Abstracts tagged "outcome measures and steroids"

Abstract Number: 1275 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prenatal Exposure To Fluorinated Steroids Does Not Affect Long Term Morbidity In Cardiac Neonatal Lupus
Amit Saxena¹, Peter M. Izmirly², Sara Sahl², Deborah Friedman³ and Jill P. Buyon², ¹Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Division of Pediatric Cardiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Background/Purpose: Cardiac Neonatal Lupus (NL), characterized by inflammation and fibrosis of the conduction system, endocardium, and myocardium in anti-Ro exposed fetuses, results in significant morbidity…
Abstract Number: 306 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Children with Probable SLE by ACR Criteria May Need More Aggressive Lupus Treatment Early in the Disease Course
Anjali Patwardhan¹, Igor Dvorchik² and Charles H. Spencer³, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Biostatistics Division, Nationwide Children's Hospital,, Columbus, OH, ³Rheumatology, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: This research explores whether delay of the childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) diagnosis until 4/11 ACR criteria are met affects patient outcome negatively Methods: Institutional Review…