Abstracts tagged "Diagnostic criteria"

Abstract Number: 1071 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rapid Access Microscopy and Real Time Case Discussion via a Secure Messaging App Improves Diagnostic Accuracy and Management of Acute Hot Swollen Joints
Anouchka Lewis¹, John Stack², Oisin Corish², Callum Swift², Tomás Breslin², Frank Lyons², Eavan Muldoon², Cian McDermott², Sharon Cowley², Helina Alemayehu², Oliver Boughton², Khaled Taha² and Geraldine McCarthy², ¹The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Patients with acute swollen joints are often presumed to have septic arthritis, leading to treatment with intravenous antibiotics and arthroscopic washout. Previously at our…
Abstract Number: 2304 • ACR Convergence 2024
Differential Diagnosis of Sjogren’s vs Non-Sjogren’s Dry Eye
Esen Akpek¹, Ian Saldanha², Pineal Bareamichael² and Michael Lin³, ¹Wilmer Eye Institute, JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a common multifactorial condition that significantly impacts patient quality of life. The etiology of DED is complex, involving tear…
Abstract Number: 1118 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Performance of Behcet’s Disease Clinical Diagnostic Criteria in a Low Prevalence Region. A Retrospective Single Center Cohort Study
Muhammad Shamim¹, Mazen Allouni², Haseeb Chaudhary³ and Omer Pamuk⁴, ¹University Hospitals/ Case Western Reserve University, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, ²Case Western Reserve, University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University, Westlake, OH, ⁴University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: The diagnosis of Behcet’s Disease (BD) is particularly challenging in non-endemic areas because of milder disease presentations and lack of specific tests. Prior studies…
Abstract Number: 2333 • ACR Convergence 2024
Unveiling New Molecular Signatures in Psoriatic Arthritis Using Comprehensive Proteomic Analysis of Peripheral Mononuclear Cells
Eduardo Martin-Salazar¹, Iván Arias-de la Rosa², Laura Cuesta-López³, María Lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda⁴, Miriam Ruiz-Ponce³, Antonio Barranco³, Maria Angeles Puche-Larrubia⁵, Carlos Perez-Sanchez³, Yas Hanaee³, Pedro Ortiz-Buitrago³, Rosario Lopez Pedrera³, Alejandro Escudero-Contreras³, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez⁶, Clementina López Medina⁷ and Nuria Barbarroja³, ¹IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordonba, Spain, ²Rheumatology Service, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ³IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁵Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Service, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14012, Spain, ⁷Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Diagnosing psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is challenging, underscoring the importance of discovering novel biomarkers through proteomics for early and accurate detection. Molecular clustering can elucidate…
Abstract Number: 1122 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Realities in Patients with Adult Onset Still’s Disease: Real-World Diagnosis and Management
Chloe Heiting¹, Karen Gambina² and Bella Mehta³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Adult Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder characterized by inflammatory polyarthritis, daily fever, and a transient salmon-pink maculopapular rash. Diagnosis…
Abstract Number: 2384 • ACR Convergence 2024
Performance and Concordance of Two Different Methods of Detecting the Commonest Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ranjan Gupta¹, Sonam Rajput², Rudra Prosad Goswami², Jayanth Kumar² and Amita Aggarwal³, ¹All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India, ²All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, India, ³Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies in SLE can be detected by either immunoblot assay or by ELISA. Both these methods may have variable performance with respect to the…
Abstract Number: 1205 • ACR Convergence 2024
OARSI Initiative to Develop Classification Criteria for Early-Stage Symptomatic Knee OA (EsSKOA): What Should Be Considered in the Differential Diagnosis of EsSKOA?
