Spanish Registry of Recent-onset Psoriatic Arthritis (REAPSER study): Aims and methodology.

Aims: To describe the methodology of REAPSER (Spanish Registry of Recent-onset Psoriatic Arthritis), its strengths and limitations. The aim of this study is to identify prognostic factors for the clinical and radiographic course in a cohort of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) diagnosed within 2years of symptom evolution.

Methods: Multicenter, observational and prospective study (with 2-year follow-up including annual visits).

Prevalence of Nasal Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Unlabelled: Objetive: Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus have an increased risk of developing infections caused by S. aureus. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of S.

Axial involvement according to ASAS criteria in an observational psoriatic arthritis cohort.

The definition of axial involvement in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is still under debate. Currently, the axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) criteria defined by Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) may be the most adequate.(1) The aims of present study were to assess axial involvement according to ASAS criteria in an observational PsA cohort and define the clinical characteristics more associated with this kind of involvement.

Cardiovascular disease in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: A cross-sectional analysis of 6 cohorts.

To analyze in several immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) the influence of demographic and clinical-related variables on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and compare their standardized prevalences.Cross-sectional study, including consecutive patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Crohn disease, or ulcerative colitis, from rheumatology, gastroenterology, and dermatology tertiary care outpatient clinics located throughout Spain, between 2007 and 2010. Our main outcome was defined as previous diagnosis of angina, myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular disease, and/or stroke.

Heel pain in psoriatic arthropathy: Analysis of a series of 291 patients.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of heel pain in a series of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional, observational and retrospective study of a series of 347 patients. All patients fulfilled the CASPAR criteria for PsA and 291 had a clinically significant history of heel pain.

[Assessment of an intervention on cardiovascular risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention on cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Methods: After determining their CVRF and cardiovascular risk (CVR) by modified SCORE, we gave the patients a letter for their general practitioners in which they were requested for their cooperation in controlling CVRF and where the therapeutic goal for LDL cholesterol was specified. Three months later, any therapeutic intervention was recorded as well as the results.

Specific cutaneous involvement in Whipple disease.

Cutaneous lesions in Whipple disease (WD) are infrequent, and the histological findings are usually nonspecific. Specific cutaneous lesions have rarely been described and usually involve the subcutaneous fat. We report a patient diagnosed with WD, who developed multiple small subcutaneous nodules after antibiotic treatment was administered.

Standards of care for patients with spondyloarthritis.

To define and give priory to standards of care in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). A systematic literature review on SpA standards of care and a specific search in relevant and related sources was performed. An expert panel was established who developed the standards of care and graded their priority (high, mild, low, or no priority) following qualitative methodology and Delphi process.

Bone mineral density status and frequency of osteoporosis and clinical fractures in 155 patients with psoriatic arthritis followed in a university hospital.

Objective: To assess the bone mineral density (BMD) and the frequency of osteoporosis and clinical fractures in a large group of Spanish patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Patients And Methods: BMD was determined by DXA in all the patients who were willing to participate and had peripheral PsA regularly evaluated in a tertiary university hospital. All patients underwent a physical examination and general laboratory analysis.

Mutilating/resorptive arthritis. A study of 24 patients in a series of 360 patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Objective: To describe a large series of patients with mutilans/resorptive arthritis (AM) of a representative population of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and analyze the associated variables.

Methods: Multicenter cross-sectional study of consecutive patients affected by PsA in 8 centers. In patients with swelling or deformity of the hands or feet we performed an anteroposterior rx.

[Are useful prognostic factors in rheumatoid arthritis?].

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, which predominantly affects joints and that confers poor functional and vital outcome. In many patients the inflammatory process is maintained for years, and results in joint destruction and long-term functional disability. Prognostic factors (PF) are demographic, clinical, laboratory and/or radiographic and should be evaluated at the onset of the disease, providing the physician prospective information on patient outcome.

Effect of stopping risedronate after long-term treatment on bone turnover.

Context: Determining how quickly bisphosphonate treatment effects begin to regress is crucial when considering termination of treatment.

Objective: Our objective was to assess the effects of 1 yr discontinuation of risedronate use in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who had previously received risedronate for 2 or 7 yr.

Design And Setting: Before initiation of the current study, placebo/5-mg-risedronate patients had received placebo for 5 yr and risedronate for 2 yr, whereas 5-mg-risedronate patients had received risedronate for a total of 7 yr.

Relationship between psoriatic arthritis and moderate-severe psoriasis: analysis of a series of 166 psoriatic arthritis patients selected from a hospital population.

The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of moderate to severe psoriasis (MS-P) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and the relationship between MS-P and other variables related to arthritis. One hundred sixty-six consecutive patients with PsA periodically monitored at a university hospital's PsA unit in northeastern Spain were included in the study. Patients with psoriasis were classified as having MS-P when systemic treatment for skin was required.

Assessment of cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis: impact of the new EULAR recommendations on the score cardiovascular risk index.

To assess the impact of the application of the European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) task force recommendations in the cardiovascular (CV) risk of a series of Spanish patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Two hundred consecutive RA patients seen at the rheumatology outpatient clinics of Bellvitge Hospital, Barcelona, were studied. Information on clinical features of the disease, classic CV risk factors, and history of CV events was assessed.

[Functional impairment in psoriatic arthritis. Multicentric study of 343 patients].

Background And Objective: The study is aimed at improving our knowledge about the functional impairment of the psoriatic arthritis through a multicentral series.

Patients And Method: We have designed a transversal and multicentral study (centers of the same geographical area), including 343 patients with psoriatic arthritis. Eight medical centers have participated.

Influence of previous corticosteroid therapy on temporal artery biopsy yield in giant cell arteritis.

Objective: To determine the impact of prior corticosteroid treatment on temporal artery biopsy (TAB) yield to establish the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA).

Methods: Retrospective study of a consecutive cohort of 78 patients clinically diagnosed and managed as GCA, who received corticosteroids before TAB.

Results: Among the 78 patients, TAB was positive in 57 (73%) and negative in 21 (27%).

Frequency of osteoporosis in 187 men with rheumatoid arthritis followed in a university hospital.

Objective: Although there is relevant information on frequency of osteoporosis in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), data about male patients are limited. We evaluated the frequency of osteoporosis in a group of Spanish men with RA followed in a university hospital.

Methods: From the database of our bone densitometry unit, we searched for men with RA evaluated between January 1991 and December 2004 and identified 187 patients, 156 of whom were older than 50 years.