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Abstracts tagged "prednisone and steroids"

  • Abstract Number: 50 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Characteristics and Outcomes Associated with Early Corticosteroid Use in a Large Multicenter Canadian RA Cohort

    Kathleen Andersen1, Daming Lin2, Susan J. Bartlett3,4, Gilles Boire5, Boulos Haraoui6, Carol Hitchon7, Shahin Jamal8, Edward C. Keystone9, Janet E. Pope10, Diane Tin11, J Carter Thorne12, VP Bykerk13,14 and CATCH Investigators, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 4Medicine , Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 6Institut de Rhumatologie, Montreal, QC, Canada, 7Department of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 8Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 9Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 10University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 11The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 12University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 13Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 14Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Synthetic glucocorticoids (steroids) are commonly used in RA to rapidly inhibit pro-inflammatory cytokines. They are frequently used as "bridge therapy", quickly dampening down the…

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