Sheila Jacobs

Using data from the BRIDGE-PMR trial, researchers assessed rates of glucocorticoid-free remission after rituximab infusion among patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.

The risk factors associated with cardiovascular events were evaluated among patients with Behçet disease.

The effect of sex on disease characteristics and treatment persistence was studied among patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Clinical outcomes, including disease activity and symptoms, were found to be worse in women vs men with early axSpA.

Researchers studied the features of juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated with temporomandibular joint involvement.

The radiologic differences between diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and ankylosing spondylitis were studied.

Researchers conducted a multicenter study to compare relapses among patients with giant cell arteritis-associated aortitis using 2 imaging methods.

Researchers studied the genetic basis and determined the association between obesity, serum urate levels, and gout.

Researchers compared the sensitivity and specificity of 2 frailty screening tools — the Hospital Frailty Risk Score and the Clinical Frailty Scale — in patients with COPD.

Researchers studied whether patients with rheumatoid arthritis who received treat-to-target management had excess cardiovascular disease risk.

Researchers studied the effect of endophthalmitis on risk for acute myocardial infarction among patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Researchers assessed the effect of exercise on physical function and quality of life in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis.

Researchers sought to evaluate the risk for incident myocarditis within 1 year following infection with COVID-19.

Researchers identified traditional and disease-specific risk factors for cardiovascular events among patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Researchers assessed the prevalence and clinical manifestations of UBA1 variants that are associated with VEXAS syndrome in the US.

Researchers developed a risk score for predicting incidence of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease.

Researchers presented pooled data assessing the safety of guselkumab among patients with psoriatic arthritis with and without prior use of TNF inhibitors.

Researchers sought to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of leflunomide among patients with Takayasu arteritis and giant cell arteritis.

Researchers studied the attainment of lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS) in patients with SLE who received treatment with anifrolumab.

Researchers studied the association between local joint inflammation and progression of the joint damage among patients with rheumatoid arthritis

A secondary analysis of the REMAP-CAP trial evaluated long-term outcomes of multiple interventions used for critically ill patients with COVID-19.

Researchers studied the effect of death, adverse medication events, length of hospital stay, and costs in MIS-C vs COVID-19.

Researchers sought to evaluate the relationship between birth weight and cardiovascular health in middle age.

Researchers studied the timing and predictors of incident cardiovascular disease in a predominantly Black population with systemic lupus erythematosus.

The prevalence and magnitude of preexisting radiographic damage, and the association between radiographic damage and swollen/tender joint counts, were assessed among patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Researchers assessed the risk factors for dementia among patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Investigators assessed the prevalence of sleep apnea among patients 3 months after an ICU stay for COVID-19 pneumonia.

Researchers identified predictors of severe multisystem inflammatory disease in children (MIS-C).

Using latent profile analysis, researchers assessed the health-related quality of life of patients with connective tissue diseases.

Researchers investigated whether insufficient sleep is predictive of weight regain throughout the maintenance of weight loss in individuals with obesity.