Abstract Number: 0943 • ACR Convergence 2020
Reliability and Validity Issues in Fibromyalgia Diagnosis
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a widely recognized and commonly diagnosed disorder that has also been the subject of thousands of research studies. There is no…Abstract Number: 1046 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with RA: Findings from a Retrospective Healthcare Database Analysis
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent complication of RA and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.1 Previous studies have shown variability in…Abstract Number: 1172 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cardiovascular involvement as a clue for diagnosis of Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis sine scleroderma
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis (JSSc) is a rare condition in childhood and its variety with no skin involvement, systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma (JSSSS) is anecdotal…Abstract Number: 1309 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence of Undiagnosed Axial Spondyloarthritis Among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Secondary Care Cross-Sectional Study
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is closely related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), however contemporary data on the burden of hidden disease in the IBD population…Abstract Number: 1481 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Systematic Review to Quantify the Extent of Pharmaceutical Company Involvement in Rheumatology Consensus-Based Recommendations
Background/Purpose: Consensus-based recommendations guide standards of care for clinical practice. Pharmaceutical-industry involvement in producing such recommendations may undermine their objectivity. We performed a systematic review…Abstract Number: 1619 • ACR Convergence 2020
Immunoglobulin G Subclass Ordering Patterns for IgG4-Related Disease at an Academic Medical Center
Background/Purpose: We have noticed an increasing number of serum IgG4 levels ordered over the last several years at our institution. This study was performed to…Abstract Number: 1863 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical History as Tool for Diagnosis and Classification of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (Axial Spondyloarthritis): Evidence from a 35-Year Follow-up Family Study of a Swiss Cohort
Background/Purpose: Lack of sensitivity or specificity of symptoms may induce uncertainty in diagnosis and classification of AS/axSpA. We investigated if balanced sensitivity and specificity of…Abstract Number: 1876 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Role of HLA B27 in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Prevalence and Performance as a Marker in an Argentinian Cohort
Background/Purpose: HLA B27 prevalence in Latin America are heterogeneous and timeless, we propose to estimate the prevalence of HLA B27 in an Argentinian cohort of…Abstract Number: 135 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Added Clinical Utility of Testing for Extra-Criteria Antibodies Specificities Beyond Sapporo and Sydney Criteria Recommendations
Background/Purpose: The laboratory diagnostics of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) takes into account the persistent positivity for anticardiolipin (aCL) and/or anti-β2glycoprotein I (anti-β2GPI) antibodies and/or the presence…Abstract Number: 1813 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Non-Aphthous Beginning As an Independent Risk Factor for the Course of Behçet’s Disease
Background/Purpose: Behçet disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent manifestations in mucocutaneous tissues, eyes, joints, blood vessels, intestines and brain. Since there…Abstract Number: 1836 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia Diagnosis and Biased Assessment: Sex, Prevalence, Biology and Bias
Background/Purpose: Multiple clinical and epidemiological studies have provided estimates of fibromyalgia prevalence and sex ratio, but different criteria sets and methodology, as well as bias,…Abstract Number: 1443 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonographic Criteria for the Diagnosis of Erosive Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Using Osteoarthritic Patients As Controls Compared to Validated Radiographic Criteria
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most prevalent chronic inflammatory joint disease (1,2) responsible for structural damage. Radiography (RX) is considered as the gold standard…Abstract Number: 877 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modification of the Classification Criteria for Primary Sjögren Syndrome: An International Vignette Survey
Background/Purpose: The common classification criteria sets of primary Sjogren syndrome, did not considered the ultrasonography (US) of the major salivary glands as a useful item.…Abstract Number: 2048 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
the Impact of Diagnostic Misregistration of Rheumatoid Arthritis on the Establishment of a Value Based Healthcare System
Background/Purpose: Value based health care has gained worldwide attention due to the refocusing vision of creating value around and for patients. The latter is obtained…Abstract Number: 2556 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Were Moll and Wright Right?
Background/Purpose: In 1973 Moll and Wright published the first paper on the classification criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA). In their pioneering work, these authors additionally…
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