Abstracts tagged "Eye Disorders"

Abstract Number: 0346 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Eye Screening Compliance in Patients Taking Hydroxychloroquine in a Community Hospital Setting
George Gennaoui¹, Sana Kang² and J. Patricia Dhar³, ¹Ascension St. John Hospital, St. Clair Shores, MI, ²Ascension St John Hospital, Chesterfield, MO, ³Ascension St. John Hospital and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a medication used in most patients with systematic lupus erythematous (SLE). It is generally a safe; however, it can cause retinal…
Abstract Number: 0373 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Uveitis Related to Spondylarthritis (SpA-U)- Development of a Prognostic Outcome Score in Patients with SpA-U
Cristiana Sieiro Santos¹, Isabel Sendino Tenorio¹, Carolina Álvarez Castro¹, Clara Moriano Morales², Miguel Cordero Coma¹ and Elvira Díez Álvarez¹, ¹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²Hospital León, León, Spain
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is the most frequent extra-articular manifestation of spondylarthritis (SpA), characterized by a sudden onset, often unilateral, anterior and recurrent and may be the…
Abstract Number: 0194 • ACR Convergence 2021
Eye Opening: Use of IL-6 Inhibition in Non-Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Retinopathy
Lisa Carnago¹, Robert Keenan², Glenn Jaffe¹, Jordan Deaner¹ and Dilraj Grewal¹, ¹Duke Health, Durham, NC, ²Florence Rheumatology Center, Articularis Healthcare, Florence, NC
Background/Purpose: There is a lack of robust guidance and consistently effective treatment modalities in non-paraneoplastic autoimmune retinopathy (npAIR) with cystoid macula edema (CME), which is…
Abstract Number: 0426 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ocular Manifestations of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Mats Junek¹, Stephanie Garner¹, Lily Zhao¹, David Cuthbertson², Christian Pagnoux³, CURRY LEE MD KOENING⁴, Carol Langford⁵, Carol McAlear⁶, Paul Monach⁷, Larry Moreland⁸, Philip Seo⁹, Ulrich Specks¹⁰, Antoine Sreih¹¹, Kenneth Warrington¹⁰, Peter Merkel⁶ and Nader Khalidi¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴LIMITED TO OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY DUTIES ONLY, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Univeristy of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) are multisystem diseases that can have multiple ophthalmic manifestations. Although there are some data on ocular disease in granulomatosis with polyangiitis…
Abstract Number: 0436 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ocular and Orbital Manifestations of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Systematic Review of Published Cases
Madeleine Yeakle¹, Allen Tsiyer¹, Daniel Bishev¹, Kayvon Moin¹, Victoria Garofalo¹, Allison Parrill¹, Alexander Hatsis², Tyler Wickas² and Prachi Anand³, ¹American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Cupecoy, Netherlands Antilles, ²Department of Ophthalmology, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, ³Department of Rheumatology, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener’s Granulomatosis, is a systemic autoimmune condition caused by granulomatous inflammation of small and medium arteries, arterioles…
Abstract Number: 0614 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sex and Race Based Utilization of Healthcare for Ocular Inflammation and Infection: Comparing the Results from the Medicare and the IRIS Data
Krati Chauhan¹ and James T. Rosenbaum², ¹Southern Illinois University - School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, ²Departments of Ophthalmology, Medicine, and Cell Biology, Oregon Health & Sciences University and Chair Emeritus, Legacy Devers Eye Institute, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Health care utilization has an impact on disease progression and outcome in rheumatologic care. Disparities based on race, sex, education and income level affect…
Abstract Number: 1038 • ACR Convergence 2021
Outcomes of Hydroxychloroquine Screening for Retinopathy in a Cohort of Patients with Rheumatological Conditions
Ghazala Tehseen¹, Alexandra Chadwick², Sarah Wills² and Audrey Low², ¹Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology Department, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA), connective tissue disease (CTD) and other inflammatory conditions. In 2018, the United Kingdom Royal College…
Abstract Number: 1046 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Ocular Comorbidities and Blindness Among Patients with Behçet’s Disease: A Nationwide Population-based Cohort Study in Korea
SE RIM CHOI¹, Anna Shin², Joo Young Shin³, Hokyung Choung³, You-Jung Ha², Yun Jong Lee⁴, Eun bong Lee¹, Jin Kyun Park¹ and Eun Ha Kang², ¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: To examine the risk of ocular comorbidities in a nation-wide cohort of patients with Behçet’s disease (BD) compared to general population in Korea.Methods: We…
Abstract Number: 1312 • ACR Convergence 2021
What Is the Optimal Screening Strategy for Early Recognition of Spondyloarthritis in Patients with Acute Anterior Uveitis?
