Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 2075 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk of Bloodstream Infection in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Exposed to Prolonged Moderate to High Dose Glucocorticoids
MI HYEON KIM¹, Eun Bong Lee¹, Eun Young Lee², Jin Kyun Park³ and Jun Won Park¹, ¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Seoul National University College of Medicine, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors of bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) receiving moderate-to-high dose…
Abstract Number: 0334 • ACR Convergence 2022
Performance of Diagnosis Codes for Identification of Prevalent Lupus Nephritis Patients from Electronic Health Records
Zara Izadi¹, Alfredo Aguirre², Christine Anastasiou², Julia Kay³, Gabriela Schmajuk⁴ and Jinoos Yazdany⁵, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ⁵UCSF, San Rafael, CA
Background/Purpose: Real-world data could provide valuable information in the study of lupus nephritis (LN), if these cases could be reliably identified. A lack of ability…
Abstract Number: 0678 • ACR Convergence 2022
Inpatient Epidemiology, Expenditures and Resource Utilization of Antiphospholipid Syndrome: National Inpatient Sample 2019
Patompong Ungprasert¹, Sunisa Kongkiatkamon², Ben Ponvilawan³, Nuttavut Sumransub⁴ and Paul Kroner⁵, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, ³Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, ⁴University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Little is known about inpatient epidemiology, morbidity, mortality and resource utilization of patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). The purpose of this study is to…
Abstract Number: 0797 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increased Duration of Mycophenolate Hold Improves Antibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Patients with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease
Sarah Frey¹, Caoilfhionn Connolly¹, Teresa Po-Yu Chiang¹, Mayan Teles¹, Jennifer Alejo¹, Jemima Albayda¹, Lisa Christopher-Stine¹, Dorry Segev², William Werbel¹ and Julie Paik¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) treated with mycophenolate (MMF) have an attenuated humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination. A temporary hold of…
Abstract Number: 1191 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Population-Based, Matched Cohort Study
HSIN-HUA CHEN¹ and Tsai-Hung Yen², ¹Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ²Division of General Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: The pathologic hallmarks of systemic sclerosis (SSc) included a non-inflammatory obliterative vasculopathy affecting small arteries and arterioles in multiple vascular beds. Whether macrovascular involvement…
Abstract Number: 1318 • ACR Convergence 2022
Low-Dose Prednisolone (≤5 Mg/d) Is Not Associated with Deleterious Effects on Bone Mineral Density: Baseline Findings in a Cohort of Rheumatic Disease Patients with Prior Glucocorticoid Exposure
Edgar Wiebe¹, Dörte Huscher², Desirée Schaumburg¹, Andriko Palmowski¹, Sandra Hermann¹, Thomas Buttgereit³, Robert Biesen⁴, Gerd Burmester⁵, Yannick Palmowski⁶, Maarten Boers⁷, John Stone⁸, Christian Dejaco⁹ and Frank Buttgereit¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, and Berlin Institute of Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Spine Department, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Brunico (SABES-ASDAA), Brunico, Italy, and Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ¹⁰Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / DRFZ Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMD) are associated with increased systemic bone loss that is mediated by chronic inflammation, treatment with glucocorticoids (GC), and…
Abstract Number: 1635 • ACR Convergence 2022
Safety Profile of Hydroxychloroquine in a Large Cohort of Rheumatology Patients Within the US Department of Defense Military Healthcare System
Toni Rush¹, Rachel Robbins², Angelique Collamer² and Jess Edison³, ¹Health Research Tx, Trevose, PA, ²Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ³Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences / National Capital Consortium- Walter Reed Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a well-established conventional synthetic DMARD for many rheumatologic conditions. While generally believed to be safe, HCQ use is associated with a…
Abstract Number: 1775 • ACR Convergence 2022
More Than Half of Patients with Osteoarthritis Have Positive Screening for Fibromyalgia And/or Depression, Feasibly Assessed in Routine Care on Indices Within a Single MDHAQ (multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire)
Theodore Pincus¹, Kathryn Gibson², Juan Schmukler¹, Tengfei Li³ and Joel Block¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ³Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) patients may have widely divergent scores for pain severity vs X-ray joint damage, indicating that elevated OA pain 0-10 visual numeric scale…
