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Abstracts tagged "osteoporosis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

  • Abstract Number: 2327 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    To Screen or Not to Screen?Dexa Ordering Patterns in SLE Patients Who Take Systemic Glucocorticoids

    Sara Baig1, Smarika Sapkota2, Anna K. Shmagel3, Parastoo Fazeli4, Jeremiah Menk1 and Ann Marie O'Connell5, 1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 3Rheumatic & Autoimmune Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 4Rheumatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 5University of Minnesota, MInneapolis, MN

    Background/Purpose: High doses of glucocorticoids (GC) are often used in the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE), however, studies suggest that SLE patients do not…
  • Abstract Number: 2639 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Bone Mineral Density Is Not Associated with Osteoporotic Fractures in Premenopausal Women and Men < 50 Years Old with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Tracy Driver1, Maureen A. McMahon2, Betty Tsao3 and Jennifer M. Grossman4, 1Medicine, Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 3Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 4Division of Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

    Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is common in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Guidelines for the treatment and prevention of glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis (GIOP) are detailed for…
  • Abstract Number: 738 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Preventive Effect of Combined Treatment with Bisphosphonate and Vitamin D on Atherosclerosis in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Kazumasa Ohmura, Masaru Kato, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Ryo Hisada, Masatoshi Kanda, Sanae Shimamura, Ikuma Nakagawa, Yuka Shimizu, Kenji Oku, Toshiyuki Bohgaki, Olga Amengual, Tetsuya Horita, Shinsuke Yasuda and Tatsuya Atsumi, Division of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Premature atherosclerosis is one of the major complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Preventing atherosclerosis is a key objective while monitoring patients with SLE.…
  • Abstract Number: 1790 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Accrual of Disease Comorbidities over 8 Years in a Multicentre Inception SLE Cohort

    Murray Urowitz1, Dafna D Gladman2, Nicole Anderson3, Jiandong Su4 and The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Group, 1Medicine, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: The annual accrual of comorbidities in patients with SLE is not well described.  We report the annual occurrence of these features in an inception…
  • Abstract Number: 1796 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Osteoporosis and Vertebral Fractures in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Mario García-Carrasco1,2, Pamela Soto-Santillan3, Samanda Adriana Rojas villarraga4, Nicolás Molano-González5 and Claudia Mendoza Pinto6, 1Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, HGR 36-CIBIOR Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Puebla, Mexico, 2Inmunología y Reumatología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, 3Internal Medicine, Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, IMSS, Puebla, México, Puebla, Mexico, 4Novartis de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, 5Center for Autoimmune Diseases Research (CREA). School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia., Bogota, Colombia, 6Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, HGR 36-CIBIOR, IMSS, Puebla, Mexico

    Background/Purpose: Observational studies have indicated a high but heterogeneous prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) and vertebral fractures (FV) in patients with systemic lupus…
  • Abstract Number: 1833 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Musculoskeletal Complications of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Risk Factors for and Prevalence of Avascular Necrosis and Osteoporosis

    Maeve Gamble1 and Janet E. Pope2, 1Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 2University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis (OP) and avascular necrosis (AVN) are well-recognized musculoskeletal complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and cause morbidity.  Steroid therapy and the underlying disease…
  • Abstract Number: 235 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Lower P1NP Serum Levels:  a Predictive Marker of Bone Loss after One-Year Follow-up in premenopausal SLE Patients

    Luciana Seguro1, Caio B. Casella1, Valéria Caparbo1, Ricardo M. Oliveira2, Alessandra C Bonfa1, Eloisa Bonfa1 and Rosa M R Pereira1, 1Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2RDO Diagnosticos Medicos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is associated with high risk of low bone mass/fractures but this risk is still controversial in premenopausal women. Our aim…
  • Abstract Number: 1218 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    Incidence Of and Risk Factors For Clinical Fractures In Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Matched Controls: A Population-Based Study In The United Kingdom

    Irene Bultink1, Nicholas Harvey2, Arief Lalmohamed3,4, Cyrus Cooper5, Willem Lems6, Tjeerd Van Staa2,3,7 and Frank de Vries3,4,8,9, 1Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2University of Southampton, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton, United Kingdom, 3Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, 4Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 5NDORMS; MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford; Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, 6Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7Medicine and Helathcare Products Regulatory Agency, Clinical Practice Research Datalink, London, United Kingdom, 8Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht, Netherlands, 9Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been associated with an increased risk of low bone mineral density and fractures. However, data on absolute fracture risk…

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