Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 1158 • ACR Convergence 2023
Dermatomyositis Flares After COVID-19 Vaccination and/or SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Maximiliano Diaz Menindez¹, Megan Sullivan², Benjamin Wang³, Andy Abril³, Vikas Majithia², Ronald Butendieck³, Colleen T. Ball⁴ and Florentina Berianu², ¹Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ³Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune disorder part of the group of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. It is characterized by proximal muscle weakness and skin involvement.…
Abstract Number: 1772 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis-Specific Rheumatoid Factors Develop in Some COVID-19 Patients
Adam Titi¹, Ryan Adyniec², Nat Murren¹ and Miriam Shelef¹, ¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid factors (RFs), antibodies canonically known to bind two conformational epitopes of IgG Fc, are a hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but also can…
Abstract Number: 2038 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Preventative Health Screenings in Rheumatology Outpatients
Minerva Nong¹, Medha Barbhaiya², Jonah Levine³, Vivian Bykerk⁴, Rachel Heise⁵ and Lisa Mandl², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic created significant barriers to accessing recommended preventative health screening. Patients already managing a chronic disease, particularly those using immunosuppressive medications, may…
Abstract Number: 2567 • ACR Convergence 2023
An Extended Interval Between mRNA COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations Is Associated with an Increased Humoral Immune Response in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
Catherine Raptis¹, Christoph Berger², Christos Polysopoulos¹, Adrian Ciurea³, Diego Andrey⁴, Tanja Maletic¹, Myriam Riek¹, Almut Scherer¹, Isabell von Loga¹, Judith Safford¹, Kim Lauper⁵, Burkhard Moeller⁶, Nicolas Vuilleumier⁴, Axel Finckh⁷ and Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁸, ¹SCQM Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁵Geneva University Hospitals, Genève, Switzerland, ⁶Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁷HUG, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁸Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: There is evidence that extending the interval between COVID-19 vaccination doses is associated with increased immunogenicity and neutralizing activity in healthy individuals (1, 2).…
Abstract Number: 0210 • ACR Convergence 2023
Longitudinal T Cell Responses to a Series of Four SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Doses or COVID-19 in Patients on TNF Inhibitors
Hilde Ørbo¹, Asia-Sophia Wolf², Kristin Hammersbøen Bjørlykke³, Sarah E. Josefsson², Guri Solum², Ingrid Fadum Kjønstad⁴, Ingrid Jyssum¹, Ingrid Christensen¹, Anne Therese Tveter¹, Joseph Sexton¹, Grete B. Kro⁵, Gunnveig Grødeland⁶, Tore Kvien¹, Jørgen Jahnsen³, John Torgils Vaage⁷, Espen Haavardsholm¹, Sella Provan⁸, Hassen Kared⁹, Ludvig A. Munthe⁷, Kristin Kaasen Jørgensen³, Silje Watterdal Syversen¹, Siri Mjaaland² and Guro Goll¹, ¹Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: T cells are critical for control of viral infection with SARS-CoV-2, but knowledge is lacking on cellular immune responses following repeated vaccination and breakthrough…
Abstract Number: 0226 • ACR Convergence 2023
Relationships Among Parameters of Mineral Metabolism and Bone Turnover During Acute COVID-related Hospitalization and Subsequent Follow Up: A Pilot Study
Diego Cabrera¹, Clara Wong², Anna Santoro¹, Christine Simpson¹, Karl Insogna¹, Mary Geda¹, Andrew Cohen¹, Alexandra Hadjuk¹, Lauren Ferrante¹ and Evelyn Hsieh³, ¹Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, ³Yale University, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology; Yale School of Public Health; Section of Rheumatology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory conditions can exert direct adverse effects on bone metabolism, via increased bone resorption with inadequate compensatory bone formation. COVID-19 has been associated with…
Abstract Number: 1166 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patients with COVID-19 and Polymyositis Inpatient Outcomes and Hospital Cost: Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2020
Emily He¹ and Vaneet Sandhu², ¹Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, ²Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were growing concerns regarding the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on not only patients with rheumatic diseases but also the national…
Abstract Number: 1796 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety & ImmUnogenicity of COVID-19 VaCcines in SystEmic immunE Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (SUCCEED)
