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Egyptian patients with axial spondyloarthritis: The frequency and predictors of renal impairment 埃及轴性脊柱关节炎患者:肾功能损害的频率和预测因素
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.08.001
Dina M. Abd EL-Khalik , Adel M. Elsayed , Aya A. Abdallah , Nashwa A. Morshedy
{"title":"Egyptian patients with axial spondyloarthritis: The frequency and predictors of renal impairment","authors":"Dina M. Abd EL-Khalik ,&nbsp;Adel M. Elsayed ,&nbsp;Aya A. Abdallah ,&nbsp;Nashwa A. Morshedy","doi":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim of the work</h3><p>To determine the frequency of and risk factors for renal impairment in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).</p></div><div><h3>Patients and methods</h3><p>Fifty axSpA patients participated in this study. In accordance with the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) criteria, patients were split into two groups: group 1comprised renal impairment and group 2 comprised non-renal impairment. The ankylosing spondylitis (AS) disease activity score (ASDAS), Bath AS disease activity index (BASDAI) and estimated glomerular filtration rate were assessed.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The mean age of patients was 38.9 ± 11.7 years, males were 54 % and the disease duration was 11.36 ± 6.1 years. The mean ASDAS score was 5.58 ± 1.38 and BASDAI was 5.18 ± 1.55. The eGFR was 76.4 ± 36.2 ml/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup> and 28 % had positive human leucocytic antigen (HLA-B27). 80 % were receiving biologic therapy. Nephropathy by ultrasound and renal impairment were detected in 34 % and 52 % of the cases respectively. The cumulative dose of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, low density cholesterol, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, proteinuria, ASDAS and BASDAI were significantly higher in those with renal impairment(p = 0.0001, p = 0.0001, p = 0.001, p = 0.035, p = 0.0001, p = 0.0001, p = 0.0001, p = 0.001, p = 0.001 respectively) while the eGFR and high density lipoprotein were significantly lower (p = 0.001and p = 0.02). Only the cumulative dose of NSAIDs was a significantly independent variable influencing the development of renal impairment (OR=1.01, CI; 1.001–1.02, p = 0.024) at cut-off level &gt; 1166.3 g.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Renal impairment is frequent in axSpA patients with decreased eGFR and high disease activity. The cumulative dose of NSAIDs is a significant predictor of renal impairment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46152,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Rheumatologist","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 202-206"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142058513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The journey of pain management for fibromyalgia patients: A ten year experience from Tunisia 纤维肌痛患者的疼痛管理之旅:突尼斯的十年经验
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.08.003
Selma Bouden , Hadwa Beji , Leila Rouached , Aicha Ben Tekaya , Ines Mahmoud , Rawdha Tekaya , Olfa Saidane , Leila Abdelmoula
{"title":"The journey of pain management for fibromyalgia patients: A ten year experience from Tunisia","authors":"Selma Bouden ,&nbsp;Hadwa Beji ,&nbsp;Leila Rouached ,&nbsp;Aicha Ben Tekaya ,&nbsp;Ines Mahmoud ,&nbsp;Rawdha Tekaya ,&nbsp;Olfa Saidane ,&nbsp;Leila Abdelmoula","doi":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Fibromyalgia often deteriorates the quality of life of patients on physical, emotional, socio-familial, and professional levels.</p></div><div><h3>Aim of the work</h3><p>To describe the characteristics of fibromyalgia patients and to assess the impact of fibromyalgia on their quality of life.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and methods</h3><p>A questionnaire was provided to the fibromyalgia patients at the pain management center of Tunis, during the last ten years and the sociodemographic data, journey characteristics and satisfaction regarding the quality of their care were recorded and the impact of fibromyalgia on the quality of life was assessed using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The work included 110 patients, 93 females and 13 males (F:M 7.2:1) and a mean age of 52 ± 12 years. 65 % reported an initial pain visual analog scale (VAS) ≥ 7. The mean consultation and diagnostic delays were 75 ± 30 and 44 ± 28 months, respectively. 