Abstracts tagged "Pediatric rheumatology"

Abstract Number: 1578 • ACR Convergence 2022
Long-term Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Following Kawasaki Disease in Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Francis Lao¹, Cal Robinson², Megan Schlorff¹, Joycelynn Ewusie³, KAREN BEATTIE¹ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a common childhood vasculitis. Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) develop in approximately 25% of untreated KD patients. However, there is limited…
Abstract Number: 1943 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence and Evolution of Undifferentiated Periodic Fever Syndromes in an Academic Pediatric Rheumatology Practice
Jacob Anderson¹, Catherine Bingham², Lisabeth Scalzi³, Natalya Gaffney⁴, Kimberly Hays⁵, Brandt Groh² and Timothy Hahn², ¹Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ²Penn State Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA, ³Penn State Health, Hummelstown, PA, ⁴Self-Employed, Carlisle, PA, ⁵Penn State Health, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: Periodic Fever Syndromes (PFS) are common referrals to pediatric rheumatology clinics. While the syndrome of Periodic Fevers, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis (PFAPA) is…
Abstract Number: 0370 • ACR Convergence 2022
Preliminary Findings from a Randomized Clinical Trial Show a Remotely Delivered Psychological Intervention May Be Beneficial to Youth with Childhood-Onset Lupus
Natoshia Cunningham¹, Samantha Ely¹, ashley Danguecan², Mallet Reid³, Alaina Miller⁴, Mathew Reeves³, Lawrence Ng², Paris Moaf², Sarah Mossad², Tala El Tal⁵, Luana Flores Pereira², Deborah Levy⁶, Linda Hiraki⁷, Jennifer Stinson², Sara Ahola Kohut², khalid abulaban⁸, Elizabeth Kessler⁹, Stacy Allen⁸, Tamar Rubinstein¹⁰, Evin Rothschild¹¹, Natalie Rosenwasser¹², Kabita Nanda¹², Susan Canny¹², Emily Smitherman¹³, Livie Huie¹³, James Birmingham¹⁴, Allison Thompson¹⁵, Janel Thompson¹⁵, Miranda Moyer¹⁵, Angela Chapson Emily Nguyen¹⁵ and Andrea Knight⁵, ¹Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, ⁴Wright State University, Dayton, OH, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, ⁹Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ¹⁰Albert Einstein College of Medicine, White Plains, NY, ¹¹Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ¹²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ¹³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁴Metro Health, Grand Rapids, MI, ¹⁵Patient/Caregiver Co-Investigative Team, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) is often associated with symptoms such as fatigue, pain, and depressive symptoms that contribute to poor health-related quality of…
Abstract Number: 0860 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characteristics of Transitioning JIA Patients: Who Is Arriving on the Adult Rheumatologists’ Doorsteps?
Teresa Semalulu¹, KAREN BEATTIE¹, Roberta Berard², Jaime Guzman³ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ³University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with JIA are at an increased risk of loss to follow-up, morbidity and mortality as they transition from pediatric to adult care. Thus,…
Abstract Number: 1242 • ACR Convergence 2022
Validation of a Novel Ultrasound Scoring System for the Evaluation of Pediatric Knee Arthritis
Patricia Vega-Fernandez¹, Theresa Hennard¹, Kelly Rogers¹, Mekibib Altaye², Sherry Thornton², Alyssa Sproles², Amy Cassedy³, Arthur Meyers¹ and Tracy Ting¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's hospital medical center, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children. Currently, clinical evaluation of arthritis is subjective and provider dependent. Musculoskeletal…
Abstract Number: 1368 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Common Is the Coexistence of Juvenile Localized and Systemic Scleroderma? Results of a Multination Survey
Ivan Foeldvari¹, Nicola Helmus² and Suzanne Li³, ¹Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ²Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany, ³Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, West Orange, NJ
Background/Purpose: Pediatric scleroderma consists of two diseases, juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) and juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc). While jLS and jSSc share some disease processes, there…
Abstract Number: 1868 • ACR Convergence 2022
B Cell Count in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Biomarker of Disease
Christopher Costin¹, Gabrielle Morgan², Amer Khojah³ and Lauren Pachman⁴, ¹Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis(JDM) is heterogenous disease with many presentations. The underlying immune pathophysiology of JDM remains complex with varying phenotypes. B Cells remain a critical…
Abstract Number: 1944 • ACR Convergence 2022
Description and Delays in Care in the Bridge to Adult Care from Childhood for Young Adults with Rheumatic Disease (BACC YARD) Program, a Pediatric-to-Adult Rheumatology Transition Program
John Bridges¹, Livie Huie², Amanda Alexander³, Randy Cron², Maria Danila², Victoria Gennaro⁴, Laura Hughes², Bailey Lipham⁵, Linda McAllister⁶, Matthew Mullen⁷, Annelle Reed⁴, Daniel Reiff², Carolyn Smith⁴, Emily Smitherman², Matthew Stoll², Peter Weiser² and Melissa Mannion², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL, ⁴Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Children's of Alabama, Trussville, AL, ⁷University of Alabama-Birmingham, Vestavia Hills, AL
Background/Purpose: Children with chronic rheumatic conditions age and require transfer to adult rheumatologists for continued care. The transition period from pediatric to adult-oriented care is…
