Abstracts tagged "remission and ultrasonography"

Abstract Number: 12 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Use of Ultrasound to Determine Remission Status in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Ottar Kristinsson¹, Lisabeth Scalzi², Michael Bruno², Cristy French², Vernon Chinchilli² and Brandt Groh², ¹Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, ²Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: The ultimate goal for clinicians caring for children with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is to attain disease remission off medications. Correct identification of remission…
Abstract Number: 945 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
When and Where Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Might Replace Magnetic Resonance in the Assessment of Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis?
Stefano Lanni¹, Francesca Magnaguagno², Erica Ricci³, Angela Pistorio⁴, Cecilia Bava¹, Alberto Martini⁵ and Clara Malattia⁶, ¹Pediatria 2 Reumatologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ²UO Radiologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ³Istituto G. Gaslini, Pediatria 2 -Reumatologia, genova, Italy, ⁴Pediatria II, Reumatologia, PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁵PRINTO-IRCCS, Genova, Italy, ⁶Pediatria2 Reumatologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most attractive imaging modality for the investigation of patients with juvenile arthritis (JIA). Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) has intuitive…
Abstract Number: 495 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prognostic Significance of Residual Inflammation and Autoantibodies for Disease Relapse upon DMARD Suspension in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sustained Remission after DAS-Driven Therapy
Antonio Manzo¹, Serena Bugatti¹, Francesca Benaglio¹, Garifallia Sakellariou¹, Barbara Vitolo¹, Carlomaurizio Montecucco¹ and Roberto Caporali², ¹Rheumatology and Translational Immunology Research Laboratories (LaRIT), Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico S.Matteo Foundation/University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Rheumatology and Translational Immunology Research Laboratories (LaRIT), Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico S.Matteo Foundation/University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Early diagnosis and treat-to-target strategies with conventional DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have allowed the achievement of remission in a significant percentage of the…
Abstract Number: 432 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Additional Intensive Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Positive Power Doppler Signals Reduce the Radiological Joint Damage Even after Achieving Clinical Remission -SCRUM Study-
Tadashi Okano¹, Kentaro Inui², Masahiro Tada³, Yuko Sugioka⁴, Kenji Mamoto¹, Tatsuya Koike⁴ and Hiroaki Nakamura¹, ¹Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ²Orhtopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ³Orthopedic surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Center for Senile Degenerative Disorders (CSDD), Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: The latest recommendations for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) focus on the achievement of clinical remission. However, joints with subclinical positive power Doppler…
Abstract Number: 2417 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Remission Really Achievable in EARLY Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Olga Addimanda¹, Pierluigi Macchioni², Andrea Caruso¹, Niccolò Possemato¹, Mariagrazia Catanoso¹ and Carlo Salvarani², ¹S.C. Reumatologia, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, I.R.C.C.S., Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: : to stress the need of routine use of US imaging in treat to target strategies aiming to achieve remission in early rheumatoid arthritis.…
Abstract Number: 298 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Prospective Study Of Ultrasonography In Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis In Clinical Remission: Subclinical Synovitis May Predict Flare?
Vanessa B Miotto e Silva¹, Sônia A.V. Mitraud², Rita NV Furtado³, Jamil Natour³ and Maria Teresa Terreri¹, ¹Pediatrics, Escola Paulista de Medicina/ Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Escola Paulista de Medicina/ Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil, ³Internal Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina/ Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in childhood and has variable prognosis, characterized by periods of activity and remission.…