Abstracts tagged "death"

Abstract Number: 1263 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In Ontario: Long Term Outcomes In a Population-Based Cohort With Universal Health Care Coverage
Deborah M. Levy¹, Nadia Gunraj², Janet E. Pope³, J. Carter Thorne⁴, Wesley Fidler⁵, Peter B. Dent⁶, Johannes Roth⁷, Roberta A. Berard⁸, Murray Berall⁹, Astrid Guttmann¹⁰ and Earl D. Silverman¹¹, ¹Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Health Care, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Hospital, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, ⁶McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁸Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁹Nephrology, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Pediatrics, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Little is known about the long-term morbidity and mortality of childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) after transition to adult care; however, linking clinical data to administrative…
Abstract Number: 1035 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psoriatic Arthritis and Mortality – a Nationwide Study
Thorvardur Jon Love^1,2, Thor Aspelund³, Alexis Ogdie⁴, Joel M. Gelfand⁵, Hyon K. Choi⁶, Vilmundur Gudnason³ and Bjorn Gudbjornsson², ¹Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ²Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ³The Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland, ⁴Rheumatology and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania., Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Section of Rheumatology and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory arthritis that causes significant morbidity. While a study from a single research clinic in Canada published in the 1990´s…
Abstract Number: 413 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multiple Cause-Of-Death Study In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Frederico A. G. Pinheiro¹, Deborah C. C. Souza¹ and Emilia I. Sato², ¹Rheumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Div/Dept of Med, Escola Paulista de Medicina - Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common chronic inflammatory arthritis and has a high standardized mortality ratio when compared to general population. One of…
Abstract Number: 100 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myocardial Infarction and Mortality after Joint Surgery in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared with the General Population
Joanne Tropea¹, Mark Tacey², Megan Bohensky², Caroline Brand², Ian Wicks³ and Sharon Van Doornum², ¹Melbourne EpiCentre, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ²Melbourne EpiCentre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ³Rheumatology Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and post-MI fatality compared with the general population. In a previous…
Abstract Number: 307 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Mary Beth F. Son¹, Victor M. Johnson², Mindy S. Lo³ and Karen H. Costenbader⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Children's Medical Institute, Singapore, Singapore, ²Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, ³Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Disparities in care among adults with SLE are well documented. We investigated associations of demographic factors and volume of annual inpatient hospital admissions with…
Abstract Number: 936 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoimmune Diseases: Declining Mortality Between 1999 and 2008 However Continuing to be a Leading Cause of Death in Children-A 10-Year Retrospective Review
Eric Y. Yen¹ and Deborah K. McCurdy², ¹Pediatrics/Rheumatology, UCLA Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, UCLA Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases are chronic illnesses that cause significant and chronic disability in children and may lead to death. Using mortality data from 1995, Walsh…
Abstract Number: 1466 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Are Dying of Non-Systemic Sclerosis Related Causes, However Interstitial Lung Disease Remains the Predominant Systemic Sclerosis Related Cause of Death
Rebecca L. Batten and Bridget Griffiths, Rheumatology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Interstitial Lung Disease Remains the leading Cause of Death in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis, Despite Aggressive Treatment with CyclophosphamideBackground/Purpose: Studies suggest that despite aggressive treatment…
Abstract Number: 2315 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Foxp3⁺ Treg Cells Decreased in Overexpression of T-Bet in PD-1 Deficient Mice
Masahiro Tahara¹, Yuya Kondo¹, Hiroto Tsuboi², Satoru Takahashi³, Isao Matsumoto¹ and Takayuki Sumida¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ³Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Programmed cell Death-1 (PD-1) plays an important role in peripheral T cell tolerance, therefore PD-1 deficient (PD-1 KO) mice develop strain-specific autoimmune phenotypes. C57BL/6…
Abstract Number: 2685 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Overall and Cause Specific Mortality in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Marko Yurkovich¹, Kateryna Vostretsova² and J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta³, ¹Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada/University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is a chronic autoimmune condition. It has the potential to affect any organ system and can be associated with severe…