Abstracts tagged "Pediatric rheumatology"

Abstract Number: 1385 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical and Serologic Characterization of Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Disease
Amanda Robinson and Kathryn Torok, Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is a systemic fibroinflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by skin fibrosis and multiple extracutaneous manifestations. A proportion of children with jSSc…
Abstract Number: 1940 • ACR Convergence 2022
Genetic Variants and Cytokine Signatures in Patients with Syndrome of Undifferentiated Recurrent Fevers
Marci Macaraeg, Michael Matt, Grant Schulert, Elizabeth Baker and Elizabeth Handorf, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Unexplained, recurrent fevers are a common presentation to pediatric rheumatology and a cause of significant burden to affected families due to days of daycare…
Abstract Number: PP22 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patients Raising Awareness for Patients – A Collaborative Partnership Between Take a Pain Check Foundation and Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
Natasha Trehan¹ and Laurie Proulx², ¹Take a Pain Check Foundation, Markham, ON, Canada, ²Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is a chronic disease that affects a child's school life and relationships, creating social isolation for youth and young adults. Take…
Abstract Number: 0214 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Structured Curriculum Development Significantly Increased the Pediatric Residents’ Competency and Confidence During a 4-week Pediatric Rheumatology Rotation
Maynart Sukharomana and Sirirat Charuvanij, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Background/Purpose: Due to the scarcity of pediatric rheumatologists in Thailand, general pediatricians are mostly the first to encounter patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) complaints. The objectives…
Abstract Number: 0856 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Cross-Sectional Description of Physical Activity (PA) in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): The LEAP Study (Linking Exercise, Activity, and Pathophysiology in Canadian Children with Arthritis)
Lori Tucker¹, Jaime Guzman², Lamia Hayawi³, Nick Barrowman³, Heather Macdonald⁴, Kristin Houghton⁵, David Cabral⁶, Bianca Lang⁷, Dax Rumsey⁸, Elizabeth Stringer⁹, Shirley Tse¹⁰, Roberta Berard¹¹, Claire Leblanc¹², Tommy Gerschman¹³, Liane Heale¹⁴, Karen Watanabe-Duffy¹⁵, Sarah Campillo¹², Natalie Shiff¹⁶ and Ciaran Duffy¹⁷, ¹British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷Dalhousie University - Halifax, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁸Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁹IWK Hospital, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ¹²McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹³University of British Columbia - Vancouver, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁴McMaster University, Oakville, ON, Canada, ¹⁵Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁶Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, USA/ Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁷University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Participation in physical activity (PA) is a concern of children with JIA , however, factors associated with PA in these children are incompletely understood. …
Abstract Number: 0999 • ACR Convergence 2022
Differences in Chromatin Accessibility Pre- and Post-Induction Therapy in Pediatric Lupus
Joyce Hui-Yuen¹, Kaiyu Jiang², Susan Malkiel³, Betty Diamond³ and James Jarvis⁴, ¹North Shore LIJ Health System, Great Neck, NY, ²University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Center, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may be triggered by gene-environment interactions. Data are scarce on how epigenetic variance contributes to disease risk in pediatric SLE…
Abstract Number: 1366 • ACR Convergence 2022
Developing a Mobile App to Facilitate Disease Activity Assessment in Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne Li¹, Xiaohu Li², Tara Lozy³ and Jiajun Chen⁴, ¹Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, West Orange, NJ, ²Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, ³Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health, Nutley, NJ, ⁴One Node Lab, League City, TX
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is an inflammatory and fibrosing disease that causes severe morbidity (e.g., hemiatrophy, arthropathy, seizures), with functional impairment found in >25%…
Abstract Number: 1386 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Association of Depression with Executive Function Skills and Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Busisiwe Zapparoli¹, Sarah Mossad¹, Stephanie Fevrier², Victoria Lishak³, Tala El Tal⁴, Lawrence Ng¹, Paris Moaf¹, Joanna Law¹, Ibrahim Mohamed⁵, Linda Hiraki⁶, Deborah Levy⁷, ashley Danguecan¹ and Andrea Knight⁴, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Neurosciences and Mental Health, Research Institute, ON, Canada 3Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Brampton, ON, Canada, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Depression is a frequent symptom in childhood-onset SLE (cSLE), and is likely multifactorial. Executive function (EF) refers to conscious and volitional efforts to regulate…
Abstract Number: 1941 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pediatric Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis – a Single-Center, Retrospective Study Comparing Use of Commonly Used Steroid-Sparing Agents
Melissa Argraves¹, Melissa Lerman¹, Julie Chase² and Samuel Goldfarb³, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare, pediatric predominant condition causing episodic diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, which can be recurrent and life-threatening. Chronic steroid use…
Abstract Number: 0323 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identifying Distinct Phenotypes of Patients with Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from a Cluster Analysis by the Egyptian College of Rheumatology (ECR) Study Group