Gillian Hawker¹, Lauren King¹, Jean Liew², Quike Wang³, Armaghan Mahmoudian⁴, Nuria Jansen⁵, Ian Stanaitis⁶, Jos Runhaar⁵, Tom Appleton⁷, Aleksandra Turkiewicz⁸, Martin Englund⁹, Stefan Lohmander⁹, Ida Kristin Haugen¹⁰ and Tuhina Neogi¹¹, and OARSI Early-stage Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis Initiative, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁴University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, ⁵Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁸,Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁹Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ¹⁰Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) has launched an initiative to develop classification criteria for early-stage symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (EsSKOA). In individuals with undiagnosed knee…
Abstract Number: 2633 • ACR Convergence 2024
Multicenter Validation of a Machine Learning Foundation Model to Diagnose Sjögren’s Disease and Identify Histological Biomarkers for Disease Stratification
Julien Duquesne¹, Charlotte Claye¹, Louis Basseto¹, Michael Barnes², Elena Pontarini³, Amaya Syed², Michele Bombardieri⁴, Benjamin A. Fisher⁵, SABA NAYAR⁵, Andreas Goules⁶, Athanasios Tzioufas⁷, Loukas chatzis⁸, Wan Fai Ng⁹, Bec Scane¹⁰, Matilde Bandeira¹¹, Vasco C. Romão¹², Thierry Lazure¹³, Clovis Adam¹⁴, Xavier Mariette¹⁵, Samuel Bitoun¹⁶ and Vincent Bouget¹⁷, and NECESSITY Consortium, ¹Scienta Lab, Paris, France, ²William Harvey Research institute, Centre for Translational Bioinformatics, London, United Kingdom, ³William Harvey Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶GENERAL HOSPITAL LAIKO ATHENS, Athens, Greece, ⁷LAIKO HOSPITAL, Athens, Greece, ⁸Pathophysiology Department, Athens School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Cholargos Athens, Greece, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Newcastle University, & HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Newcastle University, Athens, Greece, ¹¹Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹²Rheumatology Department, ULS Santa Maria & Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto Medicina Molecular, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹³APHP. Université Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, Paris, France, ¹⁴APHP. Université Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Laboratoire de neuropathologie, Paris, France, ¹⁵Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ¹⁶Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France, ¹⁷Scienta Lab, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s Disease (SjD) classification relies on the EULAR/ACR 2016 criteria: i) quantifying lymphocyte infiltration in labial salivary gland (LSG) biopsies, ii) autoantibody status and…
Abstract Number: 1229 • ACR Convergence 2024
Frequency of Fibromyalgia Using Validated Measures in a Sample of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Impact on Disease: A Cross-Sectional Multinational Study
avin maroof¹, Nelly Ziade², Lina El Kibbi³, Bassel Elzorkany⁴, Nizar Ani⁵, ASAL ADNAN RIDHA⁶, Faiq Gorial⁷, NABAA IHSAN JAWAD AWADH⁸, Nada Al Chama⁹, Chafika Haouichat¹⁰, Fatima Alnaimat¹¹, Suad Mohamed Abdulla Hannawi¹², Suad Hannawi¹³, Saed Atawnah¹⁴, HUSSEIN HALABI¹⁵, Manal Al-Mashaleh¹⁶, Ahmed Abogamal¹⁷, Rachid Bahiri¹⁸, Sahar Saad¹⁹, maha sabkar²⁰, Krystel Aouad²¹, Laure Gossec²², Ihsane Hmamouchi²³, nabaa abbas²⁴, Elyes Bouajina²⁵, Laila Aljazye²⁶ and Laila ayoub²⁷, and ArLAR-ARCH group, ¹University of Kurdistan Hawler, Erbil, Iraq, ²Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ³Division of rheumatology / Department of Medicine / Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Private (BZRC), Cairo, Egypt, ⁵Baghdad College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁶Baghdad Teaching Hospital, baghdad, Iraq, ⁷Rheumatology Unit/Department of Medicine/ College of Medicine/ University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁸Baghdad Teaching Hospital / Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁹Rheumatology Department / Ebn Al Nafiss Hospital / Damascus, Damascus, Syria, ¹⁰Djillali Bounaama university hospital, Algiers, Algeria, ¹¹The University of Jordan, amman, Jordan, ¹²Rheymatology Department / Emirate Health Services / Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹³Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹⁴Al-Quds University / Alahli Hospital / Hebron ,Palestine, Hebron, Palestinian Territories, ¹⁵King Faisal Specialist Hospital / Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ¹⁶Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan, ¹⁷Dr. Sliman Al Habib Hospital / Al-Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹⁸El Ayachi Hospital / Medical University Hospital / Rabat, Rabat, Morocco, ¹⁹King Hamad University Hospital / Assiut Medical School of Egypt, Al Sayh, Bahrain, ²⁰King Hamad university Hospital, Arad, Bahrain, ²¹Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, ²²Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ²³Rheumatology Unit, Lalla Aicha Temara Hospital, Temara, Rabat, Morocco, ²⁴Baghdad teaching hospital, Medical city, Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, ²⁵Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Tunisia, Sousse, Tunisia, ²⁶Tripoli / Libya, Tripoli, Libya, ²⁷Rheumatology unit, department of internal medicine, Tripoli Central Hospital. Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli, Libya
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic pain disorder, is more prevalent in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients, impacting quality of life and potentially leading to unnecessary treatment escalation. Cultural factors may…
