Abstracts tagged "Demographics"

Abstract Number: 2223 • ACR Convergence 2023
Relationship Between Sleep Quality, Disease Activity, and Psychological Factors in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Cross Sectional Study
Srujana Budumuru, Rohini Handa, Sundeep Kumar Upadhyaya, Sirinder Jit Gupta, Meera H Shah, Meera P Shah and Anushka Aggarwal, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi, India
Background/Purpose: Sleep problems are prevalent in 30-70% of patients with axial Spondyloarthritis (SpA), negatively impacting their quality of life. Poor sleep quality in these patients…
Abstract Number: 2272 • ACR Convergence 2023
Age and Race-Based Differences in Emergency Department Utilization for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the United States
Rashmi Dhital¹, Ioannis Karageorgiou², Ashbina Pokharel³ and Kenneth Kalunian⁴, ¹UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²William Beaumont University Hospital, Troy, MI, ³William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, ⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) frequently visit the emergency department (ED) due to the complex disease course. Previous research highlights infection and pain…
Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association Between Area Deprivation Index and Organ Damage Accumulation in a Statewide Incident Lupus Cohort
Jonathan Katz¹, Bryn Sutherland², Ang Yu³, Jenna Cormier², Yiran Jiang², David Gazeley⁴, Felix Elwert³ and Christie M. Bartels⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous systemic autoinflammatory disease that disproportionately effects young women and minoritized populations. Disparities are multifactorial with genetic, hormonal,…
Abstract Number: 2459 • ACR Convergence 2023
Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Lupus Publications in High-impact Rheumatology Journals
Idil Eroglu, Hailey Baker, Mario Felix and Lisa Suter, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Reporting of race and ethnicity as social constructs is critical to highlight equity and diversity of study participants, with the knowledge that socio-economic factors…
Abstract Number: 0194 • ACR Convergence 2023
Reproductive Health Conversations with a Primarily Hispanic Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Population: Influences and Barriers
Zarmeen Zaheer¹, Martha Delgado², Jack Rodman³, Julia Simard⁴, Sandy Lee⁵ and Leanna Wise⁶, ¹Huntington Health, Tampa, FL, ²LAC+USC/Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁵University of Southern California, Walnut, CA, ⁶LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease most commonly seen in women of childbearing age, with a greater burden in non-Caucasian populations. The…
Abstract Number: 2559 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Manifestations and Immunomodulatory Treatment in Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis
Roger Yang¹, Rennie Rhee², Kaitlin Quinn³, Naomi Amudala², Peter Grayson⁴, Peter Merkel², Marcela Ferrada⁵ and Shubhasree Banerjee², ¹University of Pennsylvania, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ⁵NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease without standard treatment guidelines. This study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics, current treatment approaches,…
Abstract Number: 028 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Achieving Medication-Free Remission in Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Harneet Ghumman¹, Ilaria Maccora², Hermine Brunner¹, Amy Cassedy³, Mekibib Altaye², Asra Firdous¹, Alexei Grom¹, Daniel Lovell¹, Angela Merritt¹, Megan Quinlan-Waters¹ and Sheila Angeles-Han², ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is characterized by symmetric proximal muscle weakness, distinct rash, and a risk for calcinosis. Systemic immunosuppression is needed. Evidence is limited…
Abstract Number: 0237 • ACR Convergence 2022
Whats Trending? A 12- year Analysis of International Medical Graduates Matching into Rheumatology Fellowship Programs in the United States
Temitope Ajayi¹, Arabi Rasendrakumar², Kavish Singh³, Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner⁴ and Aakanksha Khanna⁵, ¹University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ²University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ⁵Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: The goal of this study is to report the trends in the match results of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) from 2008-2020 into Rheumatology fellowship…
Abstract Number: 0741 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prescribing Patterns of SGLT2 Inhibitors for Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
Emily G Oakes¹, Jack Ellrodt¹, May Choi², Hongshu Guan¹ and Karen Costenbader¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i, dapagliflozin, canagliflozin, and empagliflozin) are a class of oral hypoglycemic medication for management of Type II diabetes mellitus (T2D),…
Abstract Number: 0860 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characteristics of Transitioning JIA Patients: Who Is Arriving on the Adult Rheumatologists’ Doorsteps?
Teresa Semalulu¹, KAREN BEATTIE¹, Roberta Berard², Jaime Guzman³ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ³University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with JIA are at an increased risk of loss to follow-up, morbidity and mortality as they transition from pediatric to adult care. Thus,…
Abstract Number: 1217 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Problem of Pain in Rheumatology: Clinical Profiles Associated with Concomitant Diagnoses with Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions
Titilola Falasinnu¹, Yashaar Chaichian² and Julia Simard³, ¹Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ³Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: The chronification of pain is heterogeneous in rheumatology. Chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs) such as fibromyalgia, endometriosis, migraine, and back pain may co-occur with…
Abstract Number: 1402 • ACR Convergence 2022
Late Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis Has a Similar Remission Rate as Younger Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from an Ontario Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry
Xiuying Li¹, Angela Cesta¹, Mohammad Movahedi² and Claire Bombardier³, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in persons 60 years or older is estimated to be 2%. Late onset rheumatoid arthritis (LORA) is a…
Abstract Number: 1509 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient Clusters Identified by Machine Learning from a Pooled Analysis of the Clinical Development Program of Secukinumab in Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic Arthritis with Axial Manifestations
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Effie Pournara², Dafna Gladman³, Philip J Mease⁴, Samad S Jahandideh² and Laura Coates⁵, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ³Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ⁵Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Universally acceptable clinical and imaging criteria to define axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is lacking.1 Machine learning (ML) algorithms can detect patterns from large clinical…
Abstract Number: 1767 • ACR Convergence 2022
Epidemiology of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES) in Germany: A Claims Database Study
Bernhard Hellmich¹, Konstantin Neukirch², Marco Lukas², Martin Wernitz², Dominik Beier³ and Dennis Häckl⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology, Medius Kliniken, University of Tübingen, Kirchheim Teck, Germany, ²GlaxoSmithKline GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, Germany, ³InGef - Institute for Applied Health Research Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ⁴WIG2 GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
Background/Purpose: EGPA and HES are rare multisystemic diseases associated with eosinophilia. Robust data on the epidemiology and treatment of HES and EGPA are scarce. The…
Abstract Number: 1846 • ACR Convergence 2022
Cardiac Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed, Life-threatening yet Treatable Disease
Patrick Webster¹, Yogita Rochlani² and Konstantinos Loupasakis³, ¹Rheumatology Fellow at Montefiore, New York, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is potentially life-threatening and it typically causes heart failure, ventricular arrhythmia, AV block or sudden death. CS has been reported to…

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