Abstracts tagged "Pediatric rheumatology"

Abstract Number: L09 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Prediction Model to Distinguish Patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Matthew Clark¹, Danielle Rankin², Alisa Gotte¹, Alison Herndon¹, William McEachern¹, Andrew Smith³, Daniel Clark¹, Edward Hardison¹, Anna Patrick¹, Lauren Peetluk¹, Natasha Halasa¹, James Connelly¹ and Sophie Katz¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ³The Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL
Background/Purpose: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare consequence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). MIS-C shares features with common infectious and…
Abstract Number: 0343 • ACR Convergence 2021
Overview of the Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (cSLE) Cohort in the CARRA Registry
Christine Bacha¹, Anne Dennos², Andrea Knight³, Laura Schanberg⁴, Mary Beth Son⁵, Emily von Scheven⁶, Shahla Amin⁷, Charles Helmick⁸ and Aimee Hersh⁹, ¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Grandview Heights, OH, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁶University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷CARRA, Durham, NC, ⁸Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry is a multi-center, observational registry that collects demographic, clinical, and provider- and patient-reported data from…
Abstract Number: 0778 • ACR Convergence 2021
Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation with CD34-Selected Peripheral Blood Stem Cells in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Juvenile-Onset Systemic Sclerosis
Kathryn Torok¹, Franziska Rosser², Kirsten Rose-Felker¹, Vibha Sood¹, Geoffrey Kurland¹, Adam Olson¹, Meghan Frost¹, Vickie Vandergrift¹, Shawna McIntyre¹, Alisha Maslanka³, Kaila Schollaert-Fitch¹, Jessie Barnum¹ and Paul Szabolcs¹, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittbsurgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Background/Purpose: Juvenile-onset systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is a rare autoimmune disease associated with life-threatening multi-organ inflammation and fibrosis. As in adults, jSSc organ involvement includes vascular,…
Abstract Number: 1013 • ACR Convergence 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Phenotype and Immune Gene Expression in Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Kate Webb¹, Thandeka Moyo-Gwete², Simon Mendelsohn³, Claire Butters⁴, Simone Richardson⁵, Heidi Facey-Thomas⁴, Debbie Abrahams⁴, Mashudu Madzivhandila⁵, Zanele Makhado⁵, Frances Ayres⁵, William Horsnell⁶, Neilia Manamela⁵, Richard Baguma³, Stanley Kimbung Mbandi³, Mzwandile Erasmus³, Thomas Scriba³, Liesl Zühlke⁷, Penny Moore⁵, George Kassiotis⁸ and Christiaan Scott⁴, ¹Paediatric Rheumatology University of Cape Town/ Francis Crick Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, ²National Institute of Communicable Diseases/University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ³South African TB vaccine initiative, IIDM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁴Paediatric Rheumatology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁵National Institute of Communicable Diseases/University of Witwatersrand, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁶University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁷Paediatric Cardiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁸Retroviral Immunology, Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) is a severe disease that affects a small proportion of children exposed to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus…
Abstract Number: 1623 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Presentation of JIA to Pediatric Rheumatology Care in Canada
Molly Dushnicky¹, Catherine Campbell¹, Karen Beattie¹, Roberta Berard², Tania Cellucci³, Mercedes Chan⁴, Tommy Gerschman⁵, Kristin Houghton⁵, Nicole Johnson⁶, Claire LeBlanc⁷, Lillian Lim⁸, Nadia Luca⁹, Paivi Miettunen⁶, Kimberly Morishita⁵, Jean-Philippe Proulx-Gauthier¹⁰, Dax Rumsey¹¹, Heinrike Schmeling⁶, Rosie Scuccimarri¹², Herman Tam¹³, Jaime Guzman¹⁴ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ³McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Montreal Children's Hospital/McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁸Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁹Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, ¹¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹²McGill University/Montreal Children's Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹³Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁴University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the delivery of routine healthcare and clinical research around the world. Several reports have shown an impact on rheumatology…
Abstract Number: 1644 • ACR Convergence 2021
Storytelling of Young Adults with Chronic Rheumatologic Illnesses: A Pilot Study
Aviya Lanis¹, Emilee Tu², Malki Peskin³, Maryann Melendez¹, Gabriel Tarshish⁴, Alisha Akinsete⁵, Alicia Hoffman¹, Kathleen Kenney-Riley⁶, Tamar Rubinstein⁷ and Dawn Wahezi¹, ¹Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁴Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ⁵Montefiore, Wayne, NJ, ⁶Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, White Plains, NY
Background/Purpose: Storytelling is a universal form of communication that allows expression of experiences. Narrative medicine can be described as a subset of storytelling in which…
Abstract Number: 0627 • ACR Convergence 2021
Increasing Rates of Standardized Depression Screening in Adolescents and Young Adults with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic
Emily Datyner¹, Manda Mitchell¹, Brooke Fine¹, Barron Patterson¹, T. Brent Graham¹ and Alaina Davis², ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt Universty Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Depression is common and adversely affects health outcomes in adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous (cSLE).1,2 The aim of our quality…
Abstract Number: 0780 • ACR Convergence 2021
High Adolescent Health Needs and Relationship to Disease in Patients with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Chelsea DeCoste¹, Paris Moaf¹, Lawrence Ng¹, Dragana Ostojic-Aitkens¹, Fatima Faruq², Byran Maguire³, Deborah Levy¹, Linda Hiraki¹, Alene Toulany¹ and Andrea Knight⁴, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE), with typical onset in adolescence, is a chronic life-threatening disease. In addition to dealing with cSLE, these adolescents endure…
Abstract Number: 1062 • ACR Convergence 2021
Telemedicine Enriched Care Model to Optimize Care for Patients with Autoinflammatory Diseases
Lea Oefelein¹, Jens Klotsche², Susanne Benseler³, Jasmin Kuemmerle-Deschner¹ and Tatjana Welzel¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology and Autoinflammatory Reference Center, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory diseases (AID) are severe potentially life-threatening conditions requiring personalized therapy and monitoring which only few expert centers can provide. Long travel distances impede…
Abstract Number: 1624 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patient-Reported Care Utilization, Socioeconomic Status, and Health Status Among Young Adults with JIA
Emily Smitherman¹, Rouba Chahine¹, Nicole Bitencourt², AKM Rahman¹, Erica Lawson³ and Joyce Chang⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA
Background/Purpose: Young adulthood is a vulnerable period for individuals with childhood-onset rheumatic diseases, especially the transition from pediatric to adult care. Our objective was to…
Abstract Number: 1929 • ACR Convergence 2021
Metabolomics Identifies Early Mechanisms of Atherogenic Dyslipidaemia in Juvenile-SLE Patients Associated with Inflammation
George Robinson¹, Kirsty Waddington¹, Junjie Peng¹, Anna Radziszewska¹, David Isenberg², Yiannis Ioannou¹, Ines Pineda-Torra¹, Coziana Ciurtin¹ and Elizabeth Jury¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of mortality in patients with juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) through atherosclerosis, the build-up of lipids and…
Abstract Number: 0657 • ACR Convergence 2021
Assessing Patient Transition Outcomes from a Large Pediatric Rheumatology Center to Adult Healthcare
Mary Robichaux¹, Bernard Danna², Monique Maher², David McDonald¹, Kristiana Nasto¹, Alexander Alexander¹, Ariel Coleman³, Danielle Guffey¹ and Tiphanie Vogel¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Transitioning children with chronic diseases from pediatric to adult healthcare can be a challenging task, with high morbidity and mortality. In response, we have…
Abstract Number: 0781 • ACR Convergence 2021
Long-Term Follow-up of Juvenile Localized Scleroderma Patients Treated with Methotrexate-Based Standardized Regimens (Consensus Treatment Plans)
Suzanne Li¹, Aaron Thammavongxay², Maria Ibarra³, Kathryn Torok⁴, Polly Ferguson⁵, C Egla Rabinovich⁶, Robert Fuhlbrigge⁷, Katie Stewart⁸, Elena Pope⁹, Ronald Laxer¹⁰, Sandy Hong¹¹, Thomas Mason¹², Mara Becker¹³, Gloria Higgins¹⁴, Fatma Dedeoglu¹⁵ and for the CARRA Legacy Registry¹⁶, ¹Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, West Orange, NJ, ²Bergen Academies, Hackensack, NJ, ³Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ⁶Duke Childrens Hospital & Health Center, Durham, NC, ⁷University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁸UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁹Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA, ¹²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹³Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁴Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ¹⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁶Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is a rare chronic inflammatory and fibrosing disease associated with a high risk for morbidity in children. Methotrexate (MTX) has…
Abstract Number: 1079 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Multifaceted Approach to Increasing Enrollment and Activation of Pediatric Rheumatology Patient Portal Profiles
Y. Ingrid Goh¹, Ma'Anne Gawaran¹, Neelam Walji-Jivraj¹, Kristi Whitney², Christine O'Brien¹, Tala El Tal³, Shirley Tse², Deborah Levy¹, Brian Feldman¹, Holly Convery¹, Audrey Bell-Peter¹, Michelle Anderson¹, Lynn Spiegel¹, Dilan Dissanayake¹, Chelsea DeCoste¹, Raphael Kraus¹, Jayne MacMahon¹, Jeanine McColl¹, Alaa Shehab¹, Paul Tsoukas⁴, Linda Hiraki¹, Andrea Knight⁴, Elizaveta Limenis¹, Rayfel Schneider¹, Ruud Verstegen¹, Rae Yeung¹, Alexa Latourelle¹, Leah Moscato¹, Alisha Panjwani¹ and Ronald Laxer², ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patient portals provide patients and caregivers the opportunity to be more engaged in their healthcare, as it promotes autonomy and encourages patients and caregivers…
Abstract Number: 1625 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Characteristics of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Provincial Cohort
Herman Tam¹, Alison Lopez², Mona Patel², Jonathan Rayment³, Lori Tucker⁴ and Catherine Biggs⁵, ¹Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³British Columbia Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵[email protected], Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) is a post-infectious complication of COVID-19 infection with overlapping features of Kawasaki Disease (KD) and Toxic Shock Syndrome…

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