94 % of patients were initially misdiagnosed, despite consulting more than two different physicians. The mean FIQ total was 77.5 ± 13.Age, female gender, and manual professions were related to a more impaired physical impact of fibromyalgia (p = 0.02; p = 0.01; p = 0.03, respectively). Patients whose fibromyalgia trigger was persistent stress (n = 50) reported more impaired FIQ (p = 0.001). Patients with shorter consultation and diagnostic delays reported more improvement (p = 0.001 and p = 0.01, respectively). Patients treated with tricyclic antidepressants and vitamins felt significantly improved (p = 0.02 and p = 0.002). Non-pharmacological treatments included physical therapy, yoga, acupuncture, and thermal baths.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The quality of life in fibromyalgia patients is frequently impaired, and the journey is complex and ambivalent.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46152,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Rheumatologist","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 194-197"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142048953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mental health problems among children with lupus nephritis 狼疮性肾炎患儿的心理健康问题
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.08.002
Heba T. Osman , Dina Y. Afifi , Zynab F. Mohammed , Hend M. Abu Shady
{"title":"Mental health problems among children with lupus nephritis","authors":"Heba T. Osman ,&nbsp;Dina Y. Afifi ,&nbsp;Zynab F. Mohammed ,&nbsp;Hend M. Abu Shady","doi":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim of the work</h3><p>To assess and compare depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairments in juvenile systemic erythematous lupus (JSLE) children with lupus nephritis (LN) during the induction and maintenance phases of treatment and to investigate the association with disease activity, damage and immunosuppressive medications.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and methods</h3><p>This study included 33 patients diagnosed as JSLE with LN. Attention and working memory were assessed by the working memory index Wechsler Intelligence Scale (WISC). Depression and anxiety were assessed by the Children Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Spence Children Anxiety Scale respectively. The SLE disease activity index 2000 (SLEDAI-2 K) was recorded.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The mean age of the children was 11.6 ± 2.2 years, 88 % were females and 12 % males with disease duration of 16.9 ± 9.2 months and age at onset of 10.2 ± 2.3 years. Mean anxiety scores were higher among patients during the induction phase than those during maintenance phase (62.1 ± 7.2 and 40.2 ± 8.8 respectively; p &lt; 0.001). The depression score was higher in the induction (19 ± 5.5) than in the maintenance group (12.4 ± 5.6) (p = 0.002). Mean anxiety scores significantly correlated with SLEDAI-2 K and corticosteroids dose (r = 0.58 and r = 0.43, p = 0.0004 and p = 0.013 respectively) and a significant negative correlation with duration of corticosteroids and number of cyclophosphamide doses (r = 0.46 and r = 0.69, p = 0.008 and p = 0.0001 respectively).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Depression and anxiety levels were higher in children with LN during the induction phase of treatment than those in the maintenance phase. Mental health problems must be screened among children with LN and treating these problems can improve the medical and psychosocial outcomes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46152,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Rheumatologist","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 198-201"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142058512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Microribonucleic acid-9 (miRNA-9) as a potential diagnostic marker in Behҫet’s syndrome patients 微核糖核酸-9(miRNA-9)作为白塞氏综合征患者的潜在诊断标志物
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.004
Moustafa A. Saad , Hala I. El Gendy , Mervat E. Behiry , Olfat Shaker , Ahmed H. Laymouna