Nevin Hammam¹, Mohamed Bakrey Mahmoud², Aly Bakhiet³, Rasha El Owaidy⁴, Hend Abdel Nabi⁵, Ahmed M Elsaman⁶, Iman Khalifa⁷, Abeer M NourEl-Din⁸, Rawhya R ElShereef⁹, Eman Hassan¹⁰, Faten Ismail⁹, Iman I El-Gazzar¹¹, Abdelhafeez Moshrif¹², Noha M Khalil¹³, Marwa A Amer¹⁴, Hanan M Fathy¹⁵, Nancy Abdel Salam¹⁵, Samar Tharwat¹⁶, Mervat I Abd Elazeem¹⁷, Hanan M Fathi¹⁸ and Tamer A Gheita¹¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, PASADENA, CA, ²Higher Institute for Computer Science and Information Systems, 6th of October City, Cairo, Egypt, ³Higher Institute for Computer Science and Information Systems, 6th of October City, Assiut, Egypt, ⁴Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁵Pediatrics Department, Rheumatology and Nephrology Unit, Tanta University, Gharbia, Egypt, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt, ⁷Pediatrics Department, Rheumatology and Nephrology Unit, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁸Pediatrics Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt, ¹⁰Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt, ¹³Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ¹⁴Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, ¹⁵Pediatrics Department, Rheumatology and Nephrology Unit, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, ¹⁶Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Mansoura University, Dakahlia, Egypt, Dakahlia, Egypt, ¹⁷Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt, ¹⁸Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (J-SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by a great heterogeneity in organs involvement. A better understanding of the organ…
Abstract Number: 0857 • ACR Convergence 2022
Consensus-Driven Definition for Unequivocal Sacroiliitis on Radiographs for Classification in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis
Pamela Weiss¹, Timothy Brandon², Robert G Lambert³, David Biko⁴, Nancy Chauvin⁵, Michael Francavilla⁴, Nele Herregods⁶, Alison Hendry⁷ and Walter P Maksymowych⁸, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Glen Mills, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Penn State Health, Hershey, PA, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Radiographs are neither sensitive nor reliable in assessment of axial disease in juvenile spondyloarthritis (JSpA). However, they are still performed in some areas due…
Abstract Number: 1103 • ACR Convergence 2022
Needs Assessment of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Training in North American Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Programs
Megan Perron¹, Sonja Ziniel², Megan Curran³, Jessica Bloom⁴, Patricia Vega-Fernandez⁵, Heather Benham⁶, Karina Torralba⁷, Deirdre De Ranieri⁸ and Clara Lin⁹, ¹Children's Hospital Colorado, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Scottish RIte Hospital, North Richland Hills, TX, ⁷Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group, Redlands, CA, ⁸Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁹Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) has become widely used in rheumatology practice for diagnosis of arthritis and procedural guidance. A 2017 survey of adult rheumatology fellowship…
Abstract Number: 1367 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient and Physician Reported Outcomes of Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Patients Significantly Improve over 12 Months Observation Period in the Juvenile Systemic Scleroderma Inception Cohort
Ivan Foeldvari¹, Jens Klotsche², Ozgur Kasapcopur³, Amra Adrovic⁴, Kathryn Torok⁵, Maria Teresa Terreri⁶, Brian Feldman⁷, Jordi Anton⁸, Maria Katsicas⁹, Valda Stanevica¹⁰, FLAVIO SZTAJNBOK¹¹, Simone Appenzeller¹², Tadey Avcin¹³, Mikhail Kostik¹⁴, Edoardo Marrani¹⁵, Walter Alberto Sifuentes-Giraldo¹⁶, Sindu Johnson¹⁷, Raju Khubchandani¹⁸, Dana Nemcova¹⁹, Maria José Santos²⁰, Cristina Battagliotti²¹, Lillemor Berntson²², Blanca Bica²³, Jürgen Brunner²³, Rolando Cimaz²⁴, Despina Eleftheriou²⁵, Liora Harel²⁶, Gerd Horneff²⁷, Mahesh Janarthanan²⁸, Tilmann Kallinich²⁹, Kirsten Minden³⁰, Anjali Patwardhan³¹, Dieneke Schonenberg-Meinema³², Vanessa Smith³³ and Nicola Helmus³⁴, ¹Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Universidad Federal São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁰Children's Clinical University Hospital, Zemgales priekšpilseta, Riga, Latvia, ¹¹UFRJ/UERJ, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹²Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹³University Children's Hospital University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁴Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, ¹⁵University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸SRCC Children's Hospital, Mumbai, India, ¹⁹Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ²⁰Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Charneca da Caparica, Portugal, ²¹Hospital de Niños Dr Orlando Alassia, Santa Fe, Argentina, ²²Dept. of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ²³UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²⁴University of Milano, Milano, Italy, ²⁵Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²⁶Schneider Children's Medical center, Tel Aviv University, Nettnja, Israel, ²⁷Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ²⁸SRI RAMACHANDRA INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Chennai, India, ²⁹Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Nuremberg, Germany, ³⁰Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³¹University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, ³²Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³³Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital – Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium – Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center (IRC), Gent, Belgium, ³⁴Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is an orphan disease with a prevalence of 3 in 1 000 000 children. The Juvenile Systemic Scleroderma Inception cohort…
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…

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