Abstracts tagged "diagnosis"

Abstract Number: 1599 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
GRADE-Based Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Canada
Stephanie Keeling¹, Zainab Alabdurubalnabi², J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta³, Susan Barr⁴, Louise Bergeron⁵, Sasha Bernatsky⁶, Josiane Bourré-Tessier⁷, Ann E. Clarke⁸, Alexandra Baril-Dionne⁹, Jan Dutz², Stephanie Ensworth¹⁰, Aurore Fifi-Mah¹¹, Paul R. Fortin¹², Dafna D Gladman¹³, Derek Haaland¹⁴, John G. Hanly¹⁵, Linda T Hiraki¹⁶, Sara Hussein⁹, Kimberly Legault¹⁷, Deborah M. Levy¹⁶, Lily Lim¹⁸, Mark Matsos¹⁹, Emily McDonald²⁰, Jorge Medina-Rosas²¹, Jordi Pardo Pardo²², Christine A. Peschken²³, Christian Pineau²⁴, Janet E. Pope²⁵, Tamara Rader²⁶, Jennifer Reynolds², Earl Silverman¹⁶, Manon Suitner⁹, Konstantinos Tselios²⁷, Murray Urowitz²⁸, Zahi Touma²⁹, Evelyne Vinet³⁰ and Nancy Santesso¹⁷, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Division of Rheumatology, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁹Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹²Medicine, CHU de Quebec - Universite de Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹³Centre for Prongosis Studies in The Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster University, Barrie, ON, Canada, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁷McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁹Medicine, McMaster University, McMaster, ON, Canada, ²⁰Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²¹Rheumatology, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogota, Colombia, ²²Centre for Practice Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²³RR 149G, Univ of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²⁴Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, St Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ²⁶The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus, Trials Search Coordinator Knowledge Translation Specialist Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Centre for Practice Changing Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²⁷Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁸Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Division of Rheumatology, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³⁰Divisions of Rheymatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: To develop GRADE-based recommendations for the diagnosis and monitoring of systemic lupus erythematosus patients in Canada.Methods: Recommendations were developed using the GRADE (Grading of…
Abstract Number: 2842 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Usefulness of Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosing Whipple’S Disease in Rheumatology
Marion Herbette¹, Jean Baptiste Cren², Laurie Joffres³, charlotte lucas⁴, Emilie Ricard⁵, Carine Salliot⁶, Jerome Guinard⁷, Aleth Perdriger⁸, Elisabeth Solau-Gervais⁹, Béatrice Bouvard¹⁰ and Alain Saraux¹¹, ¹Rheumatology, University Hospital, Brest, France, ²Rheumatology, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France, ³University Hospital de Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital, Rennes, France, ⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital, Orléans, France, ⁶department of Rheumatology, Orleans, France, ⁷Microbiology, CHU Angers, Angers, France, ⁸Service de Rhumatologie, CHRU de Rennes, Rennes, France, ⁹Rhumatologie, University Hospital, Poitiers, France, ¹⁰rheumatology, CHU Angers, Angers, France, ¹¹Rheumatology, Brest University Medical School Hospital, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Whipple's disease should be considered in patients with recurrent episodes of seronegative arthritis in the large limb, various symptoms (fever, uveitis,...) or biological abnormalities…
Abstract Number: 261 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound CUT-Off in GIANT CELL Arteritis a Solution to Arteriosclerosis Pitfall in the Halo Sign
Eugenio De Miguel¹, Luis M Beltran², Irene Monjo², Francesco Deodati², Wolfgang A. Schmidt³ and Juan García-Puig², ¹Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ²Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario La Paz, MADRID, Spain, ³Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Med Ctr for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: At the age of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) atherosclerosis is common. The ultrasonographic (US) appearance of athermanous plaque is usually easily differentiated from the…
Abstract Number: 667 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Urinary Metabolomic Fingerprint As Diagnostic Biomarker for Clinical Significant Lupus Nephritis
David Herrera Van Oostdam¹, Rogelio Flores Ramirez², Maribel Rodriguez Aguilar², Mauricio Pierdant Pérez³, Carlos Abud-Mendoza⁴, David Martínez-Galla⁵ and Marco Ulises Martinez-Martinez⁶, ¹Unidad de Investigaciones Reumatológicas, Hospital Central & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, ²2. Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, ³Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, ⁴Unidad de Investigaciones Reumatológicas y Osteoporosis, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí and Hospital Central, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, ⁵Pathology, Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto", San Luis Potosí, Mexico, ⁶Unidad de Investigaciones Reumatológicas, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí and Hospital Central, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
-Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) represents the main prognostic factor in systemic lupus erythematosus (LES) [1]. The clinical significant classes of LN –due to the need…
Abstract Number: 6 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
High Health Care Utilization Preceding Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Youth
Joyce Chang^1,2, David Mandell³ and Andrea Knight^4,5,6, ¹Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness & PolicyLab, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset SLE is associated with high risk for organ damage, which may be mitigated by early diagnosis and treatment. To identify points of health…
Abstract Number: 154 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis in Patients Complaining of Knee Pain: Ultrasound Features
Ignacio Javier Gandino¹, Santiago Ruta¹, Marina Scolnik², Johana Zacariaz¹, Josefina Marin¹, Javier Rosa¹, Ricardo Garcia-Monaco³ and Enrique R. Soriano¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundacion PM Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Rheumatology Section, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundacion PM Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Radiology and Imagenology Department, Hospital italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: to date diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is based on clinical examination and radiological features. Our objetive was to evaluate the diagnostic test properties…
