Abstracts tagged "Surveys"

Abstract Number: 2174 • ACR Convergence 2024
Current Treatment of Macrophage Activation Syndrome Worldwide: The METAPHOR Project, a PReS/PRINTO Real-life International Survey
Francesca Minoia¹, Francesco Baldo², Remco Erkens³, Greta Rogani³, Claudia Bracaglia⁴, Dirk Foell⁵, Marco Gattorno⁶, Marija Jelusic⁷, Jordi Anton⁸, Paul Brogan⁹, Scott Canna¹⁰, Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan¹¹, Randy Cron¹², Fabrizio De Benedetti⁴, Alexei Grom¹³, Merav Heshin Bekenstein¹⁴, AnnaCarin Horne¹⁵, Raju Khubchandani¹⁶, Mao Mizuta¹⁷, Seza Ozen¹⁸, PIERRE QUARTIER¹⁹, Angelo Ravelli⁶, Masaki Shimizu²⁰, grant schulert¹³, Christiaan Scott²¹, Rashmi Sinha²², Nicolino Ruperto²³, Joost Swart³ and Sebastiaan Vastert³, and the PReS MAS/sJIA Working Party and Pediatric Rheumatology International Trial Organization., ¹Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Milan, Italy, ²Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, ³University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ⁵University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ⁶IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁷University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁸Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain, ⁹UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ¹²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁴Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Binyamina, Israel, ¹⁵Karolinska Institute, Sollentuna, Sweden, ¹⁶SRCC Childrens Hospital, Mumbai, India, ¹⁷Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kanazawa, Hyogo, Japan, ¹⁸Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁹Université Paris-Cite, IMAGINE Institute, Necker Children's Hospital, Paris Cedex 15, France, ²⁰Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²¹University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ²²Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, ²³IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Despite significant improvement in its management, macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) treatment is still not standardized, due to lack of robust evidence and differences in…
Abstract Number: 0370 • ACR Convergence 2024
Adolescents’ and Providers’ Perceptions of the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Rheumatology
Julia Witowska, Brett Curtis, Melanie Donahue, Sara Platte, Rebecca Northway and Jacqueline Madison, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The transition from pediatric to adult rheumatology is a vulnerable period for adolescents and is associated with greater disease burden. Adolescents require an organized…
Abstract Number: 1299 • ACR Convergence 2024
Board-Style Rheumatology Teaching for Medicine Residents: Novel Approach to Curriculum Development
Merve Aksoy*, Shadi Jafari-Esfahani*, Yasaman Ahmadzadeh and Katarzyna Gilek-Seibert, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: During their training, internal medicine (IM) residents often have limited exposure to rheumatology, resulting in decreased confidence levels and inadequate scores on the In-training…
Abstract Number: 2198 • ACR Convergence 2024
Severe and Long-Term Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection and Vaccine Hesitancy and Adverse Events in Children with Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases: Insights from a COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Caregiver Survey
Jonathan Hausmann¹, Kevin Kennedy², Ethan Knapp³, Nadine Lalonde⁴, jOhn Wallace⁵, Richard Howard⁶, Marcela Alvarez⁷, Mariana Fabi⁸, Lorena Franco⁹, Rebecca Grainger¹⁰, Jean Liew¹¹, Pedro M Machado¹², Zachary Wallace¹³, Jinoos Yazdany¹⁴ and Emily Sirotich¹⁵, and COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance, ¹Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, ⁴COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Covid 19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Board, EDINBURGH, United Kingdom, ⁶Spondylitis Association of America, Encino, CA, ⁷CHIDRENS HOSPITAL DR. RICARDO GUTIERREZ ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁸Argentine Society of Rheumatology, La Plata, Argentina, ⁹Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Cordoba, Argentina, ¹⁰University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ¹¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ¹²Department of Neuromuscular Diseases and Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ¹⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁵Yale University, Vaughan, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Children have the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates of any age group. In adults with rheumatic diseases, barriers to vaccination include the perceived lack of…
Abstract Number: 0394 • ACR Convergence 2024
Unveiling Major Challenges and Unmet Needs in the Therapeutic Approach to Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: The Patient Perspective
Francesco Baldo¹, Luciana Peixoto², Remco Erkens³, Greta Rogani³, Claudia Bracaglia⁴, Dirk Foell⁵, Marco Gattorno⁶, Marija Jelusic⁷, Sebastiaan Vastert³, Rashmi Sinha² and Francesca Minoia⁸, and on behalf of the PReS MAS/sJIA Working Party and the Systemic JIA Foundation, ¹Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, ²Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, ³University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ⁵University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ⁶IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁷University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁸Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: Despite continuous improvements in the therapeutic options for children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA), access to medications significantly differs among centres and countries.…