Abstract Number: 2080 • ACR Convergence 2022
Epidemiology and Outcomes of Emergency Department Visits in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data from National Emergency Database Sample
Rashmi Dhital¹, Monica Guma², Brian Pedersen¹, Ashbina Pokharel³ and Kenneth Kalunian⁴, ¹UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ³William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, ⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases presenting to the emergency department (ED) often have multi-organ pathology. SLE patients may be particularly prone to ED visits…
Abstract Number: 0378 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence of Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in Patients Treated for Chronic Back Pain in Chiropractic Clinics
Atul Deodhar¹, Sonam Kiwalkar², Kim Phung Nguyen³, Rose Quinn³, David Perham⁴, William Malatestinic⁵, Rebecca Bolce⁶, Theresa Hunter⁵, Pragya Khurana⁷ and Shireesh Bhalerao⁴, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR, ²Washington State University, Portland, OR, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴Private Practice, Portland, OR, ⁵Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷ICON plc, Blue Bell, PA
Background/Purpose: Patients with chronic back pain (CBP; back, buttock, or hip pain ≥ 3 months) where the underlying cause may be axSpA are usually first…
Abstract Number: 0695 • ACR Convergence 2022
Epidemiology of Behçet’s Disease in Northern Spain
Carmen Alvarez Reguera¹, guillermo Suárez-Amorin¹, Rosalía Demetrio-Pablo¹, Raúl fernández-ramón¹, Alba Herrero-Morant², Lara Sánchez-Bilbao¹, David Martínez-López¹, José Luis Martín-Varillas³, Santos Castañeda⁴, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁵ and Ricardo Blanco⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Ontinyent, Spain, ³Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁶Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of Behçet’s disease (BD) has a considerable geographical and temporal variability. Data regarding epidemiology in Spain are limited. Our study aimed to…
Abstract Number: 0805 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatic Fever and Streptococcal Cutaneous Infection: A Case-control Study in the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
Quentin AMIC-DESVAUD¹, Olivier MAILLARD², Sylvia IACOBELLI³, Thomas BARDIN⁴ and Yves-Marie DUCROT⁵, ¹Province des îles Loyauté, Lifou, New Caledonia, ²Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Reunion, Saint-Denis, France, ³Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Saint Dénis de la Réunion, France, ⁴Université de Paris, Paris, France, ⁵Province des îles Loyauté, We, Lifou Island, New Caledonia
Background/Purpose: Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) remain major public health problems in the South Pacific. Triggering by group A beta hemolytic…
Abstract Number: 1192 • ACR Convergence 2022
Celiac Disease in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Analysis of Nationwide Inpatient Sample
Jiayi Zheng¹, Ruoning Ni², Guangchen Zou³, Yuhao Zeng⁴, Naeem ijaz¹ and Yani Zhang⁵, ¹The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, ²Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital, Iowa City, IA, ³Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, ⁴Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, ⁵MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease characterized by the immunologic reaction to gluten by lymphocytes. Although recent studies suggest an association between celiac disease…
Abstract Number: 1347 • ACR Convergence 2022
Poor Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Cristina Arriens¹, Janice Ma², Konrad Pisarczyk², Richard Leff³, Kiruthi Palaniswamy⁴ and Li Long⁴, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Maple Health Group, LLC, New York, NY, ³Kezar Life Sciences, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Kezar Life Sciences, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the most serious manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with considerable morbidity that has a devastating impact…
Abstract Number: 1636 • ACR Convergence 2022
Long-term Renal Survival of Patients with LN by Renal Response Status in the Toronto Lupus Cohort
Murray Urowitz¹, Mary E. Georgiou², Jiandong Su³, Anne MacKinnon³, Yulia Green⁴, Kerry Gairy², Roger A Levy⁵ and Patricia C. Juliao⁶, ¹University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Value Evidence and Outcomes, Brentford, United Kingdom, ³University of Toronto Lupus Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Development, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁶GlaxoSmithKline, Value Evidence and Outcomes, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Approximately 40% of adult patients with SLE develop LN, which can lead to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).1 Renal response is used in clinical trials…

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