Abstract Number: 227 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inadequately Treated Chronic Gout As the Main Reason for Primary Gout Admission in an Urban Adult Population: Results of a Retrospective Cohort Study
Mandissa Sealey¹, Ibrahim Barry², Tanyka Sam¹, Olakanmi Awe¹ and Stuart Green³, ¹Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, ²Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, ³Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Larchmont, NY
Background/Purpose: Inadequately treated patients with chronic gout are at risk for an acute attack and many often require hospitalization. An acute attack of gout increases…
Abstract Number: 536 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Precision Medicine in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Anti-CCP Tests for the Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gaia Gallo¹, Barbara Mascialino¹, Donna Fountain², Kevin Cadwell² and Sigrid Sjolander¹, ¹Immuno Diagnostics, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, ²PHMR, Berkeley Works, Berkley Grove, London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Biological markers are objective molecular indicators possessing diagnostic, prognostic and predictive utility. The detection of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (Anti-CCP) may occur long…
Abstract Number: 694 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic Delay Leads to Worse Response to Treatment
Marijn Vis¹, Kim Wervers², Ilja Tchetverikov³, Mark R. Kok⁴, Lindy-Anne Korswagen⁵, Andreas H. Gerards⁶, Hans van Groenendaal⁷, Jozien Veris⁸, Wiebo L. van der Graaff⁹, Cathelijne W. Y. Appels¹⁰, Johanna M.W. Hazes¹¹ and Jolanda J. Luime¹, ¹Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Vlietland Hospital, Schiedam, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, ReumaZorg ZuidWest nederland, Roosendaal, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, Reumazorg Zuid West Nederland, Goes, Netherlands, ⁹Rheumatology, Rivas hospital, Gorinchem, Netherlands, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Netherlands, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Is there a clinical patient profile for PsA Patients with a diagnostic delay? Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a progressive inflammatory musculoskeletal disease. Several recent…
Abstract Number: 857 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Cut-Off Values for Intima-Media Thickness of Temporal, Facial and Axillary Arteries in Giant Cell Arteritis
Valentin S. Schäfer¹, Aaron Juche², Sofia Ramiro³, Andreas Krause² and Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁴, ¹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ²Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abstract Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is increasingly used in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). US findings mainly rely on morphology (“halo-sign” and “compression sign”).…
Abstract Number: 893 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Results of a Multi Modal Imaging Study Suggests a Better Accuracy for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis
Augustin Lecler¹, Samuel Bidot², Frederique Charbonneau¹, Sabine Derrien², Herve Picard³ and Gaelle Clavel⁴, ¹Department of Radiology, Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rothschild, Paris, France, ²Department of Ophthalmology, Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rothschild, Paris, France, ³Clinical Research Unit, Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rothschild, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medecine, Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rothschild, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in patient over 50 years of age. It is a medical emergency as it…
Abstract Number: 894 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Laboratory Tests in Giant Cell Arteritis – Do They Make the Cut?
Alexis Jones¹, Joe Li² and Charles Li³, ¹Rheumatology, University College London, LONDON, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, United Kingdom, ³Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Great Britain
Background/Purpose: The initial suspicion of Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is often made in the setting of primary care or casualty by a non-rheumatologist. Whilst temporal…
Abstract Number: 1252 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Socioeconomic Status and Not Race Associated with Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rodolfo Perez-Alamino¹, Sharon Dowell², Gail S. Kerr³, Christopher Swearingen⁴, Yusuf Yazici⁵, Luis Espinoza⁶, Ignacio Garcia- Valladares⁷, Yvonne Sherrer⁸, Edward L. Treadwell⁹, Angelia Mosley-Williams¹⁰, Theresa Lawrence Ford¹¹, Akgun Ince¹², Mercedes Quinones², Jorge Flautero Arcos¹³ and Arielle Mcdonald¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Avellaneda, Tucuman, Argentina, Tucuman, Argentina, ²Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ³Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown University Hospital, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴Pediatrics & Biostatistics, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, ⁵Rheumatology, New York University Medical Center, La Jolla, CA, ⁶Medicine-Section of Rheumatology, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁷CIB, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁸Rheum/Immunology, Arthritis Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, ⁹Dept Medicine Div of Rheum, E Carolina Univ Sch of Med, Greenville, NC, ¹⁰John Dingell VAMC, Detroit, MI, ¹¹North Georgia Rheumatology Group, PC, Lawrenceville, GA, ¹²Arthitis Consultants Inc, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ¹³Rheumatology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, ¹⁴Howard University, Washington, DC, DC
Socioeconomic Status and Not Race Associated with Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Background/Purpose: Ethnic disparities in outcomes of RA patients have been…
Abstract Number: 2676 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Salivary Gland Echostructure in Patients with Primary SjöGren’s Syndrome over the Time: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study
Chiara Baldini¹, Nicoletta Luciano², Francesco Ferro³, Elena Elefante³, Stefano Bombardieri³ and Marta Mosca⁴, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS) has recently appeared as a promising tool for a non-invasive diagnosis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). However, it is still…
Abstract Number: 2826 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Utility of Circulating Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Subunits NR2A/B Antibody for the Diagnosis of Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjogren’s Syndrome: An Updated Meta-Analysis
Sen Hee Tay¹, Anna-Marie Fairhurst² and Anselm Mak¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Neuropsychiatric (NP) events are found in patients with rheumatic diseases, commonly in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Sjögren's syndrome (SS). The standard nomenclature and…

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