Abstracts tagged "Assessment"

Abstract Number: 106 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of a 6 Joint Simplified Ultrasonographic Score to Assess Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tomas Cazenave¹, Christian A. Waimann², Gustavo Citera¹ and Marcos G. Rosemffet¹, ¹Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Rheumatology section, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound has become a routinely available bedside method for the evaluation of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). However, it is time consuming, making it…
Abstract Number: 2109 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Discrepancy Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments Over Time in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pooneh Akhavan¹, Vivian P. Bykerk², Juan Xiong³, Janet E. Pope⁴, Boulos Haraoui⁵, J. Carter Thorne⁶, Gilles Boire⁷, Carol A. Hitchon⁸, Diane Tin⁹, Edward Keystone¹⁰ and CATCH¹¹, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, Divsion of Rheumatology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Toronto
Background/Purpose: Discrepancy between patient (PGA) and physician (MDGA) global assessments in RA can adversely affect therapeutic decisions in many cases. The purpose of this study…
Abstract Number: 77 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comorbid Conditions Do Not Explain Divergent Patient Assessments of Disease Activity and Global Health in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dörte Huscher¹, Katja Thiele², Sascha Bischoff², Ulrich von Hinüber³, Guido Hoese⁴, Kirsten Karberg⁵, Wolfgang Ochs⁶ and Angela Zink⁷, ¹German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Hildesheim, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Stadthagen, Germany, ⁵Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Rheumatologist in Private Practice, Bayreuth, Germany, ⁷Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the discussion of the 2010 ACR/EULAR remission criteria the issue has been raised to what extent patients are able to distinguish rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 2043 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Documentation of Improvement Over 2 Months in Osteoarthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Spondyloarthropathy and Gout Similarly to Rheumatoid Arthritis According to Function, Pain, Patient Global Estimate and RAPID3 On a Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ)
Isabel Castrejón¹, Martin J. Bergman² and Theodore Pincus¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park, PA
Background/Purpose: The health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) and multidimensional HAQ (MDHAQ) were developed initially to assess patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The most feasible method to…
Abstract Number: 2048 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Four Physician Global Assessments for Overall Status, Inflammation, Damage, and Unexplained Symptoms Are Useful in Usual Care of Patients with Osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Spondyloarthropathy, As Well As Rheumatoid Arthritis
Isabel Castrejón¹, Martin J. Bergman² and Theodore Pincus¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park, PA
Background/Purpose: A physician global estimate (DOCGL) is important in clinical decisions concerning patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and often is the most efficient of the…
Abstract Number: 2004 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do We Need a Minimum Standards in Care for Children with Localized Scleroderma- Result of the Consensus Meeting in Hamburg Germany On the 11th of December 2011. Part I. Diagnosis and Assessment of the Disease
Ivan Foeldvari¹, Tamás Constantin², Peter Hoeger³, Monika Moll⁴, Clare Pain⁵, Dana Nemcova⁶, Kathryn S. Torok⁷, Lisa Weibel⁸ and Philip J. Clements⁹, ¹Kinder- und Jugenrheumatologie, Hamburger Zentrum Kinder-und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Semmelweis Egyetem, AOK, II.sz. Gyermekgyogyaszati Klinika, Budapest, Hungary, ³Pediatric Dermatology, Kinderkrankenhaus Wilhelmstift, Hamburg, Germany, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, University Childrenxsxhospital, Tübingen, Germany, ⁵Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, University Childrenxsxhospital, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Pediatric Dermatology, University Childrenxs Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localised scleroderma (jlSc) is an orphan disease. There are currently no guidelines regarding diagnosis, follow up and treatment. In the frame of the…
Abstract Number: 1896 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Variation in US Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Training
Anjali Patwardhan¹, Michael Henrickson², Sandy D. Hong³, 'Laura Laskosz⁴ and Charles H. Spencer⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²MLC 4010, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Pediatrics-Rheumatology, U of Iowa Children's Hosp, Iowa City, IA, ⁴Manager, Sections on Endocrinology, Pulmonology, and Rheumatology, ⁵Rheumatology, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Pediatric rheumatology (PR) became an American Board of Pediatrics subspecialty in 1990. This is the first survey to examine training differences between the 31…
Abstract Number: 1680 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic Value of the Assessment of Spondyloarthropathy International Society (ASAS) Criteria for Children with Enthesitis Related Arthritis (ERA): A Single Center Study of 124 Patients
