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Rheumatic heart disease [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2015
A 65-year-old man with a medical history of rheumatic fever in childhood reported thoracic pain while at work and collapsed. He died in the ambulance on the way to hospital due to ventricular fibrillation. After the few episodes of rheumatic fever with subsequent pancarditis in childhood, the patient suffered from recurrent arrhythmias throughout his ...
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Group B streptococcus is the most common pathogen for septic arthritis with unique clinical characteristics: data from 12 years retrospective cohort study

BMC Rheumatology, 2019
Background Group B Streptococcus (GBS) emerged as the frequent pathogen for septic arthritis. There was no study comparing risks, clinical presentations and outcomes between GBS septic arthritis and other bacterial septic arthritis. The aim of this study
Rungkan Ruksasakul, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin, Paijit Assavatanabodee, Sumapa Chaiamnuay   +3 more
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Approach to the management of rheumatic arthritis

South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 1967
No abstract available.
D. A. Gordon, M. A. Ogryzlo
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Bioinformatics analyses of gene expression profile to identify pathogenic mechanisms for COVID-19 infection and cutaneous lupus erythematosus

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
ObjectiveThe global mortality rates have surged due to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), leading to a worldwide catastrophe. Increasing incidents of patients suffering from cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) exacerbations after either ...
Zhenyu Gao, Zhenyu Gao, Xinchao Zhai, Xinchao Zhai, Guoqing Yan, Guoqing Yan, Yao Tian, Yao Tian, Xia Huang, Xia Huang, Qingchao Wu, Qingchao Wu, Lin Yuan, Linchong Su, Linchong Su   +14 more
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High Prevalence of Insulin Resistance Among Patients with Gout: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology
Background: Gout is a chronic inflammatory arthropathy associated with several cardiometabolic comorbidities. Insulin resistance (IR) is increasingly recognized as a key component of the metabolic dysregulation observed in gout.
Sudhir Karmacharya, NCRD Kathmandu, Sudhir Karmacharya, Binit Vaidya, Manisha Bhochhibhoya, Adip Arun Shrestha, Swikriti Shrestha   +6 more
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Data quality predicts care quality: findings from a national clinical audit

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2020
Background Missing clinical outcome data are a common occurrence in longitudinal studies. Data quality in clinical audit is a particular cause for concern.
Mark Yates, Katie Bechman, Elaine M. Dennison, Alexander J. MacGregor, Jo Ledingham, Sam Norton, James B. Galloway   +6 more
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Cardiovascular organ damage in relation to hypertension status in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Blood Pressure, 2023
Purpose Hypertension is a major cardiovascular (CV) risk factor in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients. Less is known about the prevalence of CV organ damage in relation to hypertension status in AS patients.
Gyda Ullensvang, Ester Kringeland, Eirik Ikdahl, Sella Provan, Inger Jorid Berg, Silvia Rollefstad, Hanne Dagfinrud, Eva Gerdts, Anne Grete Semb, Helga Midtbø   +9 more
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Hospitalized Infections in Patients With Rheumatic Disease Hospitalizations in Alaska, 2015‐2018

ACR Open Rheumatology, 2023
Objective Rheumatic diseases are associated with increased rates of hospitalized infection, but few studies have included Indigenous North American populations.
Elizabeth D. Ferucci, Peter Holck
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No Waning of Pneumococcal Vaccine Responses over Time in People with Inflammatory Arthritis: Findings from a Single Centre Cohort

Vaccines
Background: Vaccination against pneumococcus reduces the risk of infective events, hospitalisation, and death in individual with inflammatory arthritis, particularly in those on immunomodulating therapy who are at risk of worse outcomes from pneumococcal
Deepak Nagra, Katie Bechman, Mark D. Russell, Zijing Yang, Maryam Adas, Sujith Subesinghe, Andrew Rutherford, Edward Alveyn, Samir Patel, Chris Wincup, Arti Mahto, Christopher Baldwin, Ioasaf Karafotias, Andrew Cope, Sam Norton, James Galloway   +15 more
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Polymyalgia rheumatica-like syndrome from checkpoint inhibitor therapy: case series and systematic review of the literature

RMD Open, 2019
Objective To assess whether the polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)-like syndrome reported as an immune related adverse event (irAE) from checkpoint inhibitor therapy is consistent with the 2012 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of ...
Marie Kostine, Laura C Cappelli, Cassandra Calabrese, Elizabeth Kirchner, Tawnie Braaten, Leonard Calabrese   +5 more
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