Abstracts tagged "Referrals and spondylarthritis"

Abstract Number: 1599 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Performance of Referral Strategies for Spondyloarthritis: A Population-Based Nationwide Study
Alexandre Sepriano^1,2, Sofia Ramiro^1,2, Filipe Araújo³, Pedro Machado⁴, Ana M. Rodrigues^1,5, Nélia Gouveia^1,5, Mónica Eusébio⁵, Helena Canhão^5,6 and Jaime Cunha Branco^1,5, ¹CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal, ²Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Hospital Ortopédico de Sant ‘Ana, Cascais, Portugal, ⁴University College London - MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, London, United Kingdom, ⁵EpiReumaPt Study Group, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁶EPIDOC, Nova Medical School, Faculdade Ciências Médicas, Lisboa, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Several strategies have been proposed to promote early referral of patients with SpA, but consensus on the ‘best’ strategy is yet to be achieved.…