Mehul Jariwala¹, Manjari Agarwal¹ and Sujata Sawhney², ¹Institute of Child Health, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, ²Paediatric rheumatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis Related Arthritis (ERA) is a common subtype (36%) of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) seen in India 1. These criteria do not distinguish between…
Abstract Number: 1354 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevalence of Psoriatic Arthritis Based On Rheumatologists’ Clinical Assessment Before and After Laboratory and Radiographic Tests in Psoriasis Patients in European/North American Dermatology Clinics
Dafna D. Gladman¹, Philip J. Mease², Rafat Y. Faraawi³, Eustratios Bananis⁴, Andrew S. Koenig⁵, Robert Northington⁴, Joanne Fuiman⁴ and Daniel Alvarez⁴, ¹Centre for Prognosis Studies in The Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology Research, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ³McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁵Specialty Care Business Unit, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with a heterogeneous presentation that is associated with impaired quality of life, joint damage, and limited…
Abstract Number: 1110 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Radiologic Progression in Hand Osteoarthritis (OA) Over 2.6 Years – Data From the Sekoia Trial
Emmanuel Maheu¹, Christian Cadet² and Francis Berenbaum¹, ¹Rheumatology, AP-HP, St Antoine Hospital, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Hand OA is a frequent polyarticular disease. Few is known with respect to its radiological progression over time, which in addition is difficult to…
Abstract Number: 2639 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Residual Disease Activity in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Were Classified As Being in Remission According to 8 Different Descriptions: Post Hoc Analysis of the Etude Et Suivi Des Polyarthrites Indifférenciées Récentes (ESPOIR) Cohort
Isabel Castrejón¹, Maxime Dougados², Bernard Combe³, Francis Guillemin⁴, Bruno Fautrel⁵ and Theodore Pincus¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology B Department, Paris-Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁴Hopitaux de Brabois, Nancy, France, ⁵Rheumatology / GRC08-EEMOIS, APHP-Pitie Salpetriere Hospital / UPMC, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: No single gold standard for remission is available for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). All available descriptions, including 2 proposed by an ACR/EULAR committee, allow residual…
Abstract Number: 1043 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity by Power Doppler Ultrasonography: Association with Routine Clinical Indices and Its Usefulness in Detecting Remission
Hiroaki Taguchi, Kazuo Nishi, Takeo Kudo and Yutaka Okano, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Municipal Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) is sensitive for detecting synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We aimed to clarify the association of PDUS findings…
Abstract Number: 2589 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
From Novice to Expert: Competency Milestones for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Karina D. Torralba¹, Jay B. Higgs², Amy C. Cannella³ and Gurjit S. Kaeley⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Rheumatology, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, ³Divison of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Med Ctr, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Florida, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the American Board of Internal Medicine have initiated the development of milestones for internal medicine (IM)…
Abstract Number: 927 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Shared Decision Making in Secondary Care: Rheumatologic Patient’s Perspective
Raphael Battisti¹, Thiago D. Baumgratz², Mirella Cuziol³, Ana Carolina Reiff Janini³, Roger A. Levy⁴ and Mirhelen M. Abreu⁵, ¹Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Medical Student, São Carlos, Brazil, ²Medicine, Medical Student, São Carlos, Brazil, ³Medicine, Medical Student at Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil, ⁴Medicine, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁵Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos SP, Brazil
Background/Purpose: This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the willingness for shared decision making (SDM) of rheumatologic patients. Methods: All rheumatic disease patients assisted at a…
Abstract Number: 2591 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Examination Skills of 4th Year Medical Students Using a Novel Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Seetha U. Monrad¹, Lisa DiPonio², Cliff Craig³, John Zeller³ and R. Brent Stansfield⁴, ¹Div of Rheumatology, Univ of Michigan Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Univ of Michigan Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Orthopaedic Surgery, Univ of Michigan Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Medical Education, Univ of Michigan Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: University of Michigan (UM) medical students participate in integrated musculoskeletal sequences during their preclinical years, but subsequently there are few opportunities for assessment of…

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