Abstracts tagged "diagnosis"

Abstract Number: 55 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Accuracy of Canadian Health Administrative Databases in Identifying Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Seen by Rheumatologists
Jessica Widdifield¹, Sasha Bernatsky², J. Michael Paterson³, Karen Tu³, Ryan Ng³, J. Carter Thorne⁴, Janet E. Pope⁵ and Claire Bombardier⁶, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Ctre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine/Rheumatology, St. Joseph Health Care London, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: In a predominantly universal single-payer health system, Canadian health administrative data are a valuable tool and increasingly used for research. Few studies have rigorously…
Abstract Number: 1908 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multinational Evidence-Based Recommendations for Diagnosis and Management of Gout: Integrating Systematic Literature Research and Expert Opinion of a Broad Panel of Rheumatologists in the 3E Initiative
Mariano Andres¹, Francisca Sivera², Alison Kydd³, John Moi⁴, Rakhi Seth⁵, Melonie K. Sriranganathan⁶, Caroline van Durme⁷, Irene AAM van Echteld⁸, Ophir Vinik⁹, Mihir D. Wechalekar¹⁰, Daniel Aletaha¹¹, Claire Bombardier⁹, Rachelle Buchbinder¹², Loreto Carmona¹³, Christopher J. Edwards¹⁴, R. Landewe¹⁵ and Désirée van der Heijde¹⁶, ¹Seccion Reumatologia, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²Sección de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Alicante, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology, St. Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, ⁷Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁸Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Flinders University School of Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹²Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology at Cabrini Hospital, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Malvern, Victoria, Australia, ¹³Health Sciences School, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain, ¹⁴NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The 3e (Evidence, Expertise, Exchange) Initiative is a multinational collaboration that aims to promote evidence-based medicine in rheumatology. The 2011-12 3e Initiative aimed to…
Abstract Number: 1346 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Three Screening Tools in Psoriatic Arthritis: The Contest Study
Laura C. Coates¹, Tariq Aslam¹, A. D. Burden², Esther Burden-Teh³, Anna R. Caperon⁴, Rino Cerio⁵, Chandra Chattopadhyay⁶, Hector Chinoy⁷, Mark J. D. Goodfield⁸, Lesley Kay⁹, Bruce W. Kirkham¹⁰, Christopher R. Lovell¹¹, Helena Marzo-Ortega¹², Neil McHugh¹³, Ruth Murphy³, Costantino Pitzalis¹⁴, NJ Reynolds¹⁵, Catherine H. Smith¹⁶, Elizabeth Stewart¹⁷, Richard B. Warren¹⁸, Hilary E. Wilson¹⁹ and Philip S. Helliwell²⁰, ¹LIMM, University of Leeds, Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, LIMM, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Department of Dermatology, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, United Kingdom, ³Department of Dermatology, Nottingham Independent Treatment Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵CMS/CAU Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, Bart's and The London NHS Tust, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatic Diseases Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Department of Dermatology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Rheum Dept/ Guys Hospital, 4th Fl Thomas Guy House, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Department of Dermatology, Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom, ¹²Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, QMUL, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Department of Dermatology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁶St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guys and St Thomas' Hospital, London, ¹⁷Department of Dermatology, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Dermatology Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²⁰PsAID taskforce, EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The majority of patients with PsA have psoriasis prior to arthritis and there is evidence that a significant proportion of patients in dermatology clinics…
Abstract Number: 1189 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Stromal Cell Markers in the Synovial Tissue of Patients with Early Arthritis and Preclinical Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yuen Kei Choi¹, Olga N. Karpus², Paul Peter Tak³, Jörg Hamann⁴, Christopher D. Buckley⁵, Andrew Filer⁶ and Danielle M. Gerlag⁷, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²1Departments of Experimental Immunology and Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology & GlaxoSmithKline, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Center for Translational Inflammation Research, School of Immunity and Infection, MRC Center for Immune Regulation, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology Research Group, MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁷Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Stromal cells in synovial tissue (ST) of patients with arthritis may have an important role in the initiation and persistence of the inflammatory infiltrate.…
