Publications by authors named "Sedie A"
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- The study aimed to standardize and evaluate the reliability of ultrasound for assessing inflammatory and structural lesions in patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA).
- Key inflammatory lesions identified included synovial hypertrophy, joint effusion, and power Doppler signals, while osteophytes and cartilage defects in specific joints were added as new structural measures.
- Results showed substantial intra-reader reliability for inflammatory features, though inter-reader reliability was moderate, indicating that further training could enhance consistency in assessments.
Objective: This study aimed to develop (1) a new ultrasound definition for aggregates and (2) a semi-quantitative ultrasound scoring system (0-3) for tophus, double contour and aggregates. Furthermore, the intra- and inter-reader reliabilities of both the re-defined aggregates and the semi-quantitative scoring system were assessed using static image exercises.
Methods: Thirty-seven rheumatologists were invited.
Aims: To analyze whether there is sufficient data from published literature to demonstrate that ultrasound, including elastography, present good metric properties (truth, discrimination and feasibility) in autoimmune myositis (AIM).
Methods: A population, intervention, comparator and outcome-structured (PICO) search was performed in Medline, Cochrane Library and Embase database from 01/01/1973 to 08/05/2019. The inclusion criteria required original research involving adult humans, reported in English, assessing ultrasound and elastography in patients with an AIM.
Contrasting results have been reported about the prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity (AT) and dysfunction (TD) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In this study, we pointed to evaluate the incidence of new cases of clinical and subclinical TD in a broad group of patients with PsA versus a control group, matched by age and gender belonging to the same geographic area. PsA patients with TD were excluded firstly, and new cases of thyroid disorders were evaluated in 97 PsA patients and 97 matched controls, who had comparable iodine intake (median follow-up of 74 months in PsA versus 92 in controls).
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