Abstracts tagged "joint procedures and ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 2910 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Comparison of Clinical and Ultrasound Measures of Disease Activity in a Large National ‘Real Life’ Cohort of RA Patients
Pascal Zufferey¹, Delphine Couvoisier², Hans Ruedi Ziswiler³, Laure Brulhart⁴, Giorgio Tamborrini⁵, Michael Nissen⁶, Adrian Ciurea⁷, Burkhard Moeller⁸, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino^9,10 and Axel Finckh², ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²geneva university hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ³Osteorheuma, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴médecine, hôpital neuchateulois, La chaux de fond, Switzerland, ⁵UZR, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶rheumatology, geneva university hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Department for Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt , Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Paris, France, ¹⁰University of Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Clinical measures of disease activity, such as the DAS-score and ultrasound (US) scores of disease activity can be sometimes yield discordant results. Little research…
Abstract Number: 1894 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Factors Associated with Confidence Level of Rheumatology Fellows in Joint Procedural Skills
Tara J. Rizvi¹, Min Xu¹ and Nancy Searle², ¹Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology fellowship programs in the U.S. lack clear standardized criteria to train fellows in joint procedural skills. More recently, some programs are utilizing joint…