richard Martin², ¹Mercy Health Saint Mary's, Grand Rapids, MI, ²Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: In many hospitals residents are the first providers to evaluate new patients. Consequently, residents often initiate the work-up of newly admitted patients. Multiple studies…

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