Abstract Number: 2638 • ACR Convergence 2024
Defining Sonographic Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis: Developing a Data- and Expert-driven Diagnostic Criteria for Inflammatory Enthesitis at the Single Enthesis Level
Andre Lucas Ribeiro¹, Sibel Aydin², Gurjit Kaeley³, Fahmeen Afgani⁴, Catherine Bakewell⁵, Marcos Rosemffet⁶, Minna Kohler⁷, Amir Haddad⁸, Maria S. Stoenoiu⁹, Ari Polachek¹⁰, josefina marin¹¹, Arnon Katz¹² and Lihi Eder¹³, ¹Women's College Hospital & University of Toronto, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ²University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ⁴Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ⁹Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁰Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Petah-Tikva, Israel, ¹¹Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, buenos aires, Argentina, ¹²GRAPPA - Patient Research Partner, Haifa, Israel, ¹³University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital and Department of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Clinical enthesitis occurs in 30-40% of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients, but its clinical diagnosis is challenging due to similarities to non-specific entheseal pain. Despite…
Abstract Number: 1304 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessing Knowledge and Aptitude in Antinuclear Antibody Testing Among Internal Medicine Residents
Dania Kaur¹, Fizza Zulfiqar², Akanksha Sharma³, Muhammad Bilal⁴, Rida Fatima⁴ and Abhinav Vyas⁵, ¹North Alabama Medical Center, Muscle Shoals, AL, ²Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University, Pontiac, MI, ³UPMC Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY, ⁵Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nahville, TN
Background/Purpose: Testing for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) is essential for diagnosing autoimmune and rheumatologic diseases. The testing has become increasingly popular in primary and specialized clinics,…
Abstract Number: 1346 • ACR Convergence 2024
Early Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Role of Joint Ultrasound Assessment
Cristina Corrales Selaya¹, Carmen Secada Gómez², Sabela Fernandez-Aguado³, Isla Morante-bolado⁴, Montserrat Santos-gomez⁵, Sara Alonso-Castro⁶, Virginia Portilla-González⁷, Ricardo Blanco-Alonso⁸, Javier Rueda Gotor⁴ and alfonso Corrales-Martínez⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital. IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Montecelo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, ⁴Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain, ⁵Hospital universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias., Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Early diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is essential to establish treatment to improve long-term disease outcomes. Musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) is able to detect subclinical…
Abstract Number: 1432 • ACR Convergence 2024
Diagnostic Performance of Mayor Salivary Gland Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Sjögren’s Syndrome in Routine Clinical Practice
Carmen Raya-Santos¹, José Miguel Senabre², José Antonio Bernal³, Rocío Gallego Campuzano⁴, Lara Pons-Canet², Ana Pons-Bas², Juan Carlos Cortes⁴, Gregorio Santos-Soler⁵ and José Rosas-Gómez de Salazar⁶, ¹Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa (Alicante), Spain, ²Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, Spain, ³Hospital Marina Baixa (Villajoyosa), Alicante, Spain, ⁴Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁵Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, ⁶Hospital Marina Baixa, PALMA DE MALLORCA, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: Major salivary glands ultrasound (SGU) is a promising tool in the diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome (SS) and has demonstrated good sensitivity and specificity in…
Abstract Number: 0845 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Yield of Repeated Assessments in Chronic Back Pain Patients Suspected of Early Axial Spondyloarthritis: Two-year Data from the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE) Cohort
Mary Lucy marques¹, Sofia Ramiro², Miranda Van Lunteren³, Rosalinde Stal³, Robert BM Landewé⁴, Marleen van de Sande⁵, Karen Minde Fagerli⁶, Inger Jorid Berg⁶, Maikel van oosterhout⁷, Sofia Exarchou⁸, Roberta Ramonda⁹, Désirée van der Heijde² and Floris Van Gaalen³, ¹Leiden University Medical Center; Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (Department of Rheumatology), Coimbra, Portugal, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam and Zuyderland MC, Herleen, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology and Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute; Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center (ARC), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Groene Hart Ziekenhuis, Gouda, Netherlands, ⁸Lund University, Åkarp, Sweden, ⁹University of Padova, Department of Rheumatology, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: We have shown in the SPACE cohort that a diagnosis of early axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) can be reliably made in patients with chronic back…
Abstract Number: 2497 • ACR Convergence 2023
Factors Influencing Time to Diagnosis in U.S. Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Joy Buie, Lupus Foundation of America, York, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease defined by its heterogeneity and cycles of flares and remissions. Owing to non-specific or incomplete…

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