Abstracts tagged "Diagnostic criteria"

Abstract Number: 0191 • ACR Convergence 2024
Beyond the Symptoms: Exploring Cognitive Bias in Lupus Diagnosis Within Primary Care
Alyssa Howren¹, Quan Le Tran¹, Sadaf Sediqi¹, Saadiya Hawa², Eleni Linos¹, Titilola Falasinnu³, Yashaar Chaichian¹ and Julia Simard¹, ¹Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ³Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune rheumatic disease whose prognosis varies by race and sex. To understand whether the cognitive processes of…
Abstract Number: 1604 • ACR Convergence 2024
Utilizing Machine Learning with Claims Data to Diagnose and Quantify the Prevalence of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Peter Merkel¹, Peter Baudy², Donna Carstens², Benjamin North³, Mahvish Danka³, Stephanie Roy³, Hanna Marshall³ and Geoffrey Chupp⁴, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Respiratory & Immunology US Medical, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, ³IQVIA, Philadelphia, ⁴School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a vasculitis that can present indolently. This can lead to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. This study…
Abstract Number: 0311 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigation of Sarcoidosis-associated Neuropathy: Challenges with Diagnosis of Small Fiber Neuropathy
Kristen Caldwell¹, Sindhuja Koppu¹, Kelly Gwathmey¹, Aamer Syed¹, Jordana Kron¹, Thomas Iden¹ and Huzaefah Syed², ¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is an underrecognized complication of sarcoidosis which can significantly impair individuals’ physical functioning and quality of life. Diagnosis includes both…
Abstract Number: 1688 • ACR Convergence 2024
Discovery and Validation of a New Classification of ANA-RMDs That Better Predict Long Term Outcomes Compared to Legacy Diagnoses
Jack Arnold¹, Lucy Carter¹, Yuzaiful Yusof², Zoe Wigston², Daniel Toro Dominguez³, Samuel Relton⁴, Guillermo Barturen⁵, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁶ and Edward Vital⁷, and PRECISESADS consortium, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ³Centro Pfizer-Universidad de Granada-Junta de Andalucía de Genómica e Investigación Oncológica (GENYO), Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴Leeds Institute of Data Analytics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ⁵Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Andalusia, Spain, ⁶Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, ⁷Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: ANA-associated RMDs (ANA-RMDs) include SLE, Sjogren’s, Scleroderma, Myositis, and mixed/undifferentiated CTD. Despite overlapping clinical and immunophenotypic features, there is significant disparity in access to…
Abstract Number: 0574 • ACR Convergence 2024
14-3-3 Eta (η) Auto-Antibody as a Diagnostic Marker in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Longitudinal Study
Anthony Marotta¹, Walter Maksymowych², Stephanie Wichuk² and Navneet Sidhu¹, ¹Augurex Life Sciences Corp, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is challenging and often delayed primarily due to the lack of sensitive and specific markers needed for accurate and…
Abstract Number: 1906 • ACR Convergence 2024
Bayesian Algorithm to Identify Osteoarthritis in Administrative Health Data Without Requiring Chart Review
S. Reza Jafarzadeh¹, Sarah Tilley¹, Anup Arvind¹ and David Felson², ¹Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent arthritis and a significant contributor to Years Lived with Disability. Administrative health data are widely used to study…
Abstract Number: 0639 • ACR Convergence 2024
Delayed Diagnosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Romina Nieto¹, Lucia Hernandez², Nidia Noemí Merás³, Bordón Florencia Juliana⁴, Cintia Otaduy⁵, Lucila Garcia⁶, Rosa Serrano Morales⁷, Nicolás Pérez⁸, Micaela A. Cosatti⁹, Ana Carolina Montandon¹⁰, Gustavo Flores Chapacais¹¹, Laissa C. Alves Alvino¹², Emily Figuereido Neves¹³, Eloisa Bonfa¹⁴, Alexis Bondi Peralta¹⁵, Loreto Massardo¹⁶, Andrés Cadena Bonfanti¹⁷, Andrés Hormaza¹⁸, José Martínez¹⁹, Olga Lidia Vera Lastra²⁰, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo²¹, ⁠Yaneli Juárez-Vicuña²², Diana Fernandez²³, Patricia Langjarth²⁴, Maria Teresa Martinez de Filartiga²⁵, Manuel Ugarte-Gil²⁶, Carlos Alejandro Loayza Flores²⁷, Teresandris Polanco²⁸, Maria Belen Lecumberri²⁹, Álvaro Danza³⁰, Carlos Enrique Toro-Gutierrez³¹, Urbano Sbarigia³², Ashley Orillion³³, Federico Zazzetti³⁴, Graciela Alarcon³⁵, Bernardo Pons-Estel² and Guillermo Pons-Estel³⁶, and Grupo Latino Americano de Estudio del Lupus (GLADEL), ¹Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas. GO-CREAR, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, ²Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), ROSARIO, Santa Fe, Argentina, ³Hospital Italiano de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Servicio de Reumatología del HIGA San Martín, La Plata, Argentina, ⁷Sanatorio Parque. Centro de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas del Grupo Oroao., Rosario, Argentina, ⁸Instituto de Investigaciones Médicos Alfredo Lanari, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁹CEMIC Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas ''Norberto Quirno'' CABA, CABA, Argentina, ¹⁰Hospital das Clinicas, Universidad Federal de Goias, Goias, Brazil, ¹¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ¹²Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹³Hospital da Clinicas de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ¹⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ¹⁵Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile, ¹⁶Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina CEBICEM, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile, ¹⁷Universidad Simon Bolivar, Barranquilla, Colombia, ¹⁸Fundación Valle del Lili, Unidad de Reumatología, Cali, Colombia, ¹⁹Rheumatology Service, Luís Vernaza Hospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ²⁰División de Investigación en Salud, Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, CMN La Raza, CDMX, Mexico, ²¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Mexico City, Mexico, ²²Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Departamento de Inmunología, Investigador en Ciencias Médicas C, Mexico City, Mexico, ²³Member of GLADEL, Rosario, Argentina, ²⁴Hospital de Clínicas I, Asunción, Paraguay, ²⁵Dpto de Reumatología Hospital de Clínicas. Facultad de Ciencias medicas.Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asuncion del Paraguay, Paraguay, ²⁶Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas. Universidad Científica del Sur. Lima. Perú Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen-EsSalud, Lima, Peru, ²⁷Hospital Cayetano Heredia. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, ²⁸Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominica, ²⁹Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta, Argentina, ³⁰Médica Uruguaya Corporación de Asistencia Médica (MUCAM). Clínica Médica - Facultad de Medicina - UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay, ³¹Reference Center for Osteoporosis & Rheumatology, Cali, Colombia, ³²Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, ³³Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Spring House, PA, PA, ³⁴Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Horsham, PA, PA, ³⁵The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA, ³⁶Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ROSARIO, Santa Fe, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-systemic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. Diagnosis is often delayed because it frequently mimics symptoms of other diseases;…
Abstract Number: 1938 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating Diagnostic Performance of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Derived Cell-free DNA (CF-DNA) for Diagnosis of Osteoarticular Tuberculosis (OATB): A Novel Method
Kusum Sharma¹, Aman Sharma², Mandeep Singh Dhillon³ and Salony Verma⁴, ¹PGIMER, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ²PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ³Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ⁴Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Diagnostic delay not only worsens the outcomes of tuberculosis but also important impediments to TB elimination efforts. The DNA present in cell-free form is…
Abstract Number: 0768 • ACR Convergence 2024
Addressing Gaps in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Systematic Literature Review
Shelley Fritz¹, Angela Degrassi², Kelly Gavigan², Ruohan Hong³, Santiago Munoz Perez², Esteban Rivera⁴, Erik Stone⁵, Laura Stradford⁶, Ambika Vartak², Anne Sydor² and Shilpa Venkatachalam³, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Kalaheo, HI, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Long Island City, NY, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, ⁶Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: This systematic literature review on polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and PMR with giant cell arteritis (GCA) evaluates existing literature on disease burden, management, and treatment…
Abstract Number: 2089 • ACR Convergence 2024
Diagnostic Performance of ACR and NICE Criteria for Hip Osteoarthritis
Jos Runhaar¹, Dieuwke Schiphof¹, Qiuke Wang¹, Margreet Kloppenburg², Maarten Boers³, Hans Bijlsma⁴ and Sebastia Bierma-Zeinstra¹, and the CREDO expert group, ¹Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amersfoort, Netherlands, ⁴UMCU, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Available criteria for diagnosis or classification of hip osteoarthritis (OA) have been poorly validated. The few validation studies available all used radiographic features of…
Abstract Number: 0821 • ACR Convergence 2024
Validation of ASAS Preliminary Data-Driven MRI Lesion Cut-offs for a Positive MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis and Subgroups with Psoriasis, Iritis, and Colitis
Susanne Pedersen¹, Ulrich Weber², Ozun Bayindir Tsechelidis³, Robert Lambert⁴, Joel Paschke⁵, Stephanie Wichuk⁴ and Walter Maksymowych⁴, ¹Rigshospitalet, København, Denmark, ²Practice Buchsbaum Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, ³Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Recent analysis of MRI scans from the 2009 ASAS classification cohort has led to a new proposal for the application of more stringent MRI…
Abstract Number: 2219 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of Chondrocalcinosis with Disease Activity and Drug Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Baseline Characteristics of the Swiss Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes Cohort
Tobias Manigold¹, Nicolas Bodmer², Rosoux Elisabeth³, Deborah Markham⁴, Guillaume Fahrni³, Raphael Micheroli⁵, Lucas Bachmann², Jonas Brändli⁶, Fabio Becce⁷ and Thomas Hügle⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland., Bern, Switzerland, ²Medignition, Zürich, Switzerland, ³3) Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV), Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁵University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶6) Data Science Team, Swiss Clinical Quality Management Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁷Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁸Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) disease can mimic or interfere with the course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Previous studies suggest higher prevalence of Chondrocalcinosis…
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…

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