Abstracts tagged "Health Care"

Abstract Number: 1583 • ACR Convergence 2025
Epidemiology, Outcome and Expenditures of Hospitalized Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: National Inpatient Sample 2021
Patompong Ungprasert¹ and Paul Kroner², ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²Riverside Health System, Newport News, VA
Background/Purpose: The inpatient epidemiology, morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenditures of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are not well-characterized. This study aims to utilize a nationwide…
Abstract Number: 0366 • ACR Convergence 2025
Dental Findings in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases and Its Association With Self-Perceived Oral Health
Fernanda M. Garcia-Garcia¹, Margarita Isabel Alarcon-Jarquin², Vanessa L. Lopez-Flores², Gabriel P. Castro-Cruz³, Carlos I. Estrada-Anguiano³, Jennifer Garcia-Bravo³, Aleydis Gonzalez-Melendez³, Gabriel Figueroa-Parra³, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado¹ and Janett C. Riega-Torres⁴, ¹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Oral health conditions are frequent in patients with rheumatic diseases and can impact daily function and quality of life. Factors such as chronic inflammation…
Abstract Number: PP03 • ACR Convergence 2025
My Journey of Risk, Loss, and Hope: The Role of Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Managing Pregnancy with Takayasu Arteritis
Tugce Turten Kaymaz
Background/Purpose: At the age of 26, the same month I got married, I was diagnosed with Takayasu Arteritis following severe chest and back pain. Hypertension…
Abstract Number: 1580 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lung vasculature quantification on computed tomography predicts new onset of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis
Maria Iacovantuono¹, Nicholas landini², lisa Jungblut³, Gesa Sauer⁴, Rucsandra Dobrota⁵, Sinziana Muraru⁶, Muriel Elhai⁷, Carina Mihai⁸, Mike Becker⁹, Maria Sole Chimenti¹⁰, Thomas Frauenfelder³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹¹, Oliver Distler¹² and Cosimo Bruni¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Spinete, Italy, ²Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, "Sapienza" University, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy. Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Rueil Malmaison, France, ³Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁷University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁸University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, Roma, Italy, ¹¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is highly prevalent in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and a leading cause of mortality. Recent studies have identified clinical risk factors…
Abstract Number: 0361 • ACR Convergence 2025
Transition in Focus: Health Care Utilization and Disease Status in Youth with Connective Tissue Diseases— A Single-Center Experience in British Columbia, Canada
Mercedes Chan¹, Lori Tucker¹, Jude AlMasoud¹, Jaime Guzman², Andrea Human¹, David Cabral³, Angela How⁴, Wendy Wong⁵ and Jennifer Corpuz⁶, ¹BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Surrey, BC, Canada, ⁶UBC, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Graduating from child and family-oriented to adult-oriented health care is a vulnerable time when youth with chronic disease drop out of, or disengage from,…
Abstract Number: 2500 • ACR Convergence 2025
Greater Economic Burden and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis With Versus Without Interstitial Lung Disease: Results from a Systematic Literature Review
Emily Glowienka¹, Sarah Nickolls², Kevin Coady¹, Eesha Kodi³, Ian Steinfield¹, Florence Wilson³, Alicia N. Pepper³, Svetlana I. Nihtyanova⁴, Roger A. Levy⁵ and Daniel Moldaver⁶, ¹Precision AQ, Boston, MA, ²GSK, Research & Development, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ³Precision AQ, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴GSK, Clinical Sciences, Research & Development, London, United Kingdom, ⁵GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁶GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: SSc is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disorder; up to 64% of patients with SSc develop interstitial lung disease (ILD), which can result in…
Abstract Number: 1562 • ACR Convergence 2025
Vasodilation with Prostanoids Influences Progression of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: a EUSTAR Cohort Study
adela cristina sarbu¹, Liubov Petelytska², lorenzo tofani³, Gianluca Moroncini⁴, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁵, elisabetta zanatta⁶, Jörg Henes⁷, paolo airò⁸, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁹, Ana Maria Gheorghiu¹⁰, antonella marcoccia¹¹, branimir Anić¹², Jelena Colic¹³, Daniel Furst¹⁴, julia Spierings¹⁵, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁶, Britta Maurer¹⁷, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁸, Oliver Distler¹⁹ and Cosimo Bruni²⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. • Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, bern, Swaziland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. • Dept Internal Medicine #³, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, ³Department of Statistics, Informatics and Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, firenze, Italy, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Marche University Hospital, Clinica Medica, Ancona, Italy, Ancona, Italy, ⁵• Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Tecchnion, Haifa, Israel, Haifa, Israel, ⁶Padova University Hospital, Rheumatology Unit, Padova, Italy, padova, Italy, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁸Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, brescia, Italy, ⁹University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Spitalul Clinic Dr. Ion Cantacuzino, Bucharest, Romania, ¹¹Centro di Riferimento Interdisciplinare per la Sclerosi Sistemica (CRIIS), Roma, Italy, rome, Italy, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia, zagreb, Croatia, ¹³Institute of Rheumatology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, ¹⁴Southern California Scleroderma and Rheumatology Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Ultrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹⁸Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²⁰University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Although most vasoactive vasodilating drugs (VVDs) exert anti-fibrotic effects in pre-clinical studies, randomized controlled trials assessing their efficacy in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease…
Abstract Number: 0358 • ACR Convergence 2025
Different Perspectives between Physicians and Patients on Treatment Priorities and Challenges in Still’s Disease
