Abstracts tagged "risk assessment"

Abstract Number: 1396 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk of Hospitalized Infections in Older Elderly Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biological/Targeted Synthetic DMARDs: Evaluation Using Data from a Japanese Claims Database
Masayoshi Harigai¹, Takao Fujii², Ryoko Sakai³, Ataru Igarashi⁴, Ayako Shoji⁵, Hiroko Yamaguchi⁶, Katsuhiko Iwasaki⁶, Misako Makishima⁷, Amika Yoshida⁷, Norihiro Okada⁷, Katsuhisa Yamashita⁷ and Yutaka Kawahito⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, ³Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Unit of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁵Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Healthcare Consulting Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, ⁶Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, ⁷Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Safety evidence of biological or targeted synthetic DMARDs (b/tsDMARDs) is still insufficient in older elderly ( >=75 years old (y/o)) patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: L16 • ACR Convergence 2021
Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Post-vaccination Among Immunocompromised Patients with Autoimmune or Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis from a U.S. Nationally-sampled Electronic Medical Record Data Repository
Jasvinder Singh¹, Namrata Singh², Alfred Anzalone³, Amy Olex⁴, Jing Sun⁵, Vithal Madhira⁶ and Rena Patel⁷, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ³University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, ⁴Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Palila Software, Reno, NV, ⁷Unviersity of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: National U.S. data on breakthrough COVID-19 infection in people with autoimmune or inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) are limited. Our objective was to assess whether breakthrough COVID-19 infections were increased post-COVID-19-vaccination…
Abstract Number: 0563 • ACR Convergence 2021
Validating the FRAX Score in a US Population-Based Study of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Madeline Peterson¹, Cynthia Crowson², Elena Myasoedova¹, Shreyasee Amin¹, John Davis¹, Sara Achenbach¹, Sundeep Kholsa¹ and Elizabeth Atkinson¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: The FRAX tool, launched by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre at the University of Sheffield in 2008 (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/FRAX/), is widely used to quickly…
Abstract Number: 0645 • ACR Convergence 2021
Time Burden of QTc Screening for HCQ Users at a Single VA Rheumatology Clinic
Iziegbe Ehiorobo¹, Anna Montgomery² and Gabriela Schmajuk¹, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Department of Veterans Affairs, Tiburon, CA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a commonly used medication in the treatment of rheumatic diseases. New guidance from the ACR supports routine monitoring of the QT…
Abstract Number: 0648 • ACR Convergence 2021
Improving Post-Rituximab Hypogammaglobulinemia Risk Assessments: A Fellows’ Quality Improvement Initiative
Beth Rutstein¹, Melissa Argraves², Atiye Bilgic Dagci², Sarah Bayefsky², Julia Rood², Julie Chase³, Jay Mehta², Melissa Lerman², Cory Stingl⁴ and Jon Burnham², ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Wynnewood, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Hypogammaglobulinemia following rituximab therapy is a potentially severe complication that can lead to infection-related morbidity and mortality. If recognized, clinicians may prevent infections by…
Abstract Number: 1054 • ACR Convergence 2021
Metabolomics as an Innovative Tool for Cardiac Risk Stratification in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Results from a Pilot Study
Sorwe Mojtahed Poor¹, Lisa Hahnefeld², Frank Behrens³, Harald Burkhardt⁴, Michaela Köhm⁵, Geisslinger Gerd⁶ and Gurke Robert⁷, ¹University hospital Frankfurt Devision Rheumatology and Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ²pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Rheumatology & Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Fraunhofer Cluster Immune-Mediated Diseases (CIMD), Fraunhofer Cluster Immune-Mediated Diseases (CIMD), Frankfurt/Main, Germany, ⁴University hospital Frankfurt Devision Rheumatology and Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁵University hospital Frankfurt Devision Rheumatology and Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, ⁶Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁷pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases (RMD) face an increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality compared to the general population. Still, risk stratification based on traditional cardiovascular risk…
Abstract Number: 1135 • ACR Convergence 2021
Osteoporosis Assessment and Outcomes in Candidates for Liver Transplantation in a Tertiary Center