{"title":"Microribonucleic acid-9 (miRNA-9) as a potential diagnostic marker in Behҫet’s syndrome patients","authors":"Moustafa A. Saad ,&nbsp;Hala I. El Gendy ,&nbsp;Mervat E. Behiry ,&nbsp;Olfat Shaker ,&nbsp;Ahmed H. Laymouna","doi":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim of the work</h3><p>Behҫet’s syndrome is a disease that causes inflammation of small, medium, and large vessels in a lot of body organs. Microribonucleic acid-9 (miRNA-9) is an important regulator of inflammation through negative feedback inhibition of the Nuclear Factor Kappa B pathway. This work objective was to assess the expression level of miRNA-9 in Behҫet’s syndrome patients and to study its relation to different activity domains.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and methods</h3><p>Sixty adult Behҫet’s syndrome patients with sixty matched controls were recruited. The activity scores of patients were calculated using Behcet’s Disease Current Activity Form (BDCAF), and the Behcet Syndrome Activity Score (BSAS). Gene expression of miRNA-9 was assessed using real-time PCR.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The mean age of the cases was 33.8 ± 7.92 years. Male to female ratio was 6.5:1. The most frequent manifestations of activity were new eye involvement (58.3 %) followed by arthralgia (55 %) and then mouth ulcerations (41.7 %). The median activity scores were 7/20 on the BDCAF and 23/100 on the BSAS. The mean miRNA-9 showed a 53.4 fold change among cases compared to controls (p &lt; 0.001). Using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, a miRNA-9 cutoff value fold change of 1.035 would significantly discriminate patients from controls (p &lt; 0.001) with 71.7 % sensitivity and 100 % specificity. There was no statistically significant relation between miRNA-9 fold changes and the studied activity scores or the different domains of disease activity.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>miRNA-9 is over-expressed in Behҫet’s syndrome and may be considered as a potential diagnostic marker and a future therapeutic target in Behcet’s syndrome.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46152,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Rheumatologist","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 190-193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141953716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Knee ultrasonography in end stage kidney disease patients 末期肾病患者的膝关节超声检查
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.003
Amany M. Diab , Manal Eldeeb , Samar S. Yousuf , Amr M. Shaker
{"title":"Knee ultrasonography in end stage kidney disease patients","authors":"Amany M. Diab ,&nbsp;Manal Eldeeb ,&nbsp;Samar S. Yousuf ,&nbsp;Amr M. Shaker","doi":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim of the work</h3><p>To detect ultrasonographic findings in the knees of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients on regular hemodialysis.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and methods</h3><p>Thirty adult ESKD patients on regular hemodialysis for more than one year were studied. Patients with gout, knee joint replacement or injection with steroids were excluded. Knee ultrasonography was done to evaluate the femoral cartilage as regards its thickness, sharpness or urate crystal deposition.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>This study included 13 male (43.3 %) and 17 females (56.7 %) with mean age 45 ± 12 years, body mass index (BMI) 26.4 ± 5.4 Kg/m2, duration of hemodialysis 1.5–27 years and serum uric acid 3.6 (1–10). Femoral cartilage double contour sign was present in 11 (36.7 %) patients, suprapatellar effusion in 20 (66.7 %), suprapatellar aggregates in 10 (33.3 %), medial patellar effusion in 8 (26.7 %), lateral patellar effusion in 12 (40 %) and lateral patellar aggregate was in 6 (20 %). Serum uric acid (SUA) level tended to correlate with body mass index (BMI), total cholesterol, LDL, fasting blood sugar (FBS), and platelet counts without significance and negatively correlated to age, hemoglobin (Hb) level, total leucocytic count (TLC), size of suprapatellar effusion and duration of hemodialysis.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Effusion, urate crystal deposition, double contour and aggregate were frequently observed in knee ultrasound in ESRD patients on hemodialysis. Both double contour and aggregates were the most common combined ultrasound finding. The ultrasonographic findings were not related to the duration of hemodialysis or uric acid level.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46152,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Rheumatologist","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 185-189"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141950547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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C-reactive protein/albumin ratio and its improvement with disease activity among axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis patients: A prospective study 轴性脊柱关节炎和银屑病关节炎患者的 C 反应蛋白/白蛋白比值及其随疾病活动性的改善情况:前瞻性研究
