Abstracts tagged "Pulmonary Involvement and Sjogren’s syndrome"

Abstract Number: 2692 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Pulmonary Involvement, As Part of the Essdai, in Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome
Anne Heus¹, Suzanne Arends¹, Jolien F. van Nimwegen¹, Alja J. Stel¹, George D. Nossent² and Hendrika Bootsma³, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In previous studies in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), the prevalence of pulmonary involvement varied greatly depending on differences in inclusion criteria, imaging modalities and…
Abstract Number: 520 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Is Very Common in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Anna M. Nilsson¹, Elke Theander², Roger Hesselstrand³, Eeva Piitulainen⁴, Sandra Diaz⁵, Olle Ekberg⁵, Per Wollmer⁶ and Thomas Mandl⁷, ¹Dept of Rheumatology, Skane University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden, ²Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Dept of Lung medicine, Lund University & Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, ⁵Dept of Radiology, Skåne University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁶Dept of Clinical Physiology, Skane University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁷Dept of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: To study the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and its association with respiratory symptoms, pulmonary…