Publications by authors named "Laetitia Diep"
Unlabelled: This study describes the characteristics of 337 patients seen by the fracture liaison service of the Amiens University Hospital for at least two osteoporotic fractures between 2009 and 2019. Results showed that recurrent fracture occurs rapidly after the index fracture. Rheumatological and therapeutic managements are not sufficient, mainly because of cognitive disorders or patients' refusal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Drug persistence reflects an agent’s efficacy and safety in routine practice. This study was undertaken to compare the 2-year persistence rates of three biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to describe their efficacy and safety profiles. Methods: This retrospective, observational, single-center study included RA patients who had received at least one intravenous dose of infliximab, abatacept, and/or tocilizumab.
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- Cardiovascular disease, especially heart attacks, is the main cause of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), prompting a study to evaluate the coronary artery calcification score (CACS) in these patients.
- The study involved 50 patients with stable or remitted RA and included a range of cardiovascular tests, aiming to see how many had a CACS over 100, indicating serious atherosclerosis.
- Results showed 24% of patients had a high CACS, leading to a reclassification of cardiovascular risk in some cases, with significant factors being age, sex, and smoking status, but no link was found to RA treatments.