Scleroderma digital ulcers complicated by infection with fecal pathogens.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the performances of 3 comorbidity indices, the Charlson Comorbidity Index, the Elixhauser Comorbidity Index, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) risk adjustment model, Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC), in predicting post-acute discharge settings and hospital readmission for ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Kumar A,Karmarkar A,Downer B,Vashist A,Adhikari D,Al Snih S,Ottenbacher K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine rates of cervical cancer screening and associated abnormal results in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:We identified women with an initial diagnosis of SLE in the MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database from 2001 to 2014. Cervical cancer screening rates and ass...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Bruera S,Lei X,Zogala R,Pundole X,Zhao H,Giordano SH,Hwang JP,Rauh-Hain JA,Suarez-Almazor ME

更新日期：2020-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Since 2014, rheumatology fellows have been assessed not only based on their ability to provide patient care and possess medical knowledge but also on their skill in serving as patient advocates, navigators of health systems, and members of a health care team. Such assessments have been carried out through the...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Liebowitz JE,Torralba KD,Kolfenbach J,Marston B,Dua AB,O'Rourke KS,McKown K,Battistone MJ,Valeriano-Marcet J,Edgar L,McLean S,Gouze KR,Bolster MB

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate differences in EMG muscle activity and scapular kinematics during elevation in the scapular plane between healthy controls, participants with multidirectional shoulder laxity (MDL), and patients with multidirectional shoulder instability (MDI) who are diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos sy...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Spanhove V,Calders P,Berckmans K,Palmans T,Malfait F,Cools A,De Wandele I

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The influence of specific medications on the risk of postoperative infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) remains unclear. This retrospective study examined the risk of postoperative infection at the site of surgery in patients treated with immunosuppr...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Scherrer CB,Mannion AF,Kyburz D,Vogt M,Kramers-de Quervain IA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the risk factors for revision of primary total hip replacement (THR) in a US population-based sample. METHODS:Using Medicare claims, we identified beneficiaries from 29 US states who underwent primary THR between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996, with followup through December 31, 2008. Potential case...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Wright EA,Katz JN,Baron JA,Wright RJ,Malchau H,Mahomed N,Prokopetz JJ,Losina E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee (CHECK) is a cohort of middle-aged individuals with hip or knee pain. Radiographs were assigned Kellgren & Lawrence (KL) scores under different conditions at each follow-up visit for 10 years. We aimed to describe and consolidate each scoring approach, then illustrate implicatio...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Macri EM,Runhaar J,Damen J,Oei EH,Bierma-Zeinstra SM

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate if exercise programs in trials for patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have the potential for effectiveness. METHODS:A systematic literature search was performed and randomized trials examining the effectiveness of exercise programs for AS patients were analyzed according to 3 elements: whe...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Dagfinrud H,Halvorsen S,Vøllestad NK,Niedermann K,Kvien TK,Hagen KB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ankle-foot problems have a considerable impact on daily functioning in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (hEDS/HSD). Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify alterations in multi-segment ankle and foot kinematics during gait and assessing foot fu...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Vermeulen S,De Mits S,De Ridder R,Calders P,De Schepper J,Malfait F,Rombaut L

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the differential presentation(s) of psychological and health-related outcomes in young adults with juvenile-onset fibromyalgia (FM) with and without a history of trauma, compared to healthy controls. METHODS:In total, 110 participants (86 with juvenile-onset FM and 24 healthy controls, with a mean...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Nelson S,Cunningham N,Peugh J,Jagpal A,Arnold LM,Lynch-Jordan A,Kashikar-Zuck S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine work absenteeism, job disruptions, and perceived productivity loss and factors associated with each outcome in young adults living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and juvenile arthritis (JA). METHODS:One hundred forty-three young adults, ages 18-30 years with SLE (54.5%) and JA (45.5%), co...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Jetha A,Badley E,Beaton D,Fortin PR,Shiff NJ,Gignac MAM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Localized scleroderma can negatively affect children's quality of life (QoL), but predictors of impact have not been well described. We sought to identify predictors of QoL impact in juvenile localized scleroderma patients. METHODS:We analyzed longitudinal data from a single-center cohort of juvenile localiz...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Ardalan K,Zigler CK,Torok KS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A treat-to-target (TTT) strategy is recommended in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, health care providers' adherence to TTT in clinical practice remains unclear. We examined adherence to TTT in RA at US rheumatology sites. METHODS:We used baseline information from the randomized controlled Treat-to-Target...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Yu Z,Lu B,Agosti J,Bitton A,Corrigan C,Fraenkel L,Harrold LR,Losina E,Katz JN,Solomon DH

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapies on quality of life (QOL) and functional status in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients and study potential predictors for QOL improvements. METHODS:The study was based on a cohort of 596 PsA patients receiving anti-TNF therapies. Changes...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Saad AA,Ashcroft DM,Watson KD,Symmons DP,Noyce PR,Hyrich KL,British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register.

