Hyperuricemia in systemic lupus erythematosus: is it associated with the neuropsychiatric manifestations of the disease?
Conclusions: Hyperuricemia in SLE patients is independently associated with the occurrence of stroke and peripheral neuropathy. It is also independently associated with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and history of arterial thrombosis, which are the major stroke and myocardial infarction risk factors in SLE patients.RESUMO Objetivos: Avaliar a associa ção entre a hiperuricemia e diferentes manifestações neuropsiquiátricas e os fatores de risco para AVE em pacientes com lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES). Métodos: Este estudo foi feito em 204 pacientes com LES que foram internados em um centro de referência de aten...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 20, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Direct oral anticoagulants in antiphospholipid syndrome
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Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 20, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Salivary β2-microglobulin positively correlates with ESSPRI in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome
Conclusions There is a significant positive correlation between sB2M and the ESSPRI. Additionally, sB2M is higher in patients who were above the threshold of unsatisfactory symptom state. Our results suggest that, in pSS, the intensity of the symptoms is indeed associated with sB2M. sB2M might thus represent a simple and objective method to aid in the identification of those with an unsatisfactory symptom state. The latter is especially important in chronic diseases since their treatment aims to improve patients’ quality of life. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 14, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Vascular endothelial growth factor G1612A (rs10434) gene polymorphism and neuropsychiatric manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Conclusion Polymorphism in the gene coding for VEGF may be associated with increased incidence of neuropsychiatric lupus in SLE patients. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 13, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Fear-avoidance beliefs increase perception of pain and disability in Mexicans with chronic low back pain
Conclusion The present study suggests that there is a strong relationship between pain severity, FABQ scores, and functional disability in Mexicans with chronic LBP. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 8, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Latent tuberculosis infection screening in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients preceding anti-TNF therapy in a tuberculosis high-risk country
Conclusion Long-term evaluation revealed that LTBI screening and primary prophylaxis before anti-TNF treatment was effective in a high-risk country and TST was the most sensitive parameter to identify these patients. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 7, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Analysis of sexual function of patients with dermatomyositis and polymyositis through self-administered questionnaires: a cross-sectional study
Conclusions This was the first study to identify sexual dysfunction in patients with DM/PM. Therefore, a multidisciplinary approach is essential for patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, in order to provide prevention and care for their sexual life, providing a better quality of life, both for patients and their partners. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 5, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Inadequate pain relief among patients with primary knee osteoarthritis
Conclusions Our findings indicate that improvements are needed in the management of pain in knee OA in order to achieve better outcomes in terms of pain relief, function and quality of life. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 5, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Biological therapy and development of neoplastic disease in patients with juvenile rheumatic disease: a systematic review
This study aims to assess, through a systematic review of the literature according to Prisma (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) quality criteria, the risk of cancer in patients with juvenile rheumatic disease, and its association with biological agents. The criteria described by the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology initiative were used in order to assess the methodological quality of those individual items selected in this study. We analyzed nine publications, from a total of 251 papers initially selected. There was an increase in cancer risk in the popu...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 5, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Topographic MRI evaluation of the sacroiliac joints in patients with axial spondyloarthritis
Conclusion Chronic inflammatory changes and the pattern of bone edema predominated in the upper third of SI, but a simultaneous involvement of middle or lower thirds of the joint was also noted. The location of involvement in the upper third of SI is insufficient to differentiate between degeneration and inflammation. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - December 2, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
EpiFibro (Brazilian Fibromyalgia Registry): data on the ACR classification and diagnostic preliminary criteria fulfillment and the follow-up evaluation
Conclusion InEpiFibro, most patients fulfill simultaneously the ACR1990 and ACR2010. A larger number of patients fulfill the ACR2010 at the time of the evaluation. There was a moderate correlation between the Polysymptomatic Distress Scale and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. Most patients remained stable over time. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - November 22, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Association between body mass index and osteoporosis in women from northwestern Rio Grande do Sul
Conclusion Obese women had lower prevalence of osteopenia compared with normal weight subjects and also with lower prevalence of osteoporosis as compared to normal- and overweight women. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - November 10, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Association between demyelinating disease and autoimmune rheumatic disease in a pediatric population
Conclusion Among patients with demyelinating diseases diagnosed in childhood included in this study there was a high frequency of antinuclear antibody positivity but a lower association with rheumatologic autoimmune diseases than that observed in studies conducted in adults. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - October 26, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Severe infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis taking anakinra, rituximab, or abatacept: a systematic review of observational studies
Publication date: Available online 27 October 2016 Source:Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (English Edition) Author(s): Vanderlea Poeys Cabral, Carlos Augusto Ferreira de Andrade, Sonia Regina Lambert Passos, Maria de Fátima Moreira Martins, Yara Hahr Marques Hökerberg A question is raised about an increased risk of severe infection from the use of biological drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. This systematic review of observational studies aimed at assessing the risk of severe infection associated with the use of anakinra, rituximab, and abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The following d...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - October 26, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Did Father Cicero suffer from rheumatism?
Abstract Father Cicero Romao Batista is probably the most famous Cear á character of all time. An important protagonist of the Cariri region, situated in the south of Ceara State, in the late nineteenth century and the first third of the twentieth century, Father Cicero had great political and religious activity, as well as other less well-known achievements, for ins tance, his ecological teachings that led him to be awarded the title of “ Patron of Forests ” , besides an enormous effort and personal sacrifice for the improvement of the conditions of human life. Inspired by reading his biography, we find that the “ ...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - October 25, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
