Abstracts tagged "Crystal-induced arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1898 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in a Large Cohort of Patients with Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Arthritis
Sara Tedeschi¹, Weixing Huang¹, Kazuki Yoshida¹ and Daniel Solomon², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Acute calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal arthritis, also known as pseudogout, causes an acute inflammatory arthritis that shares clinical similarities with gout. We investigated the…
Abstract Number: 0580 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association Between Female Reproductive Factors and Gout: A Nationwide Population-based Cohort Study of 1 Million Postmenopausal Women
Yeonghee Eun¹, In Young Kim², Kyungdo Han³, Kyu Na Lee³, Dong-Yun Lee¹, Dong Wook Shin¹, Seonyoung Kang¹, Seulkee Lee¹, Hoon-Suk Cha¹, Eun-Mi Koh¹, Jaejoon Lee¹ and Hyungjin Kim¹, ¹Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²National Police Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown that the incidence and risk factors of gout differs according to sex. However, little research has been done on the…
Abstract Number: 0582 • ACR Convergence 2021
Altered Risk of Gout According to Change of Metabolic Parameters in Young Adults
Yeonghee Eun¹, In Young Kim², Kyungdo Han³, Seonyoung Kang¹, Seulkee Lee¹, Hoon-Suk Cha¹, Eun-Mi Koh¹, Hyungjin Kim¹ and Jaejoon Lee¹, ¹Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²National Police Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown a link between gout and metabolic syndrome (MetS). It is well known that lifestyle modifications such as weight reduction and…
Abstract Number: 0666 • ACR Convergence 2021
Process Mapping Gout Hospitalizations: A Deep Dive into an Avoidable Epidemic
Mark Russell¹, Benjamin Ellis², Benjamin Clarke¹, Deepak Nagra¹ and James Galloway³, ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Hospital admissions for gout flares have increased dramatically in recent years. Strategies to reduce hospitalizations and improve uptake of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) are needed.…
Abstract Number: 0667 • ACR Convergence 2021
Active Screening for Gout Permits Identifying a Larger Cardiovascular Population at High Mortality Risk
Silvia Ruiz-Simón¹, Irene Calabuig², Miguel Gómez-Garberí³ and MARIANO ANDRES⁴, ¹Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, San Juan de Alicante, Spain, ⁴Hospital General Universitario de Alicante-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: We have recently noted by active screening that about a third of gout cases in the cardiovascular population is not registered in records (Calabuig,…
Abstract Number: 0679 • ACR Convergence 2021
Cardiovascular Risk Associated with Treatment of Allopurinol and Benzbromarone in Patients with Gout
Yeonghee Eun, Seonyoung Kang, Seulkee Lee, Hyungjin Kim, Jaejoon Lee, Eun-Mi Koh and Hoon-Suk Cha, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown that cardiovascular risk is increased in patients with gout. There are many studies on the effect of uric acid lowering…
Abstract Number: 1095 • ACR Convergence 2021
Improved Arthrocentesis and Fluid Yield of the Non-Effusive Knee Using Pneumatic Compression
Ahsan Iqbal¹, Sumir Brahmbhatt¹, Maheswari Muruganandam², David Cisneros³, Adnan Kiani², Fatemeh Farshami⁴, Jaren Trost⁵, N. Suzanne Emil², Sharon Nunez¹ and Wilmer Sibbitt², ¹UNM, Albuquerque, NM, ²University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ³University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, MD, ⁵Optum, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose: Arthrocentesis is critical for diagnosis and therapy of joint disease; however, it is very difficult to obtain diagnostic fluid from an arthritic but clinically…
Abstract Number: 1566 • ACR Convergence 2021
Hyperuricemia Is Associated with Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction – the Impact of Hyperuricemia on Flow Mediated and Nitroglycerin Mediated Dilatation of the Brachial Artery
Rachael Flood, Colm Kirby, David Kane and Ronan Mullan, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Vascular endothelial cells line the entire circulatory system, these cells have very distinct and unique functions that are paramount to vascular biology. Hyperuricemia has…
Abstract Number: 1571 • ACR Convergence 2021
Elevated Lactate, Procalcitonin Levels and SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) in a Subset of Patients with Gout
Christopher Podgorski¹, Paula Skarda² and Elie Gertner³, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Saint Paul, MN, ²Department of Medicine, Regions Hospital, University of Minnesota Medical School, Saint Paul, MN, ³Section of Rheumatology, Regions Hospital and Division of Rheumatology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: The intense inflammatory cascade of acute gouty inflammation makes it difficult to differentiate clinically between acute gouty inflammation and sepsis, particularly since they can…
Abstract Number: 1574 • ACR Convergence 2021
Comparison of Urate Quantification in Gout and Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia by Ultrasound and Dual Energy Computed Tomography
Rachael Flood¹, Aamir Saeed², Kate Harrington¹, Conor Shortt¹, Ronan Mullan¹ and David Kane¹, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust., Worcester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The diagnostic gold standard for gout remains aspiration and identification of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals under polarised light microscopy. Joint aspiration is invasive and…
Abstract Number: 1580 • ACR Convergence 2021
Whole Blood Gene Expression and eQTL Analysis Implicate GGT7 and FADS2 in Gout Pathogenesis
Richard Reynolds¹, Riku Takei¹, Jeffrey Edberg¹, Nicholas Sumpter¹, Tony Merriman² and Megan Leask¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dunedin, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Gene expression studies of whole blood represent a powerful approach for understanding the pathogenesis of gout because differentially expressed transcripts may reflect the activation…
Abstract Number: 0661 • ACR Convergence 2020
Genomic Regions Jointly Associated with eGFR and Serum Urate: Implications for Shared Genetic Etiology of Hyperuricemia and Chronic Kidney Disease
Nick Sumpter¹, Alexa Lupi², Megan Leask³, Tony Merriman⁴, Ana Vazquez² and Richard Reynolds¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, ³University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, ⁴University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Gout and hyperuricemia (HU), serum urate (SU) > 6.8 mg/dL, often present in the context of chronic kidney disease. It has long been known…
Abstract Number: 0670 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors for Pseudogout: An Electronic Medical Record Case-Control Study
Sara Tedeschi¹, Kazuki Yoshida¹, Weixing Huang² and Daniel H. Solomon¹, ¹Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
Background/Purpose: Prior studies of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease (CPPD) epidemiology either focused on the entire spectrum of CPPD or identified patients with its acute…
Abstract Number: 0676 • ACR Convergence 2020
Surveying Practicing Rheumatologists Regarding Gout Management and Barriers in Gout Care
Joshua Gavin¹, Yashswee KC², Evan Dombrosky³, Nehal Shah⁴ and Youssef Roman⁴, ¹Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, ²Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Henrico, VA, ³Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Glen Allen, VA, ⁴Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: The management of gout is heterogeneous across specialties and clinical settings. Gout has been demonstrated to be one of the most poorly managed conditions…
Abstract Number: 0685 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of Azathioprine on the Frequency of Persistent Responsiveness to Pegloticase in Patients with Chronic Refractory Gout
Herbert S. Baraf¹, Hope Rainey², Peter Lipsky² and Peter Lipsky³, ¹The Ctr for Rheumatology and Bone Research, Wheaton, MD, ²AMPEL BioSolutions LLC., Charlottesville, VA, ³RILITE Foundation, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Pegloticase is a mammalian recombinant uricase coupled to monomethoxy polyethylene glycol that is approved in the US for treatment of patients with chronic refractory…