Bariatric Surgery Prior to Total Joint Arthroplasty, Does it Decrease the Risk of Obesity Related Perioperative Complications?

abstract：:Osteoarthritis causes tremendous individual suffering and staggering societal costs, but due to our limited understanding of the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms, our avenues for treating this disease are very restricted. Recent years have seen a drastic increase in the use of genetically modified mice to ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Moon PM,Beier F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal lupus is a disease characterized by one or more of the following findings: congenital heart block, cardiomyopathy, cutaneous lupus lesions, hepatobiliary disease, and thrombocytopenia. Accumulating evidence indicates that the disease is probably caused by maternal autoantibodies, particularly autoantibodies o...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Lee LA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) plays a critical role in the development of tissue fibrosis. Its expression is consistently elevated in affected organs and correlates with increased extracellular matrix deposition. During the last few years, tremendous progress has been made in understanding the molecular a...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Verrecchia F,Mauviel A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this study was to provide the most up-to-date scientific evidence of the potential analgesic effects, or lack thereof, of the marijuana plant (cannabis) or cannabinoids, and of safety or tolerability of their long-term use. RECENT FINDINGS:We found that inhaled (smoked or vaporized) ca...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Romero-Sandoval EA,Kolano AL,Alvarado-Vázquez PA

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's syndrome is a systemic vasculitis with an unknown etiology affecting the small and large vessels of the venous and arterial systems. At least two clusters of disease expression have been described. The first includes superficial vein thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis, and dural sinus thrombi. The second includ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Yazici Y,Yurdakul S,Yazici H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of B cell-targeted biologics represents a major advance in the treatment of autoimmune rheumatic diseases. As with other immunosuppressive agents, risk of infection is a key clinical concern. This review summarises safety data from 15 years of experience of rituximab in autoimmune diseases with a parti...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Md Yusof MY,Vital EM,Buch MH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic disease affecting the physical, social, and psychological well-being of patients. Different instruments have been developed to measure health-related quality of life, some of which are SLE-specific. Contributors to poor quality of life in patients with SLE include fatigu...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Kiani AN,Petri M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The concept of cellular senescence has been evolving. Although originally proposed based on studies of serum-driven replication of cell lines in vitro, it is now clear that cellular senescence occurs in vivo. It has also become clear that cellular senescence can be triggered by a number of stimuli suc...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Gao L,Slack M,Barnas JL,McDavid A,Anolik J,Looney RJ

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can be seen as a burden, with consequences on patients' daily life. Health has traditionally been measured using measures of morbidity or mortality. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a concept that includes quality of life th...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Desnoyers M,Dufrost V,Wahl D,Zuily S

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Health outcomes and their measures used as end points in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patient care and clinical trials have been varied and are still evolving. Although significant reductions in morbidity and mortality in SLE have been achieved, the medications approved for SLE have remained the same during the ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Jolly M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the pathogenesis of SLE remains poorly understood, there is consensus that it involves a combination of genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors. New technologies applied to genomic and gene expression studies have revealed novel gene mutations and cytokine alterations in this disease. Recently, advances ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Stichweh D,Pascual V

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is a paraneoplastic syndrome resulting in renal phosphate wasting and decreased bone mineralization. TIO is usually induced by small, slowly growing tumors of mesenchymal origin (phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor mixed connective tissue variant [PMTMCT]). Nonspecific symptoms including fa...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Hautmann AH,Hautmann MG,Kölbl O,Herr W,Fleck M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in imaging ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and related spondyloarthropathies has increased in recent years. MRI is regarded as the most sensitive imaging modality to detect early inflammatory lesions in the sacroiliac joints and in the spine. Standard radiography plays a major role in evaluating potential disease...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Weber U,Kissling RO,Hodler J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a potentially preventable condition frequently encountered in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Bone loss in SLE is likely a multi- factorial process involving traditional osteoporosis risk factors along with lupus-related factors. Recognizing potential contributors to bone loss in pati...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Lee C,Ramsey-Goldman R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acupuncture has been used for millennia in traditional Chinese medicine as a technique believed to restore the balance of energy in the body caused by disease through the use of needles inserted into specific points or energy channels. This energy is called the de qi. The use of acupuncture for the treatment of pain i...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Amezaga Urruela M,Suarez-Almazor ME

