Abstract Number: 0119 • ACR Convergence 2020
Fracture Liaison Service at an Academic Center with an Open Health System: 30-month Outcomes
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis causes significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare burden. There continues to be a care gap in osteoporosis recognition, treatment and prevention. Several healthcare systems…Abstract Number: 0120 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Fracture in Patients with Different Glucocorticoid Requiring Diseases
Background/Purpose: The aim of the present work is to determine the fracture risk associated with glucocorticoids requiring diseasesMethods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of a nation-wide…Abstract Number: 0125 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Resident-Led Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Osteoporosis Screening in an Urban Clinic
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. The USPSTF recommends screening all women age 65 and older or…Abstract Number: 0129 • ACR Convergence 2020
Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis in Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis Identifying Factors Affecting Bone Mineral Density
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases are associated with increased systemic bone loss and fracture risk related to chronic inflammation, disease-specific, general and demographic risk factors as well…Abstract Number: 0132 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Fragitlity Fractures Is Not Different Between ACPA Positive Patients Compared to ACPA Negative Patients in a Real World Setting, Despite Longer Disease Duration and Glucocorticoid-Treatment
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with increased systemic bone loss, leading to a high risk for hip, vertebral and non-hip, non-vertebral fractures. Especially ACPA…Abstract Number: 0133 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pharmacist-Driven Clinic Development for Patients with Incidental Vertebral or Hip Fractures
Background/Purpose: Non-traumatic vertebral and hip fractures are detrimental complications of osteoporosis and those with a previous fracture have double the risk of subsequent fractures. The…Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Risk of Fractures in a Community-based Cohort of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared with the Background Population
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has been associated with increased risk of osteoporosis and fractures. We have recently presented results on DXA measurements over 10 years…Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors for Lumbar Vertebral Osteoporosis Do Not Reflect Factors Traditionally Associated with Osteoporosis at the Hip
Background/Purpose: The most common site of osteoporotic fragility fractures is the thoracic spine. However, bone mineral density (BMD) measurements at the hip are used to…Abstract Number: 0650 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Vertebral Fractures at Lateral Chest Radiographies in Patients with Gout
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis causes significant morbidity and mortality through the development of fragility fractures, including vertebral fractures (VF). Patients with gout may show an increased risk…Abstract Number: 0023 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hypophosphatasia May Be Misdiagnosed as Fibromyalgia: A Single Center Experience
Background/Purpose: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare disease characterized by incomplete or defective bone mineralization due to a mutation in the alkaline phosphatase gene (ALPL). Given…Abstract Number: 0926 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors for Fractures and Osteoporosis Among Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in a United States Cohort
Background/Purpose:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with several risk factors for osteoporosis and fractures due to malabsorption or malnutrition, physical disability, chronic inflammation, and use of…Abstract Number: 0090 • ACR Convergence 2020
110 Patients with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) in a Rheumatology Disease Unit: Fracture, Neuropathy, and Pernicious Anemia Are Clues to Recognition
Background/Purpose: Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) has been associated with osteoporosis, neuropathy, pernicious anemia, and low vitamin B12, and may precede multiple myeloma and…Abstract Number: 1005 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Non-vertebral Fractures Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologic or Targeted-Synthetic DMARDs: A Multi-Database Comparative Safety Study
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) increases risk of osteoporosis and fractures. However, limited head-to-head comparative data exists on the risk of non-vertebral osteoporotic fractures (NVFs) among…Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2020
Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Autoimmune Disease and Paraproteinemia Influence the Presentation of a Cohort of 150 Pernicious Anemia Patients Diagnosed in a Rheumatology Clinic
Background/Purpose: The most familiar presentation of pernicious anemia is an elderly Northern European woman with hematologic and neurologic manifestations. More recently the influence of Helicobacter…Abstract Number: 1134 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence of Frailty and Associated Factors in a National Observational Cohort of Rheumatic Diseases
Background/Purpose: Frailty is associated with poor health outcomes in the general population, and recent studies have highlighted its importance in rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). Prior…
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