24 research outputs found
American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Sjögren's Syndrome Classification Criteria May Not Be Adequate for Extraglandular Disease and Necessitate Defining "Seronegative Sjögren's Syndrome": Comment on the Article by Shiboski et al.
American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Sjogren's Syndrome Classification Criteria May Not Be Adequate for Extraglandular Disease and Necessitate Defining ``Seronegative Sjogren's Syndrome{''}: Comment on the Article by Shiboski et al
Serum ferritin as an activity marker for granulamotosis with polyangiitis.
Serum ferritin correlates well with the activities of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and dermatomyositis, but it has not been previously studied in patients with vasculitis
IMPACT OF ARTERIAL STIFFNESS ON ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES AND MORTALITY IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS
Background: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease. In recent years, arterial stiffness has taken on great importance in the pathophysiology of CV diseases. The independent predictive value of arterial stiffness for CV events and for all-cause and CV mortality has been demonstrated in the general population and in hemodialysis patients. Our aim in this study was to determine the relationship of arterial stiffness with mortality and fatal and nonfatal CV events in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS
Aim: To investigate the prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and the possible contributing factors for PAH in patients receiving regular continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)
Kinesiophobia and related factors in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Background/aim: This study was designed to investigate the relationship
between kinesiophobia and the level of physical activity, depression,
disease activity, fatigue, pain, and quality of life in female patients
with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Materials and methods: Seventy volunteer female patients were included
in the study. Kinesiophobia, physical activity level, disease activity,
fatigue, depression, pain, and quality of life were assessed using the
Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia ('rSK), International Physical Activity
Questionnaire- Short Form (IPAQ), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease
Activity Index (SLEDAI), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Beck Depression
Inventory (BDI), McGill Pain Questionnaire- Short Form (MPQ-SF) and
Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), respectively.
Results: Two-thirds of the patients in the study had a high degree of
kinesiophobia. Although there was a significant correlation between
kinesiophobia and depression and some subscales of quality of life
(sleep, social isolation, emotional reactions) (P < 0.05), no
significant correlation with other parameters was found.
Conclusion: As a result of this study, the majority of SLE patients
included in the study were identified as having high levels of
kinesiophobia. Patients' fear and avoidance reaction from movement can
be influenced by psychosocial factors. Treatments focusing on
kinesiophobia of SLE patients could be beneficial in increasing the
success of rehabilitation
Efficacy and safety of interleukin-1 inhibitors in familial Mediterranean fever patients complicated with amyloidosis
The effects of early neurodevelopmental Bobath approach and mobilization on quadriceps muscle thickness in stroke patients
Background/aim: Following stroke, damage to the central nervous system
and adaptive changes in muscle tissue are factors responsible for the
loss of muscle strength. Even though it is suggested that early
physiotherapy and mobilization prevent structural adaptive changes in
muscle tissue, studies regarding this issue are insufficient. The aim of
this study is to investigate the effects of early physiotherapy and
mobilization on quadriceps muscle thickness (QMT) in stroke patients.
Materials and methods: Twelve stroke patients who were admitted to the
neurology intensive care unit and 13 healthy controls were included in
the study. QMT was examined at admission and discharge for each subject.
Additionally, functional extremity movements, balance, and functional
ambulation status were evaluated with the Stroke Rehabilitation
Assessment of Movement Scale (STREAM). All of the patients were
mobilized as early as possible by a physiotherapist and included in a
treatment program consisting of the neurodevelopmental Bobath approach.
Results: The patients' QMT values at admission and discharge were found
to be similar to those of the healthy control group (P > 0.05). When the
patients' QMT at the time of admission and discharge were compared, it
was seen that the affected side and the nonaffected side were similar (P
> 0.05). Additionally, when the admission and discharge results were
compared, improvements in functional extremity movements, balance, and
functional ambulation levels were observed (P < 0.05).
Conclusion: It can be seen that QMT can be preserved and functional
improvements can be provided through intense physiotherapy and
mobilization initiated in the early period following stroke
Serum ferritin as an activity marker for granulamotosis with polyangiitis
Background: Serum ferritin correlates well with the activities of
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and dermatomyositis, but it has not
been previously studied in patients with vasculitis.
Methods: Medical records of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA,
Wegener's granulomatosis) patients with at least six months of regular
follow-up were evaluated. The activity of GPA was assessed with
Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score for Wegener's Granulomatosis
(BVAS/WG). Serum ferritin and other acute phase markers were measured at
initial presentation.
Results: Serum ferritin levels were found to be the highest in GPA
patients with alveolar hemorrhage, median (IQR) 1041 (1281) mu g/L.
Patients with renal disease also had high levels of ferritin and it was
correlated with concurrent glomerular filtration rate (r = 0.65, p<.
001). Serum ferritin is also correlated well with the BVAS/WG scores (r
= 0.79, p <. 001).
Conclusions: Measurement of serum ferritin might help in assessing
disease activity of GPA