Abstract Number: 1310 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cadaver Lab Improves Rheumatology Trainees’ Skills in Identifying Joint Anatomy and Performance of Joint Procedures
Raveena Midha¹, Neha Batra², Maarij Siddiqi³, Mohanad Hadi² and Kat Gilek-Seibert⁴, ¹Kent Hospital/Brown University, Warwick, RI, ²Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI, ³Touro University of Osteopathic Medicine, East Providence, RI, ⁴RWMC, Sharon, MA
Background/Purpose: Understanding joint anatomy is crucial in rheumatology for identifying pathology and performing successful joint procedures. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) is commonly used to learn these skills,…
Abstract Number: 2214 • ACR Convergence 2024
Confirming a Value for Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares Based on Changes in CDAI, SDAI and RAPID3
Irtza Badar¹ and Martin Bergman², ¹Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ²self, Beach Haven, NJ
Background/Purpose: To determine and revalidate the definitions of disease flares in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flares based on the changes in Clinical and Simplified…
Abstract Number: 0395 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessment of Enthesitis by Pediatric Rheumatology Providers
Erin Treemarcki¹, Shirley Tse², Marisa Klein-Gitelman³, Adam Mayer⁴, Hemalatha Srinivasalu⁵, Heather Walters⁶ and Melissa Oliver⁷, and the CARRA Juvenile Spondyloarthritis Workgroup and the CARRA investigators, ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁶Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, ⁷Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is a characteristic feature of enthesitis related arthritis (ERA) but can be found in other juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) subtypes. It occurs with…
Abstract Number: 1313 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Impact of Rheumatology Fellow Initiated Curriculum Design on Resident Education for R1 versus R2-R4 Learners
Chrisana Pokorny¹, Karen Kruzer², Vincent Vertalino³, Alexis Barbut⁴, Roberta Marangoni⁵, Amy Blatt⁶, Ummara Shah¹, Christine Osborne⁶ and Bethany Marston⁶, ¹University of Rochester, Webster, NY, ²University of Rochester, Victor, NY, ³University of Rochester, Hamburg, NY, ⁴University of Rochester, Brighton, NY, ⁵University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁶University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology fellows play a critical role as educators for residents and offer unique perspectives on patient care. During the 2022-2023 academic year, fellows at…
Abstract Number: 2276 • ACR Convergence 2024
Use of Methotrexate and TNF-α Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Survey of Rheumatologists
Elizabeth Park¹, Rabia Iqbal², Elana Bernstein³ and Jon Giles⁴, ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is among the most common extra-articular manifestations of RA, with symptomatic disease prevalent in approximately 10% of patients.1 Patients with…
Abstract Number: 0436 • ACR Convergence 2024
Family Planning in Rheumatology: A Single Center Quality Improvement Project
Sara Heard, Elena Cravens, Jeanne Gosselin and Juvena Hitt, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT
Background/Purpose: Pregnancy in patients with rheumatologic disease can lead to serious maternal and fetal complications. Multinational surveys have shown that medical providers often fail to…
Abstract Number: 1315 • ACR Convergence 2024
From Presentation to Publication: Tracking the Publication Rate of Abstracts Presented at American College of Rheumatology Convergence Conference in the Years 2015 and 2018
Shreena Kamlesh Gandhi¹, Shivani Patel², Saransh Narang³, Aayushi Rajani³ and Kaleb Michaud⁴, ¹KU School of Medicine, Wichita, Wichita, KS, ²Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ³Medical College, Baroda, Baroda, India, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: The ACR Convergence meeting attracts rheumatology researchers worldwide to present their peer- reviewed abstracts for a global audience either as a poster or oral…
Abstract Number: 2552 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changes in Social Determinants of Health Needs Uncovered by a Rheumatology-Based Screening and Assistance Program
Haelynn Gim¹, Rebecca Summit², Karli Retzel², Leah Santacroce², Virginia Bills³, Nancy Shadick², Sara Schoenfeld⁴ and Candace Feldman², ¹Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Social determinants of health (SDoH), including non-medical social needs and adverse environmental exposures, contribute to inequities in rheumatic disease care and outcomes. Patients with…
Abstract Number: 0705 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Vasculitis: Results of the Vasculitis Patient-Powered Research Network Sleep Study (SleepVasc)
Misa Tanaka¹, Saverio Stranges¹, Kathy Speechley¹, Osvaldo Espin Garcia¹, Molly Mason², Renee Borchin³, Cristina Burroughs³, Christine Yeung⁴, Indira Gurubhagavatula⁴, Christian Pagnoux⁵, Peter Merkel⁴ and Lillian Barra¹, ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Vasculitis Patient Powered Research Network, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders can impair health-related quality of life and increase the risk of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, and mental…
Abstract Number: 2074 • ACR Convergence 2023
Creation and Dissemination of a Near-Peer Rheumatology Fellowship Bootcamp
Sarah Donohue, Tiffany Lin and Justin Levinson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Transitions in medical education, such as the matriculation from residency to fellowship, can be a challenging experience with increased knowledge expectations in new clinical…

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