ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 2052 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Michael D. George1, Joshua F. Baker1, Jesse Yenchih Hsu2, Qufei Wu3, Fenglong Xie4, Lang Chen4, Huifeng Yun5 and Jeffrey Curtis6, 1Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3Biostatistics and Analysis Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 5Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, 6Division Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Patients taking biologic DMARDs often undergo elective surgery, but data to guide if and when to hold biologics before surgery is limited. This study…