Abstracts tagged "clinical practice and education"

Abstract Number: 2320 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Use of Doppler Ultrasound in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Improves Patient Understanding of Disease and Adherence to Treatment and Alters Clinical Practice
Fred Joshua¹, Christine Bailey², Mona Marabani³, Evange Romas⁴, Raymond White³ and Peter Wong⁵, ¹Combined Rheumatology Practice and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, ²AbbVie, Sydney, Australia, ³Private Rheumatology Practice, Sydney, Australia, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Mid-North Coast Arthritis Clinic and University of New South Wales Rural Clinical School, Coffs Harbour, Australia
Background/Purpose: Doppler ultrasound (DUS) can detect subclinical joint inflammation and can be used to predict disease relapse or flare in patients with RA. The objectives…