Gisella Beatrice Beretta¹, Luciana Pereira², Greta Rogani³, Francesco Baldo⁴, Claudia Bracaglia⁵, Dirk Foell⁶, Marco Gattorno⁷, Marija Jelusic⁸, Sebastiaan Vastert³, Rashmi Sinha⁹ and Francesca Minoia¹⁰, ¹Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ²Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, ³University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴ASST-Pini-CTO, Milano, Milan, Italy, ⁵IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁶University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ⁷IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genova, Genoa, Italy, ⁸University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁹Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁰Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: Despite therapeutic advances, major concerns and disparities persist in the care of Still’s Disease (SD). Capturing both patient/caregiver and physician perspectives is essential to…
Abstract Number: 2444 • ACR Convergence 2025
Hydroxychloroquine-Induced Retinopathy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Predictors of Progression Following Drug Discontinuation
Emily Gutowski¹, Jessica Dai², Erin Carter³, Brooke Cohen⁴, Jill Buyon⁵, Chung-E Tseng⁶, Mala Masson⁷, Amit Saxena⁵, H Michael Belmont⁸, Joseph Colcombe⁶, Yasha Modi³, Carol Lee⁶ and Peter Izmirly⁹, ¹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Tenafly, NJ, ³New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Yale Physician Associate Program, New Haven, CT, ⁵NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, ⁷NYU Langone Health, New York, ⁸NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a cornerstone of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) management, but long-term use carries the risk of retinopathy. While prior studies have identified…
Abstract Number: 1401 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real World Treatment Patterns and Health Care Resource Use in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Sjögren’s Disease (SjD) in the United States
Sara McCoy¹, Anjana Lalla², Nilesh Choudhary³, Shraddha Chatterjee³, Shiwani Prasad³ and Antton Egana², ¹University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ³Novartis India, Hyderabad, India
Background/Purpose: SjD is a chronic, systemic, progressive autoimmune disease characterized by dry mouth and eyes, but it is often accompanied by extraglandular symptoms and signs…
Abstract Number: 0218 • ACR Convergence 2025
Creating an EHR Lupus Outreach Workbench to Address Care Gaps
Ross Gilbert¹, Starla Blanks², Joy Buie³, Mary Cronin⁴, Jake Decker⁵, Laura Dickmann⁶, Cristina Drenkard⁷, Sancia Ferguson⁸, Shivani Garg⁹, David Gazeley⁵, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi¹⁰, Gale Johnson¹¹, Patti Katz¹², Tristan Lazewski¹³, S. Sam Lim¹⁴, Jenna McGoldrick¹⁵, Katrina Phelps¹⁰, Edmond Ramly¹⁶, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman¹⁷, Ann Rosenthal¹⁸, Dawn Thomas-Semanko¹⁹, Sarah Stoltz¹³, Patricia Tellez-giron²⁰, Amannda Weber²¹, Andrea Wipperfurth¹³ and Christie Bartels¹⁰, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ³Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC, ⁴retired, Fox Point, WI, ⁵Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁶Froedtert Health, Waukesha, WI, ⁷Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Acworth, GA, ⁸University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Madison, WI, ⁹University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ¹⁰University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ¹¹Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison, WI, ¹²UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ¹³UW Health, Madison, WI, ¹⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁵SSM Health, Madison, WI, ¹⁶Indiana University - Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, ¹⁷Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹⁸Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, ¹⁹WI Chapter - LFA, Milwaukee, WI, ²⁰University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Madison, WI, ²¹University of Wisconsin (UW), UW Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Lupus affects up to 1.5 million people in the US with significant health disparities in care and outcomes that call for care delivery innovation.…
Abstract Number: 0211 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characteristics of Hospitalizations and Outpatient Follow-up for Patients with SLE at an Academic Hospital Setting in Austin, Texas
Riti Kotamarti¹ and Veena Patel², ¹Dell Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX, ²Dell Medical School - UT Health Austin, Austin, TX
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE have high rates of hospitalizations annually and require careful coordination of care in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. Prior analyses…
Abstract Number: 1067 • ACR Convergence 2024
Initiation of Urate-Lowering Therapy in Patients Hospitalized with Gout Flare at a Single Center: Opportunity for Quality Improvement
Ali Nasir¹ and Nasir Khan², ¹Trinity Health Grand Rapids/Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ²Trinity Health Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: Hospitalizations for gout flare have been increasing, doubling between 1993 to 2011 from 4.4 to 8.8 admissions per 100000 adults. Despite this increase, urate-lowering therapy (ULT)…
Abstract Number: 1937 • ACR Convergence 2024
Wellness and Burnout Among Pediatric Rheumatologists in North America- A 2024 CARRA Study
Kathryn Cook¹, Aviya Lanis², Arielle Hay³, Daniel Glaser⁴, Sarah Hoffmann⁵, Lakshmi Moorthy⁶, Onengiya Harry⁷, Deepika Singh⁸ and Sheetal Vora⁹, and for the CARRA Investigators, ¹Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL, ⁴Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁵Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁶Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Metuchen, NJ, ⁷Brenner Children's Hospital - Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁸Valley Children's Healthcare, Clovis, CA, ⁹Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC
Background/Purpose: A high proportion of pediatricians experience burnout symptom impacting patient care and academic productivity. Burnout is a state of physical, emotional or mental exhaustion…
Abstract Number: 0213 • ACR Convergence 2024
Electronic Medical Record Inbox Volume Association with Physician Gender, Physician Burnout, and the COVID-19 Pandemic at an Academic Rheumatology Center
Laura Arneson¹, Brian Jaros², Rowland Chang², Anisha Dua², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Anh Chung² and Yvonne Lee¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: As Rheumatology faces a workforce shortage, factors contributing to physician burnout are crucial to address. Research in other specialties suggests that increased electronic medical…

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