Abstracts tagged "outcomes"

Abstract Number: 320 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Value of Adjusting for Physical Activity When Measuring Osteoarthritis-Related Pain
Kelli Allen¹, Katherine Hall², Jennifer H. Lindquist³, Shannon Taylor⁴ and Cynthia Coffman⁵, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Durham VA Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Durham VA Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Health Services Research, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁴Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Health Services Research, Durham VA Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Measures of chronic pain typically do not account for individuals’ physical activity (PA) levels. Although PA is essential for managing conditions like osteoarthritis (OA),…
Abstract Number: 2829 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adherence to Treatment and Renal Transplantation Graft Failure in Lupus Nephritis
Eleana Ntatsaki¹, Alba Velo Garcia², Alan D. Salama³ and David A. Isenberg⁴, ¹Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Complex of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, ³Centre for Nephrology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Patient non-adherence has been reported as a potential adverse outcome predictor in renal transplantation (rTp) for patients with lupus nephritis (LN). We investigated potential…
Abstract Number: 597 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparative Effectiveness of Different Anti-TNF Drugs As First Biological DMARD in RA: Results from the Nationwide Swedish Register 2010-2015
Thomas Frisell¹, Mats Dehlin², Daniela Di Giuseppe³, Nils Feltelius⁴, Alf Kastbom⁵, Carl Turesson⁶, Johan Askling⁷ and the ARTIS Study Group, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dept. of Medicine, K2, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Swedish Medical Products Agency, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁵Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology/AIR, Linköping, Sweden, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, ⁷Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Although evidence from randomized trials suggest similar efficacy and safety on a group level for the different anti-TNF drugs available for the treatment of…
Abstract Number: 2950 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cogan Syndrome: Treatment and Outcome from French Nationwide Retrospective Study and Literature Review of 62 Patients
CHARLOTTE DURTETTE¹, Mathieu Resche Regon², eric hachulla³, anne Graslands⁴, Thomas Papo^5,6, Jacques Pouchot⁷, jean Emmanuel kahn⁸, Thierry Zenone⁹, cedric landron¹⁰, benoit de Wazieres¹¹, Robin Dhote¹², Christophe Deligny¹³, Guillaume Gondran¹⁴, Edouard Pertuiset¹⁵, thomas quemeneur¹⁶, Bertrand Lioger¹⁷, Pascal Sève¹⁸, Christian Lavigne¹⁹, thomas le Galllou²⁰, Mohamed Hamidou²¹, claire delaunay²², Olivier Fain²³ and Arsene Mekinian²⁴, ¹SAINT ANTOINE HOSPITAL, PARIS, France, ²biostatistics Saint Louis Hospital, paris, France, ³chru lille hospital, lille, France, ⁴Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Louis-Mourier, colombes, France, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, AP-HP Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Internal Medicine, Hôpital Bichat, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France, ⁷Paris University, Internal medicine, Paris, France, ⁸foch hospital, foch, France, ⁹Internal Medicine, Valence Hospital, Valence, France, ¹⁰service de médecine interne, CH Poitiers, CHU Poitiers, poitiers, France, ¹¹CHU de Nîmes, nimes, France, ¹²Internal Medicine, Hospital Avicenne, Bobigny, France, ¹³Zobda Quitman Hospital, Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Fort de France, Martinique, ¹⁴Internal Medicine Department, Limoges, France, ¹⁵CH René Dubos, Pontoise, France, ¹⁶valenciennes hospital, valenciennes, France, ¹⁷INTERNAL MEDICINE, tours, France, ¹⁸Internal medicine, Internal medicine department, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹⁹CHU Angers, department of Internal Medicine, Angers, France, ²⁰rennes CHU hospital, rennes, France, ²¹Internal Medicine Department, Internal Medicine Department, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ²²Centre hospitalier niort, niort, France, ²³Service de médecine interne. Hôpital Saint-Antoine., Paris, France, ²⁴DHU2iB, Internal Medicine Saint Antoine Hospital, PARIS, France
Background/Purpose: Methods: Sixty two patients were included with median age 37 [2-76] and 31/62 (50%) women. At the diagnosis, 61 (98%) had audiovestibular involvement,…
Abstract Number: 1727 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI Vertebral Corner Inflammation Followed By Fat Deposition Is the Strongest Contributor to the Development of New Bone at the Same Vertebral Corner: A Multi-Level Longitudinal Analysis in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Pedro Machado¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Désirée van der Heijde³, Juergen Braun² and Robert Landewé⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Syndesmophyte formation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is still insufficiently understood. Previous studies have suggested an association between MRI vertebral corner inflammation (VCI) and vertebral…
Abstract Number: 1970 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence and Predictors of Thoracic Aortic Damage in Biopsy-Proven Giant Cell Arteritis: A Single-Institution Cohort Study
Matthew J. Koster¹, Cristian Labarca², Cynthia S. Crowson³, Eric L. Matteson¹ and Kenneth J. Warrington¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Rheumatology, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile, ³Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) are at an increased risk for aortic structural damage; however, the timing and predisposing characteristics for development of…
Abstract Number: 25 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Attrition and Participant Characteristics in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Angela Cesta¹, Xiuying Li¹, Mark Tatangelo^2,3 and Claire Bombardier^1,4,5, ¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Clinical Decision Making and Health Care, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The generalizability and validity of in longitudinal observational studies is contingent on participant characteristics. If attrition is not random, it is important to identify…
Abstract Number: 2251 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Current Tobacco Use and the Rates of Postoperative Complications after Total Knee Arthroplasty
Jasvinder A. Singh, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: To our knowledge, well-designed studies that have examined the risk of post-arthroplasty implant-related complications after TKA with tobacco use are lacking. Our objective was…
