Clinical and Serologic Phenotyping and Damage Indices in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With and Without Fibromyalgia.

Objective: Given fibromyalgia (FM) frequently co-occurs with autoimmune disease, this study was initiated to objectively evaluate FM in a multiracial/ethnic cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Methods: Patients with SLE were screened for FM using the 2016 FM classification criteria during an in-person rheumatologist visit. We evaluated hybrid Safety of Estrogens in Lupus National Assessment (SELENA)-SLE Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) scores, SLE classification criteria, and Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics damage index.

Inflammatory eye disease for rheumatologists.

Purpose Of Review: This review provides a framework for understanding inflammatory eye disease diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management for rheumatologists. Uveitis, scleritis, episcleritis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, and orbital inflammation are all discussed. The goal is to facilitate the development of approaches to inflammatory eye diseases that will help rheumatologists co-manage these patients with eye care providers specializing in ocular inflammation.

Vacuum Packaging Maintains Fresh Characteristics of Previously Frozen Beef Steaks during Simulated Retail Display.

The impact of frozen storage on beef steaks prior to the retail setting may result in changes to the quality and safety of the packaged meat. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to evaluate fresh characteristics on previously frozen steaks during a simulated retail display. Steaks were allocated to one of three packaging treatments (MB, MDF, MFS) and stored frozen (−13 °C) for 25 days in the absence of light.

septic arthritis of the glenohumeral joint following deltoid intramuscular vaccination.

A 68-year-old woman presented for left shoulder pain, decreased range of motion (ROM) and fever 7 days following COVID-19 vaccination. Investigations showed a tender left deltoid mass, decreased shoulder ROM and elevated inflammatory markers. MRI demonstrated a large glenohumeral effusion with synovitis, and arthrocentesis confirmed septic arthritis (SA).

Skin indentation firmness and tissue dielectric constant assessed in face, neck, and arm skin of young healthy women.

Purpose: Our goal was to test the hypothesis that skin firmness correlates with skin hydration.

Methods: Dermal water was assessed by tissue dielectric constant (TDC) at 0.5 mm (TDC ) and 2.

Age-related changes in male forearm skin-to-fat tissue dielectric constant at 300 MHz.

Prior research suggests that tissue dielectric constant (TDC) values are useful to assess localized skin water in females for early diagnosing breast cancer treatment-related lymphoedema and TDC values in young adults have shown gender differences. However, no TDC data are available for older males nor have ageing effects been studied despite known shifts in water state and other skin age-related changes. Thus our goals were to (i) characterize TDC values at various skin depths in young and older males, (ii) determine the dependence of these values on body composition parameters and (iii) establish inter-arm TDC ratios for use as normal male reference values.

Young adult gender differences in forearm skin-to-fat tissue dielectric constant values measured at 300 MHz.

Background/purpose: Skin-to-fat tissue dielectric constant (TDC) values depend on measurement depth and gender. Our goal was to assess male-female differences in TDC values associated with differing skin depths.

Methods: Bilateral forearm TDC measurements were made on young adult male and females with mean ages from 24.

Capsule history of the AANA journal.

This is a review of the history of the AANA Journal and its predecessor publications, the Bulletin of the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the Bulletin of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, and the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.