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Diagnostic Use of Testing for Novel Murine Autoantibodies for Sjögren Disease in the Rheumatology Outpatient Setting

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The goal was to assess the diagnostic performance of three novel autoantibodies (NA) for Sjögren disease (SjD) by comparing NA prevalence in patients with SjD, other autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), nonspecific chronic sialadenitis (CS), and controls.
Chadwick R. Johr, Michael D. George, Vatinee Y. Bunya, Nora Sandorfi, Mina Massaro‐Giordano, Frederick B. Vivino   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining Three Peripheral Blood Biomarkers to Stratify Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Risk

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The purpose was to evaluate a biomarker score consisting of MUC5B rs35705950 promoter variant, plasma matrix metalloproteinase‐7 (MMP‐7), and serum anti–malondialdehyde‐acetaldehyde (anti‐MAA) antibody for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)–associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) risk stratification.
Kelsey Coziahr, Austin M. Wheeler, Brent A. Luedders, Michael Duryee, Halie Frideres, Katherine D. Wysham, Grant W. Cannon, Gary Kunkel, Dana P. Ascherman, Paul A. Monach, Gail S. Kerr, Andreas M. Reimold, Scott M. Matson, Joshua F. Baker, Geoffrey M. Thiele, Ted R. Mikuls, Bryant R. England   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Level of Fear in Adult Patients Undergoing Elective Urogynecologic and Gynecologic Procedures and Surgeries During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using the Validated Surgical Fear Questionnaire

, 2022
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess and trend fears surrounding elective surgery and office procedures in benign gynecologic and urogynecologic patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Brown-Thomas, Tudi-Max, Lai, Erica, Kasoff, Madison, Pape, Dominique Malacarne, Grimes, Cara L, Brailovschi, Yaniv, Winkler, Harvey, Kwon, Soo   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Mycophenolate Mofetil Treatment Reduces the Risk of Treatment Escalation Due to Vascular Complications in Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Emulation of a Target Trial From the Italian Rheumatology Society SPRING Registry

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is relatively uncommon because of the lower fibrotic burden and the predominance of vascular complications. In vitro observations and clinical data from transplanted patients suggest a protective effect of MMF on endothelial function.
Enrico De Lorenzis, Gerlando Natalello, Rossella De Angelis, Lucrezia Verardi, Dilia Giuggioli, Gianluigi Bajocchi, Lorenzo Dagna, Silvia Bellando‐Randone, Giovanni Zanframundo, Rosario Foti, Fabio Cacciapaglia, Giovanna Cuomo, Alarico Ariani, Edoardo Rosato, Gemma Lepri, Francesco Girelli, Valeria Riccieri, Elisabetta Zanatta, Ilaria Cavazzana, Francesca Ingegnoli, Maria De Santis, Giuseppe Murdaca, Giuseppina Abignano, Giorgio Pettiti, Alessandra Della Rossa, Maurizio Caminiti, Annamaria Iuliano, Giovanni Ciano, Lorenzo Beretta, Gianluca Bagnato, Ennio Lubrano, Maria Ilenia De Andres, Alessandro Giollo, Cosimo Bruni, Martina Orlandi, Marco Fornaro, Marta Saracco, Cecilia Agnes, Pier Giacomo Cerasuolo, Gabriella Alonzi, Edoardo Cipolletta, Federica Lumetti, Amelia Spinella, Luca Magnani, Corrado Campochiaro, Giacomo De Luca, Veronica Codullo, Elisa Visalli, Carlo Iandoli, Antonietta Gigante, Greta Pellegrino, Erika Pigatto, Maria‐Grazia Lazzaroni, Franco Franceschini, Elena Generali, Gianna Mennillo, Simone Barsotti, Giuseppa Pagano Mariano, Federica Furini, Licia Vultaggio, Simone Parisi, Clara Lisa Peroni, Gerolamo Bianchi, Enrico Fusaro, Gian Domenico Sebastiani, Marcello Govoni, Salvatore D'Angelo, Franco Cozzi, Fabrizio Conti, Serena Guiducci, Andrea Doria, Carlo Salvarani, Florenzo Iannone, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Clodoveo Ferri, Marco Matucci Cerinic, Silvia Laura Bosello, on behalf of the SPRING Italian Registry Collaborators   +77 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of Blood Utilization in Elective Surgery for Non-COVID Patients during COVID-19 Outbreaks

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the pattern of blood transfusion requests and utilization in non-coronavirus disease (COVID) patients having undergone elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Perinpit Jitmun, Sunisa Chatmongkolchart
doaj   +1 more source

Utility of spine surgery: a comparison of common elective orthopaedic surgical procedures

, 2008
STUDY DESIGN: A 1-year prospective observational cohort study. OBJECTIVE: To compare the utility before and 1 year after elective spine surgery with some other common orthopaedic surgical procedures.
Hansson, Tommy H.,, Hansson, Elisabeth K,   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Phaeochromocytoma Crisis: Two Cases of Undiagnosed Phaeochromocytoma Presenting after Elective Nonrelated Surgical Procedures [PDF]

, 2013
Phaeochromocytoma is a catecholamine producing tumour and an uncommon cause of hypertension. We present two cases of relatively asymptomatic individuals, in which previously undiagnosed phaeochromocytoma was unmasked by elective nonadrenal surgical ...
P. A. Farling, Mullan, karen, Farling, P.A., J. A. Silversides, F. Eatock, Johnston, Philip C, Eatock, Fiona, Wallace, Helen, A. Hutchinson, P. C. Johnston, S. J. Hunter, Hutchinson, Aoibhin, Silversides, Jon; id_orcid, Hunter, S.J., H. Wallace, K. R. Mullan   +15 more
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Effect of Implementing a Dashboard With or Without a Best Practice Alert on HLA‐B*58:01 Testing Rates Among Allopurinol Users at VA Medical Centers

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The American College of Rheumatology recommends HLA‐B*58:01 allele testing before the initiation of allopurinol, specifically among Asian and African American/Black patients, due to their increased risk for severe hypersensitivity reactions. However, testing rates remain low at many health care facilities.
Abimbola Fadairo‐Azinge, Gabriela Schmajuk, Sristi Sharma, Colleen P. Flanagan, Sara Faghihi‐Kashani, Ning Zhang, Mary A. Whooley   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malignancy as a risk factor in single-stage combined approach for simultaneous elective surgical diseases

, 2013
Objective: To identify morbidity and mortality risk factors in patients with synchronous diseases who underwent single-stage combined (SSC) surgery. Methods: We considered data of 328 patients, each with multiple, elective, synchronous surgical problems ...
Rausei, S., Rausei, Stefano, Rovera, Francesca, DIONIGI, GIANLORENZO, Franchin, M., Amico, F., Amico, Francesco, ROVERA, FRANCESCA ANGELA, DIONIGI, RENZO, BONI, LUIGI, Chiappa, C., Franchin, Marco, Galli, F., Chiappa, Corrado, Galli, Federica   +14 more
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Women's Hysterectomy Experiences and Decision-Making [PDF]

, 2003
The goal of the study was to examine women's experiences with gynaecologic symptoms and how they decided to undergo hysterectomy. For this purpose, twenty-nine women were interviewed in hospital within three days of undergoing hysterectomy.
Ahmad, Farah, Stewart, Donna E., Ahmad, F, Stewart, Donna Eileen, Leyland, Nicholas A., Uskul, Ayse K., Leyland, NA   +6 more
core   +1 more source