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.002
Noha A. Abdelsalam, Enas I. Abdelhady, Mona Rabie, Reham Abd Elkhalek
{"title":"C-reactive protein/albumin ratio and its improvement with disease activity among axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis patients: A prospective study","authors":"Noha A. Abdelsalam,&nbsp;Enas I. Abdelhady,&nbsp;Mona Rabie,&nbsp;Reham Abd Elkhalek","doi":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><strong>Background</strong>: The C-reactive protein /albumin ratio (CAR) has emerged as a novel biomarker in inflammatory conditions. <strong>Aim of the work:</strong> To assess the association of CAR with disease activity and its possible role as a biomarker for improvement among Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) patients. <strong>Patients and methods:</strong> The study was conducted on 85 axSpA and 51 PsA patients. C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), albumin, CAR, and the AS disease activity score (ASDAS) as well as the disease activity PsA (DAPSA) score measures were calculated at baseline and after three months during the follow-up visit. <strong>Results:</strong> The CAR significantly correlated with the ASDAS in axSpA patients (r = 0.58, p &lt; 0.001) and had a tendency to correlate with the DAPSA in the PsA group. (r = 0.1, p = 0.47). There was a fair agreement between CAR and ASDAS improvements. However, CAR was not suitable for the assessment of improvement in axSpA patients compared to both ASDAS and ASDAS clinically important improvement (ASDAS-CII) (sensitivity:86 %, specificity:46.9 %, accuracy:70.7 %, and sensitivity: 14 %, specificity: 75 %, accuracy: 37.8 %, respectively) or in PsA patients compared to both DAPSA improvement and response (sensitivity: 90 %, specificity: 30 %, accuracy: 78 % and sensitivity: 30 %, specificity: 70 %, accuracy: 38 %, respectively). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The CAR is a simple rapid inexpensive objective test for evaluating the disease activity in axSpA rather than in PsA. On follow-up, the CAR improvement was unsuitable to assess improvement among axSpA and PsA patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46152,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Rheumatologist","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 180-184"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141950548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Hand and wrist musculoskeletal changes in systemic sclerosis patients 系统性硬化症患者手部和腕部肌肉骨骼的变化
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.06.004
Caroline S. Morad , Reem A. Habeeb , Youssy S. Eshak Gergius , Youssef S. Hendawy , Sara M. Othman , AlShymaa M. Farouk
{"title":"Hand and wrist musculoskeletal changes in systemic sclerosis patients","authors":"Caroline S. Morad ,&nbsp;Reem A. Habeeb ,&nbsp;Youssy S. Eshak Gergius ,&nbsp;Youssef S. Hendawy ,&nbsp;Sara M. Othman ,&nbsp;AlShymaa M. Farouk","doi":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.06.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejr.2024.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim of the work</h3><p>To study hand and wrist musculoskeletal changes among systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and methods</h3><p>Thirty adult SSc patients were enrolled and subjected to detailed medical history, clinical examination, laboratory investigations, and imaging studies including X-ray and musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) on both hands and wrists.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The mean age of the studied patients was 40 ± 9.9 years, disease duration 5.4 ± 4.1 years and 28 (93.3 %) were females. Joint space narrowing (JSN) was the commonest finding in plain X-ray being detected in 9 (30 %) patients affecting mostly metacarpophalangeal joints (MCPs). Other X-ray findings included erosions (13.3 %), osteophytes (6.7 %), calcinosis (10 %), acro-osteolysis (13.3 %), and flexion contractures (3.3 %). Tenosynovitis was the most prevalent finding in MSUS detected in 43.3 % with the sclerosing pattern being the dominant type affecting mainly extensor tendons. 