Cristina Rodríguez-Alvear¹, MARIANO ANDRES¹, Maria-Luisa Peral-Garrido², Irene Calabuig³, Ernesto Tovar-Sugrañes¹, Mari-Carmen López-González¹, Pilar Bernabeu¹, Agustín Martínez-Sanchis¹, Ximo Esteve¹, Paloma Vela¹, Cayetano Miralles¹ and Maria Vega Jovani Casano⁴, ¹Hospital General Universitario de Alicante-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario de Alicante-ISABIAL, Novelda, Spain, ³Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ⁴National Health system, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: A rapid loss of bone mass and an increase in fractures have been described in the first six months after liver transplantation. This phenomenon…
Abstract Number: 1142 • ACR Convergence 2021
For Vulnerable Population Treated at a Community Health Center (CHC), Primary Care Physician (PCP) Turnover Should Be Included in Social Determinants of Health (SDH) on Non-completing Osteoporosis Treatment
Yu Na Kim¹ and Julie Crosson², ¹DotHouse Health, Boston, ²DotHouse Health, Boston University, Boston
Background/Purpose: Unexplained interruptions in treatment are common among patients with osteoporosis, but it is not well studied how PCP turnover affects incompletion of osteoporosis treatment…
Abstract Number: 1423 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ability of Soluble Immune Mediators and SLE-associated Autoantibody Specificities to Forecast Transition to Classified SLE and Inform a Lupus Classification Risk Immune Index
Melissa Munroe¹, Rufei Lu², Timothy Gross¹, George Tsokos³, Michael Keith⁴, John Harley⁵ and Judith James¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OUHSC, Oklahoma City, OK, ³BIDMC, Boston, MA, ⁴Inova, Arlington, VA, ⁵US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic autoimmune disease driven by immune dysregulation. We have previously identified patterns of disordered immunity present prior to and concurrent with…
Abstract Number: 1527 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effect of Rituximab on IgG Levels and Associated Infection Risk in Myositis
Michael Macklin¹, Chester Oddis², Siamak Moghadam-Kia², Dana Ascherman² and Rohit Aggarwal², ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Rituximab is an anti-CD20 antibody with therapeutic use in myositis. However, given its B cell depleting mechanism, there is concern regarding its association with…
Abstract Number: 1528 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Consequences of Hepatitis B Core Antibody Positivity After IVIG Administration
William West¹, Therese Posas-Mendoza², Jerald Zakem³, William Davis¹ and Robert Quinet⁴, ¹Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, ³Ochsner Health Systems, Metairie, LA, ⁴Ochsner Health, River Ridge, LA
Background/Purpose: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a blood product created by pooling of donor plasma that is used for a wide range of indications. IVIG is…
Abstract Number: 1612 • ACR Convergence 2021
Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Individuals with Rheumatic Disease
Kristin Wipfler¹, Adam Cornish¹, Alison Freifeld², Patricia Katz³ and Kaleb Michaud², ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 vaccination efforts are ongoing and there is a need to understand factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. Individuals with rheumatic diseases have been uniquely…
Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2021
Vaccination of Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: An Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators in a Prospective Cohort
Ioana Andreica, Iulia Roman, Xenofon Baraliakos, Juergen Braun and Uta Kiltz, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts.) with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRD) are often not adequately protected against infectious diseases. As shown in an earlier study, less than…
Abstract Number: 1662 • ACR Convergence 2021
Unrecognised, Subclinical, Structural or Functional Lung Changes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Developing Serious Respiratory Tract Infection
Benjamin Worcester¹, Dorothy Wang², Susan Morton³ and Michelle Leech⁴, ¹Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, ²Melbourne Health, Clayton, Australia, ³Monash Health, Clayton, Australia, ⁴Monash Medical Centre, Australia, Australia
Background/Purpose: The incidence of lung disease within the rheumatoid arthritis is well described and likely underestimated. Additionally, RA patients are at higher risk for developing…
Abstract Number: 0236 • ACR Convergence 2021
Maternal Attachment, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Diseases
Luis Gerardo Espinosa-Banuelos¹, Diana Carolina Rubio Torres², Maria Corral², Cassandra Skinner Taylor², Lorena Perez-Barbosa², Luz Fernanda Gutierrez Leal², Abraham Yair Lujano-Negrete³, Jesus Cardenas-de La Garza² and Dionicio Galarza-Delgado², ¹Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Hospital Universitario "Dr Jose E. Gonzalez", Monterrey, Mexico, ³Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Untreated perinatal anxiety symptomatology can be related to symptoms of anxiety and depression during the postpartum. The psychological bond created by the mother between…

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