Abstract Number: 0512 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of CARRA Biologic Consensus Treatment Plans for Management of Refractory Moderate Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Matthew Sherman¹, Hanna Kim² and Stacey Tarvin³, ¹Muscle Disease Unit, Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH); Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Juvenile Myositis Therapeutic and Translation Studies Unit, PTRB, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: There is a paucity of prospective clinical trials evaluating treatments for juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). Consensus treatment plans (CTPs) are designed to facilitate comparative effectiveness…
Abstract Number: 0861 • ACR Convergence 2022
Incidence of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of National United States Administrative Claims Data
Daniel Horton¹, Amanda Neikirk², Yiling Yang², Cecilia Huang³, Stephen Crystal⁴, amy davidow⁵, Kevin Haynes⁶, Tobias Gerhard⁷, Carlos Rose⁸, Brian Strom⁹ and Lauren Parlett², ¹Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ²HealthCore, Wilmington, DE, ³Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Rutgers Center for Health Services Research, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁵New York University, New York, NY, ⁶Johnson & Johnson, Titusville, NJ, ⁷Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁸Nemours, Chadds Ford, PA, ⁹Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ
Background/Purpose: Limited information exists on how rates of diagnosis of rheumatic diseases have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compared rates of JIA diagnosis before…
Abstract Number: 1246 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Radiologic Interpretation of Diffuse Lung Disease in Pediatric Rheumatologic (PR) Patients Using Trained Scoring with Semi-quantitative Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Analysis
Michal Cidon¹, Beverley Newman², Terry Robinson³, Paul Iskander⁴, Paul Thacker⁵, Evan Zucker², Tzielan Lee⁶ and Rex Moats³, ¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Stanford Children's Health, Stanford, CA, ³Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: We presented preliminary data in 2021 to support the feasibility of using a semi-quantitative chest CT scoring system (Pediatric Rheumatologic Diffuse Lung Disease Score…
Abstract Number: 1369 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sun Protection Use in Patients Followed in a Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic in an Urban Setting
Tom Elena Dubov¹, Dawn Wahezi², Evin Rothschild², Tamar Rubinstein³ and Tamara Tanner⁴, ¹NYCH+H/Jacobi, Bronx, NY, ²Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, White Plains, NY, ⁴Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Exposure to sunlight has been implicated as a major contributing factor in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). Despite…
Abstract Number: 1924 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reading the Waves: Identifying Distinct Phenotypes of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children During the 2020-2021 COVID-19 Pandemic
Thomas Renson¹, Nils Forkert¹, Kimberly Amador¹, Paivi Miettunen¹, Simon Parsons¹, Muhammed Dhalla¹, Nicole Johnson², Nadia Luca², Heinrike Schmeling¹, Rebeka Stevenson¹, Marinka Twilt¹, Lorraine Hamiwka¹ and Susanne Benseler¹, ¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is characterized by Kawasaki disease (KD)-like mucocutaneous features. The clinical course is often unpredictable. The goals…
Abstract Number: 1945 • ACR Convergence 2022
Determinants of Patient’s Global Assessment of Disease Severity and Predictors of Disease Course in Juvenile Fibromyalgia
Clara Malattia¹, Claudio Lavarello¹, Alessandra Alongi², Benedetta Mori², Anna Ronchetti³, Lino Nobili⁴, Lorenzo Chiarella⁵, Elena Pescio⁶, Angelo Ravelli⁷ and Marco Gattorno⁸, ¹Pediatric Clinic and Rheumatology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy,Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetic and Maternal Infantile Sciences (DINOGMI) University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ²Department of Pediatric Emergency, ARNAS Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy, ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁴Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy,Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetic and Maternal Infantile Sciences (DINOGMI) University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ⁵Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy,Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetic and Maternal Infantile Sciences (DINOGMI) University of Genoa, Genova, ⁶Psychology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁷Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetic and Maternal Infantile Sciences (DINOGMI) University of Genoa, Italy,Scientific Direction, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁸Pediatric Clinic and Rheumatology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome (JFS) is a disabling condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue and mood disturbances, which impact significantly on patients' quality of…
Abstract Number: 0513 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Association Between Age of Diagnosis and Disease Characteristics and Damage in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Jessica Bloom¹, Kaci Pickett², Lori Silveira², David Cuthbertson³, Nader Khalidi⁴, Curry Koening⁵, Carol Langford⁶, Carol McAlear⁷, Paul Monach⁸, Larry Moreland¹, Christian Pagnoux⁹, Rennie Rhee¹⁰, Philip Seo¹¹, Ulrich Specks¹², Kenneth J. Warrington¹², Robert Fuhlbrigge¹ and Peter Merkel¹⁰, ¹University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ²University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ⁸VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Clinical characteristics and outcomes often differ between children and adults diagnosed with the same rheumatic condition; however, such comparative data is limited in ANCA-associated…

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