Abstracts tagged "prevention"

Abstract Number: 2026 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates: Improving Safety in Immunocompromised Patients
Shanley O'Brien and Paul Schmidt, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology, & Rheumatology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Background/Purpose: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of bacterial pneumonia.1 Invasive pneumococcal infections carry a 10% mortality rate, which is higher in the immunosuppressed.1…
Abstract Number: 2250 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Linguistic Differences in Gout-Related Online Content: A Comparison of Professional Health Literature for Consumers Vs Patients’ Online Discussions of Gout
W. Benjamin Nowell¹, Kayla Jordan², Kelly Gavigan¹, Louis Tharp¹, Jeffrey R. Curtis³ and James Pennebaker⁴, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ²University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Background/Purpose: Non-adherence to gout medication is high. This may be due in part to patients’ belief that gout is primarily caused by overindulgence in certain…
Abstract Number: 2760 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antiphospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials & International Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository (“Registry”) Analysis: First and Recurrent Thrombosis Risk after 1201 Patient-Years of Follow-up
Ozan Unlu¹, Danieli Andrade², Alessandra Banzato³, D. Ware Branch⁴, Paul R. Fortin⁵, Maria Gerosa⁶, Roger A. Levy⁷, Michelle Lopes⁸, Michelle Petri⁹, Ignasi Rodriguez¹⁰, Maria Tektonidou¹¹, Amaia Ugarte¹², Rohan Willis¹³, Doruk Erkan¹⁴ and , on Behalf of APS ACTION .¹⁵, ¹Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR., Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Clinical Cardiology, Thrombosis Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁴Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Medicine, CHU de Quebec - Universite de Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁶Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁸Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁹Medicine (Rheumatology), Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Clinica, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ¹²Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, BioCruces Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario Cruces, University of the Basque Country, Biscay, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology/Dept Int Med, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery- Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁵., New York, NY
Background/Purpose: APS ACTION Registry was created to study the natural course of disease over 10 years in persistently antiphospholipid antibody (aPL)-positive patients with/without other systemic…
Abstract Number: 422 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Developing a Staff-Driven Electronic Smoking Cessation Referral Program in Rheumatology Clinics
Daniel Panyard¹, Edmond Ramly², Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi³, Diane Lauver³, Robert Adsit⁴, Courtney Maxcy⁵ and Christie M. Bartels⁶, ¹Population Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁶Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD), making comorbid risk factors like…
Abstract Number: 425 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates for Immunosuppressed Patients in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic
Alison Bays¹, Renuka R. Nayak², Sara Murray³, Darlene Young⁴, Gabriela Schmajuk⁵, Jinoos Yazdany⁶ and Andrew Gross⁷, ¹Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune conditions have higher rates of pneumococcal disease and they are often immunosuppressed. In 2014, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issued…
Abstract Number: 1507 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Our Strategy of Preventing Tuberculosis (TB) in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Under the Treatment with Biologic Dmards
Shinji Motojima¹, Tamao Nakashita², Akira Jibatake¹, Akira Yoshida¹ and Yoshiki Yamamoto¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa city, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa-city, Japan
Background/Purpose: According to the report by WHO, Japan is still in moderately-prevailing countries of TB. The annual incidence of TB in Japan is approximately 15/100,000,…
Abstract Number: 2042 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving the Overall Pneumococcal Vaccination Rate in Lupus Patients at the Rheumatology Clinic
Shivani Garg¹, Aliza Lipson² and Katina Tsagaris³, ¹Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Rheumatology, EMORY UNIVERSITY, atlanta, GA, ³Rheumatology, EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: The risk of developing invasive pneumococcal pneumonia is 13 times higher in Lupus patients in comparison with general population. CDC anticipates 7.6 Million-Dollar medical…
Abstract Number: 2637 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Trials Aiming to Prevent the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis Cannot Detect Prevention without Adequate Risk Stratification; A Trial Performed in UA-Patients As Example
Leonie E Burgers, Cornelia F Allaart, Tom WJ Huizinga and Annette HM van der Helm-van Mil, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Prevention of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was the aim of several clinical trials performed in undifferentiated arthritis (UA). Overall these trials had negative results. As…
Abstract Number: 2888 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Usefulness of Bosentan in the Prevention of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Ivan Castellví¹, Carmen Pilar Simeón², Monica Paola Sarmiento¹, Alfredo Guillen², Cesar Diaz-Torné³, Josep Maria De Llobet Zubiaga¹, Jordi Casademont⁴ and Vicent Fonollosa², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease in which the damage of microcirculation is critical to develop the disease. In SSc, vascular complications…
Abstract Number: 420 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Feasibility of a Rheumatology Staff Protocol for Tobacco Cessation Counselling and Quit Line Electronic Referral
Christie M. Bartels¹, Daniel Panyard², Diane Lauver³, Emmanuel Sampene⁴, Zhanhai Li⁵, Robert Adsit⁶, Patrick McBride⁷, Heather Johnson⁷, Kristin Steffen Lewicki⁸ and Edmond Ramly⁹, ¹Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Population Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ⁴Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, Madison, WI, ⁷Cardiology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁹Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Smoking is a both a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and a predictor of severe, treatment-refractory disease in RA and other rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 1030 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Unwanted Variations in Rheumatology Clinic Rooming: A Time Study Tool and Analysis
Brad Stroik¹, Christie M. Bartels², Diane Lauver³, Patrick McBride⁴, Jon Arnason², Sarah Loring³ and Edmond Ramly^5,6, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, Madison, WI, ⁴Cardiology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ⁶Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Facing fixed time for specialty visits, the time staff spends on rooming patients is a premium, but remains poorly understood. We conducted a time…
Abstract Number: 2126 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Trial of Atorvastatin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
George D. Kitas¹, Peter Nightingale², Jane Armitage³, Naveed Sattar⁴, Jill Belch⁵, Deborah P.M. Symmons⁶ and TRACE RA Consortium, ¹Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, and Arthritis Research Campaign Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Wolfson Computer Laboratory, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Glasgow, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom, ⁶NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to the general population, both due to classical and novel…
Abstract Number: 2502 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Implementation of New Pneumococcal Vaccination Recommendations in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic
Alison Bays¹, Renuka Nayak², David I. Daikh³, Jinoos Yazdany⁴ and Gabriela Schmajuk⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Rheumatology, UCSF/VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, UCSF, SF, CA, ⁵San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Invasive pneumococcal disease is approximately four times more common among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared to healthy counterparts.…
Abstract Number: 2306 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Prevention in RA: Compliance with Diabetes Screening Guidelines
Timothy J Schmidt^1,2, J Antonio Avina-Zubieta^2,3,4, Eric C. Sayre³, Michal Abrahamowicz⁵, John M. Esdaile^2,6,7 and Diane Lacaille^8,9,10, ¹Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmind, BC, Canada, ²Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia, Department of Experimental Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of British Columbia, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁸Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁰University of British Columbia, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Comorbidities are increasingly recognized as significant contributors of decreased quality of life, and increased mortality in RA. RA is associated with an increased risk…
Abstract Number: 2307 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Rheumatologic Disease: Assessing Screening in a Primary Care Setting
Micaela Bayard¹ and Magdalena Cadet², ¹Rheumatology, New York Hospital of Queens/ Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: To determine the proportion of patients diagnosed with rheumatologic disease receiving preventive health care according to US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations with emphasis…

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