Abstracts tagged "Assessment and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 875 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differences in Early Damage Patterns in Various Forms of Primary Systemic Vasculitis
Katarzyna Wawrzycka-Adamczyk^1,2, Joanna Robson³, Alberto Floris^1,4, Jan Sznajd^2,5, Anthea Craven⁶, Richard A. Watts⁷, Peter A. Merkel⁸, Raashid Luqmani⁵ and DCVAS investigators, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland, ³Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, University Clinic, Cagliari, Italy, Monserrato, Italy, ⁵Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology Department Ipswich Hospital and University of East Anglia, Ipswich, United Kingdom, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Immunosuppressive agents have changed the outcome of the systemic vasculitides from invariably fatal to chronic conditions associated with damage as a result of disease,…
Abstract Number: 874 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Short Term Damage Burden in Vasculitis and Vasculitis Mimics As Measured By the Vasculitis Damage Index
Alberto Floris^1,2, Jan Sznajd^3,4, Katarzyna Wawrzycka-Adamczyk^1,5, Joanna Robson⁶, Anthea Craven⁷, Peter A. Merkel⁸, Richard A. Watts⁹, Raashid Luqmani³ and DCVAS investigators, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology Unit, University Clinic, Cagliari, Italy, Monserrato, Italy, ³Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland, ⁵Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁷Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Rheumatology Department Ipswich Hospital, University of East Anglia, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Damage in vasculitis, which is due to both the vasculitic process itself and the complications of treatment, accumulates over time and accounts for significant…