Assessing synovitis in the hands in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by ultrasound: an agreement study exploring the most inflammatory active side from two Norwegian trials

Autor: Lene Terslev, Robin Christensen, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Joe Sexton, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Hilde B. Hammer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Arthritis Research & Therapy, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-019-1930-y
Popis: Abstract Objective To assess if the right hand, the dominant hand, or the hand with more clinically swollen joints (SwJ) is per se the most inflamed and exhibits the greatest change during treatment and hence preferred for unilateral scoring of synovitis by ultrasound in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Methods Using data from two previously published Norwegian RA patient cohorts initiating treatment, bilateral metacarpophalangeal joint 1–5, proximal phalangeal joint 2+3, and wrists were evaluated by ultrasound. Using a 0–3 scoring system a grey-scale (GS), power Doppler (PD) and global synovitis score (GLOESS) was calculated for each hand (0–30). For precision, a difference of
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