Abstract Number: 2282 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Reproductive Counseling Documentation Practices for Women Receiving Teratogenic Medications in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic Serving a Medicaid/Medicare Patient Population
Background/Purpose: Women of reproductive age with rheumatic diseases are often prescribed teratogenic medications; thus, reproductive counseling is important. A prior study demonstrated improvement in counseling…Abstract Number: 2320 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Knowledge of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than general population. The Heart Disease Fact Questionnaire (HDFQ-RA 1…Abstract Number: 2339 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Exposure to Avian and Fungal Antigens in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis-AssociatedInterstitial Lung Disease: Something to Keep in Mind
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is an extra-articular manifestation with a poor prognosis. In clinical practice, to establish such a diagnosis requires…Abstract Number: 2364 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Multi-center Analyses on 518 Cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis Developing Lymphoproliferative Disorders (RA-LPD): The Prognostic Factors and the Influence of Anti-rheumatic Drugs on LPD Development
Background/Purpose: Lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD) remains as a major problem to resolve among the patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). During few decades, rheumatic therapy has dramatically…Abstract Number: 2390 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Disease Relapses by Multi-biomarker Disease Activity Score and Autoantibody Status in RA Patients Tapering DMARD Treatment in Stable Remission
Background/Purpose: Achieving remission is the ultimate treatment goal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). With the development and wider use of highly effective disease modifying…Abstract Number: 2772 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Biological Changes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Exposed to an Anti-inflammatory Diet
Background/Purpose: RA patients often inquire about dietary interventions to improve disease control, as they perceive quick changes in pain and/or swelling after consumption of certain…Abstract Number: 2872 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Risk of 30-day Readmission and Adverse Events After Primary Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Comparison of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis versus Osteoarthritis Using the Nationwide Readmission Database
Background/Purpose: To assess the risk of 30-day readmission, mortality, and adverse events among adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis as compared to Osteoarthritis after primary hip or…Abstract Number: 34 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Role of NFAT5-p65 Complex Enhanceosome in the Inflammatory Responses of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts via TLR4 Signaling
Background/Purpose: Transcription factors belonging to the family of nuclear factors of activated T cells (NFAT) play an essential role in diverse biological processes, such as…Abstract Number: 116 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Defective EZH2 Expression Attenuates Treg Differentiation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: To explore the role of EZH2, a histone methylation regulator, in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods: Forty treatment-naïve patients with active disease and…Abstract Number: 195 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis and a Persistently Low Alkaline Phosphatase Level in a Veteran Affairs Rheumatology Clinic
Background/Purpose: Background: The biochemical hallmark of hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a low alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level. It is recognized that some forms of HPP present in adulthood…Abstract Number: 300 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Proliferative Globular Synovitis, an Ultrasound Pattern Associated with Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has a synovial ultrasound (US) pattern, while soft tissue involvement is more frequently found in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA). No previous studies…Abstract Number: 453 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Including Pain, Fatigue and Functionality Regularly in the Assessment of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Separately Adds to the Evaluation of Disease Status
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) level of disease activity, cannot be evaluated by a single clinical or laboratory measurement. Hence, composite indices have been created via…Abstract Number: 478 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Influence of Gender on Composite Disease Activity Indices for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Disease activity of patients with rheumatoid arthritis should be assessed equally independent of gender, age, or disease duration. However, at present, they are not…Abstract Number: 531 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Antagonism in Severe Biologic Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unclear, and additional therapeutic approaches are needed. The improvement of RA disease activity during pregnancy, and flares during the…Abstract Number: 839 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity, Cytokine Profiles, and the Risk of Incident Diabetes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a higher risk of diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular disease. While disproportional obesity and visceral fat accumulation may contribute…
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