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Accuracy of Diagnostic Codes and Algorithms Used to Identify Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Administrative Claims and Electronic Health Records: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This systematic review aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of algorithms used to identify rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis in electronic health records. Methods We searched Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register for Controlled Trials databases and included studies that validated case definitions against a ...
Constanza Saka‐Herrán, Jessica Bennett, Yara Alkabti, Muhammad Fatir, Barbara Clyne, Caroline McCarthy, Gráinne Tynan, Nikki Dunne, Michelle Flood, Eoghan McCarthy, Frank Moriarty   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal analysis of external quality assessment of immunoassay-based steroid hormone measurement indicates potential for improvement in standardization. [PDF]

Front Mol Biosci
Vierbaum L, Weiss N, Kaiser P, Kremser M, Wenzel F, Thevis M, Schellenberg I, Luppa PB.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Testing a Personalized Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to test the efficacy of personalized treatment of older veterans with chronic low back pain (CLBP) delivered by Aging Back Clinics (ABCs) as compared with usual care (UC). Methods Two hundred ninety‐nine veterans aged 65 to 89 with CLBP from three Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers underwent baseline testing, randomization to ABC ...
Debra K. Weiner, Angela Gentili, Meika A. Fang, Edward Garay, Laura Lawson, Lenore Joseph, Cathy C. Lee, Michelle I. Rossi, Beverly Thorn, Subashan Perera   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma spp. by nucleic acid amplification test: Results of the first 5 years of the only international external quality assessment scheme. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Schutte AHJ, Koelewijn R, Ajjampur SSR, Levecke B, McCarthy JS, Mejia R, Williams SA, Verweij JJ, van Lieshout L, van Hellemond JJ.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Validation of a Genetic Risk Score Combined With Clinical Variables for Predicting Pulmonary Fibrosis in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a severe extra‐articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aimed to externally validate a genetic risk score (GRS) and a combined risk score (CRS) for predicting the risk of RA‐associated PF in an independent cohort of patients with early RA.
Mikael Brink, Austin Wheeler, Bryant R. England, Solbritt Rantapää‐Dahlqvist   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Italian external quality assessment program for Cystic Fibrosis sweat chloride test: CFTR modulators and the impact of a new sweat test report form. [PDF]

Pract Lab Med
Cirilli N, Floridia G, Amato A, Padoan R, Censi F, Ferrari G, Raia V, Castaldo G, Capoluongo E, Taruscio D, Salvatore M.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Sex Differences in Medication Discontinuation in Axial Spondyloarthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined sex differences in medication discontinuation among patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) initiating tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi), interleukin‐17 inhibitors (IL‐17i), or JAK inhibitors (JAKi). Methods Using data from the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry (2003–2025), we assessed ...
Rachael Stovall, Cinthia Blat, Eric Roberts, Jean W. Liew, Katherine Wysham, Namrata Singh, Janna Friedly, Lianne S. Gensler, Gabriela Schmajuk, Jinoos Yazdany   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Re-testing as a method of implementing external quality assessment program for COVID-19 real time PCR testing in Uganda. [PDF]

PLoS One
Okek EJ, Masembe FJ, Kiconco J, Kayiwa J, Amwine E, Obote D, Alele S, Nahabwe C, Were J, Bagaya B, Balinandi S, Lutwama J, Kaleebu P.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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