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory joint disease, seen in combination with the chronic inflammatory skin disease psoriasis and belonging to the family of spondylarthritides (SpA). A link is recognized between psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Environmental factors seem to induce infl...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Eppinga H,Konstantinov SR,Peppelenbosch MP,Thio HB

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that results in generalized bone loss and increased fracture risk. Characteristic radiologic features of rheumatoid arthritis include periarticular osteopenia and marginal erosions. An emerging literature highlights the importance of osteoclasts as mediators of th...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Deal C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and International Networking (APS ACTION) is the first-ever international network created to design and conduct large-scale, multicenter clinical trials and research in persistently antiphospholipid antibody (aPL)-positive patients. Since its inception in 2010, th...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Barbhaiya M,Andrade D,Erkan D,APS ACTION.

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent clinical development programs for new therapeutic agents in rheumatoid arthritis have included assessment of radiographic progression comparing changes with treatment to placebo and active controls. Studies now use reliable methods of assessment and sufficient study length to detect radiographic changes. Althou...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Wolfe F,Strand V

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs block cyclooxygenase (COX). They are the most widely used drugs for pain relief. They are indispensable for their effects but are condemned for their adverse drug reactions. Two COX inhibitors, acetaminophen and aspirin, are the most widely used over-the-counter drugs. ...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Brune K,Hinz B,Otterness I

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal management for scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) is likely to require treatment of the underlying disease process, which remains incompletely understood, and also of the organ-based complications of this heterogeneous condition. Clinical trials evaluating several potential agents have been completed recently, i...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Denton CP,Black CM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization criteria for classification of bone mineral density (BMD) cannot be applied to premenopausal women because the relationship between BMD and fracture risk is not the same as in postmenopausal women. Approximately 2.5% of premenopausal women have BMD that is more than 2.0 standard deviation...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Lewiecki EM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teriparatide (recombinant human parathyroid hormone ) is an anabolic agent approved for the treatment of patients at high risk for fracture. The Fracture Prevention Trial administered teriparatide to treatment-naïve patients, leading to its US Food and Drug Administration approval in 2002. Clinical trial data using an...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： File E,Deal C

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review progress in the field of clinical trials for SLE. RECENT FINDINGS:Treatment development for SLE has been marked by failures of many later phase studies, representing billions of dollars of lost research and development funding. Recently, more successful Phase II trials have tested reduction...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Thanou A,Merrill JT

更新日期：2018-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common type of arthritis worldwide, is a degenerative disease of diarthrodial joints resulting in pain, reduced quality of life, and socioeconomic burden. Gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, is a consequence of persistently elevated levels of urate and the formation of p...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Yokose C,Chen M,Berhanu A,Pillinger MH,Krasnokutsky S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid antibodies are associated with a hypercoagulable state leading to a wide variety of systemic manifestations and obstetric complications. The different pathologic manifestations can be a result of arterial and venous thrombosis, microthrombotic angiopathy, embolization, obstetric disease, and non-throm...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： DeMarco P,Singh I,Weinstein A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, imaging evaluation of osteoarthritis has relied primarily on conventional radiography. Using radiography in clinical practice or clinical research, however, has been fraught with difficulty. Techniques for reproducibly acquiring serial radiographs of joints have improved considerably over the past seve...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Peterfy C,Kothari M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Several biologic drugs are available for treatment of immune-mediated diseases, and the number of children treated with biologics is increasing. This review summarises current knowledge about the safety and immunogenicity of vaccines in children treated with biologic therapy. RECENT FINDINGS:A recent...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Toplak N,Uziel Y

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of infection accompanies the benefits of surgery. Immunomodulatory chronic illnesses may increase the risk of surgical infections. Surgical patients with rheumatologic illness need close preoperative assessment regarding their infection risks (fixed and modifiable), which vary on the basis of the proposed pro...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Miller AO,Brause BD

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Delphi Technique and Nominal Group Technique are two well-recognized consensus-formation methodologies specifically designed to combine judgments from a group of experts. The Delphi Technique utilizes a series of well-defined questionnaire-based surveys, whereas Nominal Group Technique is a structured face-to-face...

journal_title：Current rheumatology reports

authors： Ruperto N,Meiorin S,Iusan SM,Ravelli A,Pistorio A,Martini A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00