23.3 % of patients had active wrist synovitis, while 13.3 % of patients had wrist effusion, 13.3 % had MCP erosions, 13.3 % had MCP JSN, and 10 % had osteophytes. Patients who had no arthritis on presentation had a higher frequency of digital ulcers and tenosynovitis. Regression analysis showed that lack of hydroxychloroquine and methotrexate intake, absence of digital ulcers, presence of morning stiffness, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) &gt; 27 mm/h and C-reactive protein (CRP) &gt; 9 mg/dL, JSN by X-ray and absence of tenosynovitis by US were associated with arthritis.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Articular involvement in SSc is frequent and could be the main presenting symptom. Clinical examination, ESR and CRP testing, along with plain radiography, and musculoskeletal ultrasonography are important to detect arthritis early and treat accordingly.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46152,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Rheumatologist","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 175-179"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141541129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A single-center experience: Enteropathic arthritis in inflammatory bowel diseases 单中心经验:炎症性肠病的肠病性关节炎
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.001
Barış Çabuk , Dilara Bulut Gökten , Tevfik Solakoğlu , Rafet Mete , Nurten Türkel Küçükmetin , Rıdvan Mercan
{"title":"A single-center experience: Enteropathic arthritis in inflammatory bowel diseases","authors":"Barış Çabuk ,&nbsp;Dilara Bulut Gökten ,&nbsp;Tevfik Solakoğlu ,&nbsp;Rafet Mete ,&nbsp;Nurten Türkel Küçükmetin ,&nbsp;Rıdvan Mercan","doi":"10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejr.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim of the work</h3><p>To ascertain the frequency of enteropathic arthritis among patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and to investigate the relation between spondyloarthritis (SpA) and patients treated for IBD.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and methods</h3><p>This study examined 124 adult patients with IBD. The evaluation encompassed both axial and peripheral SpA. Information pertaining to the patients’ age, gender, age at the time of IBD and SpA diagnosis, symptoms of inflammatory low back pain (iLBP), dactylitis, peripheral arthritis, history of uveitis, pelvic X-ray, sacroiliac joint magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ankylosing spondylitis disease actviity score (ASDAS) and Bath ankylosing spondylitis disease actvity index (BASDAI) were compiled.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The IBD patients were 82 having ulcerative colitis (UC) and 42 Crohns disease (CD). 58 (46.8 %) were female and 66 (53.2 %) males. 36 (29 %) were diagnosed with SpA, 18 males and 18 females. The age of the patients was 49 ± 11.2 years (18–74 years). The duration of IBD was 5.96 ± 5.54 years (1–29 years). Sacroiliitis was assessed in 60 (48.3 %) patients using MRI. None of the patients had psoriasis or uveitis. Dactylitis was present in 1.6 % and enthesitis in 8 % of patients with IBD. In UC group, 18 (21.9 %) were diagnosed with SpA and in CD group, 18 (42.8 %) had SpA. No significant relationship was found between the diagnosis of UC/CD and the general SpA group.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>A considerable number of individuals with IBD also experience SpA. Any delay in diagnosing enteropathic arthritis could lead to functional limitations. Therefore, timely diagnosis is crucial to facilitate optimal treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46152,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Rheumatologist","volume":"46 4","pages":"Pages 171-174"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141541128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ultrasoundhydrodistention in adhesivecapsulitis: Hospital versus home-based rehabilitation 粘连性囊炎的超声波水滞留:医院康复与家庭康复的比较
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.06.003
Danilo Donati , Roberto Tedeschi , Paolo Spinnato , Davide Pederiva , Federico Pilla , Cesare Faldini , Maria Grazia Benedetti , Enrico Guerra , Marco Cavallo , Marco Miceli , Stefano Galletti , Fabio Vita
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Association between dry eye disease subtypes and rheumatoid arthritis 干眼症亚型与类风湿性关节炎之间的关系
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Egyptian Rheumatologist Pub Date : 2024-06-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2024.06.002
Hugo Pena-Verdeal , Jacobo Garcia-Queiruga , Belén Sabucedo-Villamarin , Carlos Garcia-Resua , Maria J. Giraldez , Eva Yebra-Pimentel
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