Judith Rademacher¹, Hanna Müllner², Dominika Pohlmann³, Valeria Rios Rodriguez¹, Fabian Proft¹, Mikhail Protopopov¹, Susanne Lüders⁴, Burkhard Muche⁵, Laura Spiller¹, Anne-Katrin Weber², Sabrina Sron², Hildrun Haibel⁶, Uwe Pleyer³ and Denis Poddubnyy⁷, ¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ³Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Department of Ophthalmology, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The diagnostic delay remains long in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA), thus effective screening/referral strategies for early recognition are needed. Up to 40% of patients…
Abstract Number: 1314 • ACR Convergence 2021
Predictive Factors for the Development Acute Anterior Uveitis Attacks in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis; The Results of a Longitudinal Analysis
Haluk Cinaklı¹, Elif Ediboglu¹, Eda Otman Akat², Dilek Solmaz³, Gulay Alp¹, Esra Erpek¹, Sercan Gücenmez⁴, Mustafa Ozmen⁴ and Servet Akar³, ¹Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İzmir, Turkey, ²katip çelebi, izmir, Turkey, ³Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴katip çelebi university, izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease mainly affecting sacroiliac joints and spine. Peripheral arthritis, dactylitis and enthesitis may also occur. Acute…
Abstract Number: 1615 • ACR Convergence 2021
Responsiveness of Quality of Life and Function Assessment to Changes in Topical Eye Medications in Children with Uveitis
Virginia Miraldi Utz¹, Amy Cassedy¹, Theresa Hennard¹, Najima Mwase² and Sheila Angeles-Han¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Background/Purpose: Children with uveitis often require topical eye medications (eye drops) to control inflammation (glucocorticoids) and complications such as elevated intraocular pressure and synechiae (glaucoma…
Abstract Number: 1620 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pediatric Onset (< 16 Years) Non-infectious Uveitis: Results from Spanish National Registry
Pablo Mesa-del-Castillo B.¹, Ines Yago Ugarte¹, jose Miguel Bolarin², Berta Lopez Montesinos³, Honorio Barranco Gonzalez³, Daniel Clemente⁴, Isabel Valls Ferran⁴, Juan Carlos Lopez Robledillo⁴, Beatriz Bravo⁵, Marina Rubio Prats⁵, Carmen Alba Linero⁶, Laura Martin Pedraz⁶, Esmeralda Nuñez Cuadros⁶, Maria Concepción Mir Perelló⁷, Noelia Druetta⁷, Mari Carmen Pinedo Gago⁸, Alex Fonollosa Calduch⁸, Alex Souto⁹, Fernando Lopez Lopez¹⁰, Cristina Zarallo Reales¹¹, Maria Jerez Fidalgo¹¹, Jorge Solana Fajardo¹¹, NATALIA PALMOU FONTANA¹², Rosalía Demetrio-Pablo¹³, Maria Vega Jovani Casano¹⁴, Jose Juan Mondejar Garcia¹⁵, Anahy Maria Brandy-Garcia¹⁶, Alba Garcia Lopez¹⁷, Belen Sevilla¹⁸, Jose Luis Garcia Serrano¹⁹, Alfredo Tagarro²⁰, Mar Esteban²⁰, Joan Calzada²¹, Jesus Diaz Carrascosa²¹, Cesar Gavilan Martin²², Encarna Mengual Verdu²², Ester Carreño Salas²³, Sheila Recuero Diaz²³, Neus Quilis Marti²⁴, Mari Carmen Alvarado Valero²⁵, José Rosas²⁶, Juan Luis Sanchez Sevilla²⁷, Juan Carlos Nieto²⁸, Lucia Ibares²⁸, Jaime De Inocencio²⁹, Pilar Tejada²⁹ and Almudena Roman Pascual³⁰, ¹Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ²CENTIC (Centro tecnológico de las TICs de Murcia), Murcia, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁴Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Bilbao, Spain, ⁹Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ¹²UNIVERSITARY HOSPITAL MARQUES VALDECILLA, Santander, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario de Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹⁴National Health system, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijón, Spain, ¹⁸Division of Paediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Hospital maternoinfantil Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁴Hospital del Vinalopó, Elche, Spain, ²⁵Hospital del Vinalopó, Elche, ²⁶Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, ²⁷Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, Spain, ²⁸Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Pediatric noninfectious uveitis is a major clinical challenge for Pediatric ophthalmologists and rheumatologists. The burden of disease is considerable and etiological diagnosis elusive in…
Abstract Number: 0055 • ACR Convergence 2020
Racial and Sex-based Disparities in Health Care Utilization: Eye Inflammation as a Paradigm
Krati Chauhan¹ and James Rosenbaum², ¹Southern Illinois University - School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Disparities in health care utilization based on sex, race, education, or income affect outcomes in rheumatologic care. We have used ocular inflammatory and infectious…
Abstract Number: 1305 • ACR Convergence 2020
Is the Occurrence of Acute Anterior Uveitis Linked Primarily to Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) or to HLA-B27? Results of a 35-Year Follow-Up Family Study of a Swiss Cohort of Patients with AS
Sjef van der Linden¹, Peter Villiger², Zhixiu Li³, Matthew Brown⁴, Heinz Baumberger⁵, Hermine Zandwijk⁶ and Muhammad Khan⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, Mortroux, Belgium, ²Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, ³Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Translational Genomics Group, School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, ⁴Guy's and St Thomas, NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Retired, Flims, Tajikistan, ⁶Retired, Mortroux, Belgium, ⁷Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, Westlake, OH
Background/Purpose: Approximately 30% of HLA-B27(+) patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have one or more episodes of acute anterior uveitis (AAU), a condition that is also…
Abstract Number: 0168 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of Adalimumab (Humira) Therapy on Ocular Inflammation, Selected Health Care Resource Utilization, and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients with Active Non-infectious Intermediate, Posterior, or Panuveitis in Routine Clinical Practice
Uwe Pleyer¹, Salem Almutairi², Conor Murphy³, Rola Hamam⁴, Karina Julian⁵, Shereen Hammad⁶, Orsolya Nagy⁷, Zohar Habot-Wilner⁸, Zsuzsanna Szepessy⁹, Yan Guex-Crosier¹⁰ and Sofia Androudi¹¹, ¹Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Berlin, Germany, ²Al-Bahar Ophthalmology Center - Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait, ³Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁵Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ⁶AbbVie Biopharmaceuticals GmbH, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁷AbbVie Kft, Budapest, Hungary, ⁸Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁹Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ¹⁰Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ¹¹University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
Background/Purpose: VISUAL clinical trials demonstrated efficacy and safety of adalimumab (ADA) in patients with active and inactive non-infectious, intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis (NIIPPU).1-3 The purpose…

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