Abstract Number: 28 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Decrease over Time of Orthopaedic Surgery in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Mainly Due to Reduced Rates Among Those with Rheumatoid Factor Positive Disease – Results from a Well Defined Area
Korosh Hekmat^1,2, Lennart T.H. Jacobsson³, Jan-Åke Nilsson¹, Minna Willim¹, Martin Englund^4,5, Ingemar F Petersson⁴ and Carl Turesson⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology. Malmö University Hospital, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Unit of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology Malmö University Hospital, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁴Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁶Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose : Seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) differ in course and prognostic feature. The overall incidence of orthopaedic surgery in patients with RA has…
Abstract Number: 2519 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pregnancy in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case Series
Maria Mouyis¹, Clare Thornton¹, David Williams^2,3 and Ian Giles⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Rayne Institute, Centre for Rheumatology Research, UCL Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: It is recognised that active disease in women with inflammatory arthritis is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Most studies however, have focussed upon patients…
Abstract Number: 70 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Data from Brazilian Fibromyalgia Patients Registry (EPIFIBRO) in 2014
Jose Eduardo Martinez^1,2, Marcelo C. Rezende^3,4, Eduardo Paiva^4,5, Daniel Pollak^4,6, Milton Helfenstein Jr^4,7, Jose Roberto Provenza^4,8, Aline Ranzolin^4,9, Roberto E Heymann^4,10, Eduardo L. Ribeiro^4,11, Marcos Renato Assis^4,12 and Eduardo J. R. Souza^4,13, ¹Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Sorocaba, Brazil, ²Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Sorocaba, Brazil, ³Santa Casa de Campo Grande, Campo Grande, Brazil, ⁴Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, ⁶Rheumathology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷RUA JOAO DE LACERDA SOARES, 90, Unifesp, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁸Rheumatology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁹Hospital das Clínicas - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, ¹⁰Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹¹Instituto de Previdência dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ¹²Faculdade de Medicina de Marilia, Marilia, Brazil, ¹³Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Background/Purpose: –The Brazilian registry on fibromyalgia syndrome (EPIFIBRO) included 810 patients who satisfied the American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Fibromyalgia (ACR1990) at the…
Abstract Number: 2593 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Index of Activity Speed (Time Up and Go test) and Patient-Reported Outcome in Patients with Long-Standing Rheumatoid Arthritis: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study for Evaluation of Joint Surgery on Physical Function
Toshihisa Kojima¹, Hajime Ishikawa², Keiichiro Nishida³, Sakae Tanaka⁴, Nobuhiko Haga⁵, Jun Hashimoto⁶, Hisaaki Miyahara⁷, Yasuo Niki⁸, Masayo Kojima⁹ and Naoki Ishiguro¹⁰, ¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Orthopedic Surgery, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Niigata, Japan, ³Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama city, Japan, ⁴Orthopaedic Surgery and Spinal Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Dept of Rheumatology, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano City, Japan, ⁷Orthopedic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Centre, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁸Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Orthopedic Suregery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Total management including reconstructive joint surgery and rehabilitation should be needed for further improvements of physical function for long-standing RA patients. It is very…
Abstract Number: 183 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B-Mode and Power Doppler Assessment As Predictors for Short and Long-Term Clinical Outcome in Cts Patients with or without Surgical Treatment
Alexander Marschall¹, Anja Ficjian¹, Martin Stradner¹, Rusmir Husic¹, Dorothea Zauner², Werner Seel³, Nicole E. Simmet³, Alexander Klammer¹, P Heizer⁴, Kerstin Brickmann¹, Judith Gertler¹, Florentine Fürst¹, René Thonhofer¹, Josef Hermann², Winfried B. Graninger⁵, Stefan Quasthoff⁴ and Christian Dejaco¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ²Internal Medicine, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Graz, Austria, ³Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁴Department of Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁵Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: To investigate the prognostic value of baseline B-mode and Power Doppler (PD) ultrasound assessment of the median nerve in CTS patients with or without…
Abstract Number: 2915 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Utility of Lupus Serology in Predicting Outcomes of Renal Transplantation in Lupus Patients: Systematic Review and Analysis of a Large Lupus Cohort
Kristy Yap¹, Murray Urowitz^1,2, Quenby Mahood³, Jorge Medina-Rosas⁴, Arthy Sabapathy⁵, Daeria Lawson⁴, Jiandong Su¹, Dafna Gladman¹ and Zahi Touma¹, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, U of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Library Services, Institute of Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: To study the utility of lupus serology as a predictor for kidney graft outcome in: a) a systematic review (SR) of the literature and…
Abstract Number: 417 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gender Differences in Pediatric Localized Scleroderma: Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes
Kaveh Ardalan¹, Nicole Hershey¹, Jonathan Yabes², Eveline Wu³, Suzanne C. Li⁴, Robert C. Fuhlbrigge⁵, C. Egla Rabinovich⁶, Kathryn S. Torok¹ and The CARRA Registry Investigators, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Pediatrics, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Pediatrics, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ⁵Program in Rheumatology, Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Localized scleroderma (LS) is an autoimmune disease of the skin and underlying tissue that leads to progressive fibrosis and disability in growing children. Pediatric…

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