The impact of systemic lupus erythematosus on women's sexual functioning.

Introduction: The effect of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) on women's sexual functioning has been rarely assessed.

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of SLE on women's sexual functioning.

Methods: A total of 302 consecutive female outpatients with SLE were provided with a questionnaire composed of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), questions for sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidities.

Tricuspid flow propagation velocity predicts exercise tolerance and readmission in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Background: Evaluating right ventricular dysfunction, pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP), and exercise tolerance is critical in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) because of the high mortality rate in such patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The aim of this study was to use the flow propagation velocity (FPV) of early diastolic tricuspid inflow to evaluate exercise tolerance and PAH severity and to predict readmission in patients with SLE.

Methods: A total of 66 patients with SLE with or without PAH and 30 healthy control subjects were enrolled.

Primary Sjögren's syndrome complicated with cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis, myocarditis, and multi-organ involvement.

Glomerulonephritis in primary Sjögren's syndrome is rarely reported. Cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis with the presence of cryoglobulin deposition in the glomerular capillary lumen in primary Sjögren's syndrome is extremely rare. A 51-year-old woman with primary Sjögren's syndrome for > 10 years complained of fever, hypertension, and proteinuria.

Prolonged survival after single lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus.

Pulmonary hypertension is one of the life-threatening complications of systemic lupus erythematosus, but these patients are often excluded from lung transplantation candidacy due to the nature of underlying multiple system involvement. We report a long-term survival after single lung transplantation in a case of systemic lupus erythematosus with severe pulmonary hypertension. It suggests that single lung transplantation may be considered in such patients, especially in condition of limited donor organ supply.