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, incidence, and mortality rates of autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) by using a population-based database. METHODS:We used the longitudinal health insurance database (comprising 1,000,000 beneficiaries) of the Taiwan National Health Insurance from ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Yu KH,See LC,Kuo CF,Chou IJ,Chou MJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a widely utilized and effective treatment option for end-stage knee osteoarthritis (OA). Knee OA is more prevalent among women compared to men, but there are limited data on the sex differences in surgical outcomes after primary TKA. METHODS:Our sample consisted of all primar...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Singh JA,Kwoh CK,Richardson D,Chen W,Ibrahim SA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate pain, fatigue, and psychological functioning of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and examine how these factors impact health-related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS:At a tertiary rheumatology clinic, 60 childhood-onset SLE patients completed the following: a visual ana...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Jones JT,Cunningham N,Kashikar-Zuck S,Brunner HI

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Independent investigations have shown that socioeconomic status (SES) and learned helplessness (LH) are associated with poor disease outcome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our aim was to investigate the cross-sectional relationship between SES, LH, and disease outcome in patients with recent-onse...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Camacho EM,Verstappen SM,Symmons DP

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize patterns of biologics use and discontinuation before and during pregnancy in women with autoimmune diseases in British Columbia, Canada. METHODS:Women with ≥1 autoimmune diseases, as identified by International Classification of Diseases Ninth/Tenth Revision codes, who had pregnancies ending ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Tsao NW,Lynd LD,Sadatsafavi M,Hanley G,De Vera MA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify subgroups or phenotypes of knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients based on similarities of clinically relevant patient characteristics, and to compare clinical outcomes of these phenotypes. METHODS:Data from 842 knee OA patients of the Osteoarthritis Initiative were used. A cluster analysis method was...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Knoop J,van der Leeden M,Thorstensson CA,Roorda LD,Lems WF,Knol DL,Steultjens MP,Dekker J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the impact of stopping tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) treatment on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) of physical and mental health status, health utility, pain, disability, and fatigue in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:In the pragmatic, 12-month POET trial, 8...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Ghiti Moghadam M,Ten Klooster PM,Vonkeman HE,Kneepkens EL,Klaasen R,Stolk JN,Tchetverikov I,Vreugdenhil SA,van Woerkom JM,Goekoop-Ruiterman YPM,Landewé RBM,van Riel PLCM,van de Laar MAFJ,Jansen TL,Dutch National POET Collabor

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the external validity of the Lupus Impact Tracker (LIT), a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-specific, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) tool in a population-based cohort of patients with SLE in Atlanta, Georgia. We modeled the association of LIT scores with patient-reported measures of SLE a...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Brandt JE,Drenkard C,Kan H,Bao G,Dunlop-Thomas C,Pobiner B,Chang DJ,Jolly M,Lim SS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Disease activity measured by validated methods has been sparsely examined during and after pregnancy in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The aim of this study was to describe the longitudinal course of disease activity during pregnancy and the first year postpartum using the Lupus Activity Index...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Götestam Skorpen C,Lydersen S,Gilboe IM,Skomsvoll JF,Salvesen KÅ,Palm Ø,Koksvik HSS,Jakobsen B,Wallenius M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop recommendations for the screening, monitoring, and treatment of uveitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS:Pediatric rheumatologists, ophthalmologists with expertise in uveitis, patient representatives, and methodologists generated key clinical questions to be addressed ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Angeles-Han ST,Ringold S,Beukelman T,Lovell D,Cuello CA,Becker ML,Colbert RA,Feldman BM,Holland GN,Ferguson PJ,Gewanter H,Guzman J,Horonjeff J,Nigrovic PA,Ombrello MJ,Passo MH,Stoll ML,Rabinovich CE,Sen HN,Schneider

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have previously reported increased long-term morbidity in children of parents with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here we assess child mortality and case fatality in the same cohort. METHODS:All singletons born in Denmark from 1977 to 2008 were identified through linkage of Danish national registries. Cox pro...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Rom AL,Wu CS,Olsen J,Jawaheer D,Hetland ML,Ottesen B,Mørch LS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity Score (PASDAS) is a composite measure of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) disease activity. The length of its patient-reported components raises concern about questionnaire burden. The PASDAS includes the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) health survey. We undertoo...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Perruccio AV,Got M,Li S,Ye Y,Gladman DD,Chandran V

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in abatacept-treated children/adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS:In this phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, subjects with active polyarticular course JIA and an inadequate response/intolerance to ≥1 disease-modifying ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Ruperto N,Lovell DJ,Li T,Sztajnbok F,Goldenstein-Schainberg C,Scheinberg M,Penades IC,Fischbach M,Alcala JO,Hashkes PJ,Hom C,Jung L,Lepore L,Oliveira S,Wallace C,Alessio M,Quartier P,Cortis E,Eberhard A,Simonini G,

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We propose new classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome (SS), which are needed considering the emergence of biologic agents as potential treatments and their associated comorbidity. These criteria target individuals with signs/symptoms suggestive of SS. METHODS:Criteria are based on expert opinion elic...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Shiboski SC,Shiboski CH,Criswell L,Baer A,Challacombe S,Lanfranchi H,Schiødt M,Umehara H,Vivino F,Zhao Y,Dong Y,Greenspan D,Heidenreich AM,Helin P,Kirkham B,Kitagawa K,Larkin G,Li M,Lietman T,Lindegaard J,McNamara

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Up to 20% of people who undergo total knee replacement surgery have ongoing pain and discomfort. The aim of this study was to understand what role the concepts of embodiment (of both having a body and experiencing the world through one's body) and incorporation (integrating something into one's body) might ha...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Moore A,Eccleston C,Gooberman-Hill R

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interrater variability limits rheumatologic opinion as a reference standard for early inflammatory arthritis (IA) classification. The study objectives were to determine whether rheumatologic opinion is associated with potential early IA classification methods despite high interrater variability, and to compar...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Tavares R,Wells GA,Scarf J,Cagaanan R,Bykerk VP,Bell MJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00