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Can Older Adult Patients with Hip Fractures Have Their Discharge Destination Predicted by Physical Performance Measures?

Medicina
Background and Objectives: The majority of patients who undergo hip fracture surgery do not recover their former level of physical function; hence, it is essential to establish a specific rehabilitation strategy for maximal functional recovery of ...
Min-A Seok, Jun-Hwan Choi, Young-Ho Roh, So-Young Lee, Hyun-Jung Lee   +4 more
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Optimising use of electronic health records to describe the presentation of rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: a strategy for developing code lists [PDF]

, 2013
Background Research using electronic health records (EHRs) relies heavily on coded clinical data. Due to variation in coding practices, it can be difficult to aggregate the codes for a condition in order to define cases.
A Hansell, A. Rosemary Tate, Amanda Nicholson, AR Tate, AR Tate, Christian Lovis, CJ Edwards, CJ Edwards, D Blumenthal, D Blumenthal, DA Houssien, DG Manuel, DH Lawson, E Herrett, Elizabeth Ford, Greta Rait, Helen E. Smith, IE van der Horst-Bruinsma, Irene Petersen, JA Cassell, JA Linder, Jackie Cassell, K Jordan, K Jordan, K Jordan, K Kumar, K Thiru, Kevin A. Davies, KP Liao, MC Gulliford, MG Marmot, RJ Carroll, S Dave, S DeLisle, SL Thomas, SS Pakhomov, SW Pascoe, U Arndt   +37 more
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Performance Characteristics of Anti–Collagen II Antibodies in Relapsing Polychondritis and Related Diseases: Prospective Analysis, Systematic Review, and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease defined by recurrent cartilaginous inflammation. Anti–collagen II (Col2) antibodies have been proposed as a diagnostic biomarker for RP, but their performance characteristics are not well defined.
Karyssa Stonick, Marcela A. Ferrada, Alice Fike, Kaitlin A. Quinn, Benjamin A. Turturice, Casey Stein, Peter C Grayson   +6 more
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Clinical outcomes and repair integrity of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using suture-bridge technique with or without medial tying: prospective comparative study

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2018
Background There have been few studies comparing clinical and radiological outcomes between the conventional and knotless suture-bridge techniques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the functional outcomes and repair integrity of ...
Kyung Cheon Kim, Hyun Dae Shin, Woo-Yong Lee, Kyu-Woong Yeon, Sun-Cheol Han   +4 more
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Comparison of the Belgian Rheumatoid Arthritis Disability Assessment and Health Assessment Questionnaires as Tools to Predict the Need for Support Measures in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
OBJECTIVE:Scores on the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) predict the need for support measures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study we compare the performance of the HAQ in this context with that of the more disease-specific ...
Xavier Janssens, Saskia Decuman, Filip De Keyser, Belgian Rheumatoid Arthritis Disability Assessment study group   +3 more
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Analysis of Humira, Electro-Acupuncture, and Pulsatile Dry Cupping on Reducing Joint Inflammation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis [PDF]

, 2015
Humira, an anti-TNF drug aimed at decreasing inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients, can cause skin diseases from rashes to skin cancer. Humira works by blocking the chemical receptor RANKL which inhibits the production of osteoclasts. Osteoclasts
Noll, Natalie
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Role of Prednisone and 25‐Hydroxyvitamin D on Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We evaluated the role of 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), prednisone, and other risk factors for bone mineral density (BMD) loss and osteoporosis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods We calculated the association between 25(OH)D levels and other potential risk factors and BMD measures (spine T scores) and osteoporosis (defined as a T ...
Nima Madanchi, Andrea Fava, Daniel W. Goldman, Laurence S. Magder, Michelle Petri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosis and activity prediction of SLE based on serum Raman spectroscopy combined with a two-branch Bayesian network

Frontiers in Immunology
ObjectiveThis study aims to examine the impact of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) on various organs and tissues throughout the body. SLE is a chronic autoimmune disease that, if left untreated, can lead to irreversible damage to these organs.
Qianxi Xu, Qianxi Xu, Qianxi Xu, Xue Wu, Xue Wu, Xue Wu, Xinya Chen, Ziyang Zhang, Jinrun Wang, Jinrun Wang, Zhengfang Li, Zhengfang Li, Zhengfang Li, Xiaomei Chen, Xiaomei Chen, Xiaomei Chen, Xin Lei, Xin Lei, Zhuoyu Li, Zhuoyu Li, Zhuoyu Li, Mengsi Ma, Mengsi Ma, Mengsi Ma, Chen Chen, Lijun Wu, Lijun Wu   +26 more
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The genetic basis for the inverse relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and schizophrenia

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2020
Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis is a common autoimmune disease and schizophrenia is a relatively common and debilitating neurological disorder. There are several common features between rheumatoid arthritis and schizophrenia.
Mansour Zamanpoor, Hamid Ghaedi, Mir Davood Omrani   +2 more
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Evolving clinical profile of IL-1β, IL-10 and CTLA-4 gene in rheumatoid factor positive Caucasian population [PDF]

, 2011
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a systemic autoimmune condition, causes joint damage and sometimes extra-articular lesions (cutaneous vasculitis, neuropathy, Felty’s syndrome, pericarditis, intersticial lung disease) that may be life threatening.
Anupama Sharma, Ajay kumar Singh, Sanjeev kumar Singh, Neelima Singh, Varsha Gupta, Int J Cur Bio Med Sci.
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