Abstracts tagged "pseudogout"

Abstract Number: 1584 • ACR Convergence 2022
Colchicine or Prednisone for the Treatment of Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Arthritis: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Tristan Pascart¹, Pierre Robinet², Sebastien Ottaviani³, Remi Leroy⁴, Nicolas Segaud⁵, Aurore Pacaud², Hélène Luraschi², Thibault Rabin², Agathe Grandjean², Xavier Deplanque⁶, Pierre Maciejasz⁶, Fabien Visade², Alexandre Mackowiak², Nicolas Baclet⁶, Antoine Lefebvre², Jean-François Budzik², Thomas Bardin⁷, Pascal Richette⁸, Laurène Norberciak², Vincent Ducoulombier² and Eric Houvenagel¹, ¹Groupement Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille, Lomme, France, ²Hôpital Saint-Philibert, Lomme, France, ³Hopital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France, ⁴Centre Hospitalier de Dunkerque, Dunkerque, France, ⁵Centre Hospitalier d'Armentières, Armentières, France, ⁶Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Lille, France, ⁷Hôpital Lariboisiere, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Treatment of acute CPP arthritis mainly relies on expert opinion, as there are no trials that assessed the efficacy of anti-inflammatory drugs, despite the…
Abstract Number: 1804 • ACR Convergence 2022
Raman Spectroscopy Integrated with Polarized Light Microscopy for Diagnosis of Crystallopathies
Tom Niessink¹, Matthijs Janssen², Cees Otto¹ and Tim Jansen³, ¹Medical Cell Biophysics group, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ²Rijnstate Hospital, Bennekom, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The current golden standard in diagnosing gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition is polarized light microscopy (PLM). However, small crystal sizes, the presence of other…
Abstract Number: 1813 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient-Reported Outcomes in CPPD Compared to Gout and Osteoarthritis
Mary Grace Whelan¹, Keigo Hayashi² and Sara Tedeschi¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Okayama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease prevalence is similar to gout and osteoarthritis (OA), yet CPPD outcomes research greatly lags behind these other forms of…
Abstract Number: 1817 • ACR Convergence 2022
Acute Coronary Syndrome in Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease Patients: A Cross-sectional Study from the National Inpatient Sample
Konstantinos Parperis¹ and Bikash Bhattarai², ¹University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus, ²Valleywise Health, Phoenix, AZ
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) is a common crystal-induced arthritis characterized by the deposition of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in the articular tissues. Acute CPP…
Abstract Number: 1825 • ACR Convergence 2022
Vascular Calcifications Adjacent to the Involved Joint of Patients Diagnosed with Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Arthritis – a Retrospective Observational Study
Shay Brikman¹, Amir Bieber² and Reuven Mader¹, ¹Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel, ²Emek Medical Center, Raanana, Israel
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have shown an association between chondrocalcinosis (CC) and vascular calcifications. In this study, we aimed to assess the presence of vascular calcifications…
Abstract Number: 1095 • ACR Convergence 2021
Improved Arthrocentesis and Fluid Yield of the Non-Effusive Knee Using Pneumatic Compression
Ahsan Iqbal¹, Sumir Brahmbhatt¹, Maheswari Muruganandam², David Cisneros³, Adnan Kiani², Fatemeh Farshami⁴, Jaren Trost⁵, N. Suzanne Emil², Sharon Nunez¹ and Wilmer Sibbitt², ¹UNM, Albuquerque, NM, ²University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ³University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, MD, ⁵Optum, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose: Arthrocentesis is critical for diagnosis and therapy of joint disease; however, it is very difficult to obtain diagnostic fluid from an arthritic but clinically…
Abstract Number: 1898 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in a Large Cohort of Patients with Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Arthritis
Sara Tedeschi¹, Weixing Huang¹, Kazuki Yoshida¹ and Daniel Solomon², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Acute calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal arthritis, also known as pseudogout, causes an acute inflammatory arthritis that shares clinical similarities with gout. We investigated the…
Abstract Number: 0580 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Severe Acute Localized Reactions for Different Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Knee Injections in a Real World Setting
Kevin Ong¹, Jack Farr², Louis McIntyre³, Andrew Gudeman², Iain Murray⁴, Charles Hummer⁵, Wilson Ngai⁶, Heather Good⁷, Edmund Lau⁸ and Roy Altman⁹, ¹Exponent, Philadelphia, ²Indiana University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indianapolis, ³US Orthopedics, Tarrytown, ⁴Department of Orthopaedics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁵Premier Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Glen Mills, ⁶Sanofi US, Bridgewater, ⁷Sanofi US, Bridgewater, FL, ⁸Exponent, Menlo Park, ⁹David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Agua Dulce, CA
Background/Purpose: Case reports of severe acute localized reactions (SALR) following intra-articular (IA) hyaluronic acid (HA) injections for knee osteoarthritis (OA) have been described. These have…
Abstract Number: 0670 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors for Pseudogout: An Electronic Medical Record Case-Control Study
Sara Tedeschi¹, Kazuki Yoshida¹, Weixing Huang² and Daniel H. Solomon¹, ¹Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
Background/Purpose: Prior studies of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease (CPPD) epidemiology either focused on the entire spectrum of CPPD or identified patients with its acute…
Abstract Number: 365 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Classifying Pseudogout Using Machine Learning Approaches with Electronic Health Record Data
Sara K. Tedeschi¹, Tianrun Cai ², Zeling He ³, Yuri Ahuja ⁴, Chuan Hong ⁵, Katherine Yates ⁴, Kumar Dahal ², Chang Xu ³, Houchen Lyu ², Kazuki Yoshida ⁶, Daniel Solomon ⁷, Tianxi Cai ⁵ and Katherine Liao ², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁵Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Boston, ⁷Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Identifying pseudogout in large administrative datasets has been difficult due to lack of specific billing codes for this acute subtype of calcium pyrophosphate (CPP)…
Abstract Number: 901 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity of Dual-Energy CT, Ultrasound, and X-Ray for Pseudogout: A Pilot Study
Sara K. Tedeschi¹, Daniel Solomon ², Kathleen Vanni ³, Dong Suh ³ and Stacy Smith ⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Background/Purpose: Advanced imaging modalities such as ultrasound (US) and dual-energy CT (DECT) can help diagnose crystalline arthritis. DECT is a highly sensitive and specific modality…