Olga Tsyruk¹, Vinod Chandran², Carol Hitchon³, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta⁴, Ines Colmegna⁵, Paul R. Fortin⁶, Maggie Larche⁷, Gilles Boire⁸, Luck Lukusa¹, Dawn Bowish⁷, Gilaad G Kaplan⁹, Daniel Pereira¹⁰, Roaya Dayam¹¹, Jennifer LF Lee¹, Elizabeth Turnbull¹, Valeria Valerio¹², Laurie Proulx¹³, Janet Gunderson¹⁴, Anne-Claude Gingras¹¹ and Sasha Bernatsky¹², ¹RI-MUHC, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ⁷McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁸Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Canadian government's COVID Immunity Task Force funded SUCCEED to study COVID vaccination responses in immune-mediated inflammatory disease(IMID). We describe how drugs, clinical factors,…
Abstract Number: 2040 • ACR Convergence 2023
Distinguishing Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children from Typhus Using Artificial Intelligence: MISC vs. Endemic Typhus (AI-MET)
Angela Chun¹, Abraham Bautista-Castillo², Isabella Osuna¹, Kristiana Nasto¹, Flor Munoz³, Gordon Schutze¹, Sridevi Devaraj¹, Eyal Muscal⁴, Marietta De Guzman⁵, Kristen Sexson Tejtel¹, Ioannis Kakadiaris² and Tiphanie Vogel¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Computational Biomedicine Lab University of Houston, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁵Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) following SARS-CoV2infection is a recognized mimic of other inflammatory disorders, including Kawasaki Disease and macrophage activation syndrome. However,…
Abstract Number: 2568 • ACR Convergence 2023
First Breakthrough COVID-19 Infection Following Two SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations Among Primary Systemic Vasculitis Patients
Michael Chen-Xu¹, Daniel Cooper², Rainer Döffinger², Dr Rachel Jones³ and Rona Smith², ¹Unviersity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Primary systemic vasculitis (PSV) patients on immunosuppression are at higher risk of adverse outcomes following COVID-19 infection and often mount suboptimal vaccine responses to…
Abstract Number: 070 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Dawn Wahezi¹, Dominique Jerome¹, Evin Rothschild¹, Jeffrey Dvergsten², Stacey Tarvin³, Susan Kim⁴ and Tamar Rubinstein¹, ¹Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ²Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ³Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been concerns regarding the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies…
Abstract Number: 076 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
COVID-Distress in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Brooke Rezmer¹, Michelle Adler², Tamar Rubinstein³, Andrea Knight⁴ and Natoshia Cunningham⁵, ¹Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, ²Michigan State University, East Lansing, ³Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: Psychological symptoms are common in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and may impact other psychological and health-related outcomes. Mental health problems such as anxiety…
Abstract Number: 087 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Delays in Care, Declines in Health, and Food Insecurity in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rebecca Hetrick¹, Maria Pereira² and Marietta De Guzman³, ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic created dramatic societal disruptions. Social distancing and measures to reduce disease spread rapidly reshaped healthcare delivery. Recognizing the burden of frequent…
Abstract Number: 097 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Survey of Covid-19 Immunization and Infection in Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Adult Onset Still’s Disease
Mariana Correia Marques¹, Paul Subrata², Carol Lake³, Ly-Lan Bergeron⁴, Rashmi Sinha⁵, Luciana Peixoto⁶, Marinka Twilt⁷ and Michael Ombrello⁸, ¹Translational Genetics and Genomics Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/Children`s National Hospital, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAID Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (NCBR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³NIH, GAITHERSBURG, MD, ⁴NIH/NIAMS, Vienna, VA, ⁵Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, ⁷Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸Translational Genetics and Genomics Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, North Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Immunization is one of the most important tools for the control of the Covid-19 pandemic. The safety and effectiveness of the Covid-19 immunizations have…
Abstract Number: 099 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Tresa Ambooken¹, Sangati Kadakia¹, Tara Lozy¹, Brianna Bulbin², Suhas Ganguli³, Dawn Wahezi⁴ and Sivia Lapidus¹, ¹Department of Pediatrics, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ²Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, ³Department of Pediatrics, K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune City, NJ, ⁴Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is theorized to occur in a genetically susceptible individual as a response to an environmental trigger, leading to autoimmunity and inflammation.…

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