Abstract Number: 977 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
14-3-3 Eta Is a Novel Citrullination Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis That Enhances Diagnostic Utility in Anti-CCP Negative Patients
Walter P. Maksymowych¹, Vivian P. Bykerk², Désirée van der Heijde³, R. Landewe⁴ and Anthony Marotta⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Augurex Life Sciences Corp, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: 14-3-3 eta is normally an intracellular protein and only in the disease state is it released into the extracellular space. We have previously presented…
Abstract Number: 948 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antibody-Based Prediction Rules for Connective Tissue Disease: Analysis of 12,555 Patients with Antinuclear Antibody Testing
Ryo Rokutanda¹, Mitsumasa Kishimoto¹, Yasuharu Tokuda², Ken-ichi Yamaguchi¹, Hisanori Shimizu¹, Yasuhiro Suyama¹, Yuri Ohara¹, Yoichiro Haji¹, Chisun Min¹, Akira Takeda¹, Yukio Matsui³ and Masato Okada¹, ¹Division of Allergy and Rheumatology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, ³Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibody (ANA) is widely used as a screening test for connective tissue diseases (CTDs). The sensitivity of this test is high in 3…
Abstract Number: 926 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Accuracy of Canadian Health Administrative Databases in Identifying Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Using a Random Sample of 7500 Patients Seen in Primary Care
Jessica Widdifield¹, Claire Bombardier², Sasha Bernatsky³, J. Michael Paterson⁴, Jacqueline Young⁴, Diane Green⁴, J. Carter Thorne⁵, Noah Ivers¹, Debra Butt⁴, R. Liisa Jaakkimainen⁶, Myra Wang⁴, Vandana Ahluwalia⁷, George A. Tomlinson⁸ and Karen Tu⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Ctre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁶Preventive Med and Biostatisti, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷William Osler Health Center, Brampton, ON, Canada, ⁸Dept of Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The use of population-based health administrative databases in rheumatology research is well established, but there are ongoing concerns about validity. To date, previous validation…
Abstract Number: 804 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Comparison of the Nociceptive Flexion Reflex, Pressure Algometry and Summated Widespread Pain in the Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia
Robert M. Bennett¹, Kim D. Jones² and Janice Hoffman³, ¹Medicine & Nursing, Oregon Health & Science Univ, Portland, OR, ²Research & Develop, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, ³Office of Research Development & Support, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: To reevaluate the usefulness of the nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR) in distinguishing between FM patients and healthy controls, compared to computerized algometry and a…
Abstract Number: 778 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Spinal MRI Has Little Incremental Diagnostic Value Compared with MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints Alone in Early Spondyloarthritis
Ulrich Weber¹, Veronika Zubler², Zheng Zhao³, Robert GW Lambert⁴, Stanley Chan⁵, Susanne Juhl Pedersen⁶, Mikkel Ostergaard⁷ and Walter P. Maksymowych⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, University of Alberta and PLA General Hospital, Beijing, PR China, Beijing, AB, China, ⁴Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Division of Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Dept of Rheumatology RM, Copenhagen University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The definition of a positive MRI as major criterion in the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) is based on MRI…
Abstract Number: 548 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of the T1-Weighted Sequence Is Essential in Defining a Positive MRI Scan of the Sacroiliac Joints in Spondyloarthritis
Ulrich Weber¹, Veronika Zubler², Susanne Juhl Pedersen³, Kaspar Rufibach⁴, Robert GW Lambert⁵, Stanley Chan⁶, Mikkel Ostergaard⁷ and Walter P. Maksymowych⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Division of Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷Dept of Rheumatology RM, Copenhagen University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Inflammation on MRI of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a major criterion in the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis (ASAS) classification…
Abstract Number: 192 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Laboratory Findings in A Cohort of Italian Patients with Adult Onset Still’S Disease: The Role of IL-18 As A Disease Biomarker
Roberta Priori¹, Serena Colafrancesco², Carlo Perricone², Antonina Minniti², Cristiano Alessandri², Giancarlo Iaiani³ and Guido Valesini², ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ³Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Adult Onset Still's Disease (AOSD) is a systemic inflammatory syndrome driven by interleukin (IL)-18. Since differential diagnosis between AOSD, sepsis and other inflammatory conditions…

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