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Impact of Concordance Between Antinuclear Antibody Indirect Immunofluorescence ...
Pinto Oliveira, Cláudia; Pereira Silva, Mariana; Vilafanha, Carolina; Costa, Graça; Santos, Mariana Emília; Gonçalves, Maria João; Silva, PriscilaIdiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of systemic autoimmune rheumatic disorders in which chronic inflammation of skeletal muscle leads to muscle weakness. Many other organs, including the skin, heart, lungs, and joints, may be affected. Patients with IIM may be positive for myositis antibodies (MAs), including myositis-specific and/or associated antibodies. Although helpful for est...
The Mediterranean diet, and not dietary inflammatory index, is associated with ...
Charneca, Sofia; Ferro, Margarida; Vasques, João; Carolino, Elisabete; Martins-Martinho, Joana; Duarte-Monteiro, Ana Margarida; Dourado, EduardoPurpose: To assess the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) /individual Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and disease activity, disease impact, and functional status in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients. Methods: RA patients followed at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, were recruited. DII was calculated using dietary intake data collected with a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Adhere...
The Mediterranean diet, and not dietary inflammatory index, is associated with ...
Charneca, Sofia; Ferro, Margarida; Vasques, João; Carolino, Elisabete; Martins-Martinho, Joana; Duarte-Monteiro, Ana Margarida; Dourado, EduardoPurpose: To assess the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) /individual Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and disease activity, disease impact, and functional status in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients. Methods: RA patients followed at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, were recruited. DII was calculated using dietary intake data collected with a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Adhere...
Predictors of cardiac involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Bandeira, Matilde; Dourado, Eduardo; Melo, Ana Teresa; Martins, Patrícia; Fraga, Vanessa; Ferraro, José Luís; Saraiva, André; Sousa, MarleneObjectives: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of rare disorders that can affect the heart. This work aimed to find predictors of cardiac involvement in IIM. Methods: Multicenter, open cohort study, including patients registered in the IIM module of the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register (Reuma.pt/Myositis) until January 2022. Patients without cardiac involvement information were excluded....
Anxiety and depression in patients with giant cell arteritis
Martinho, Joana Martins; Ponte, André; Dourado, Eduardo; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Barreira, Sofia C.; Machado, Ana R. Cruz; Macieira, Carla; Teixeira, VítorObjectives To compare the prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients with GCA with that in the general population, using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and to identify independent predictors of these psychiatric manifestations in patients with GCA.Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study including all patients diagnosed with GCA followed during 1 year in a vasculitis outpatient clin...
Hoarseness as the presentation of immunoglobulin G4-related disease with vocal ...
Dourado, Eduardo; Silva Martins, Ana; Fonseca, João EuricoImmunoglobulin G4-related disease is a rare fibroinflammatory infiltrative condition with heterogeneous clinical manifestations. We present the case of a 64-year-old man that presented with hoarseness due to vocal cord involvement, a particularly rare manifestation. A large mediastinal mass compressing thoracic large vessels was also identified. The patient was initially treated with glucocorticoids but had rel...
Rheumatology residency in a European Reference Network on Rare and Complex Conn...
Dourado, Eduardo; Melo, Ana Teresa; Pacini, Giovanni; Pankow, Anne; Klemm, Philipp; Machado, Ana RitaRheumatology is a growing medical speciality with many attractive points to young doctors. Residency is a demanding period of a physician's life, and choosing the right hospital for one's residency may not be easy. We report on our personal experience as Rheumatology residents in European Reference Network on Rare and Complex Connective Tissue and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ERN-ReCONNET) centres.
The safety and persistence of intravenous iloprost in systemic sclerosis
Martins, Patrícia; Dourado, Eduardo; Fonseca, João Eurico; Romão, Vasco C.; Resende, CatarinaIntroduction: Vasculopathy is a crucial feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc). It occurs in almost every patient with SSc, with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) and digital ulcers (DU) having a great impact on the quality of patients' lives. Intravenous (IV) iloprost, a synthetic analogue of prostacyclin, is broadly used to treat RP and DU secondary to SSc. Currently, there is no standard protocol defined for the ilopro...
Localized forms of Vasculitis
Martins Martinho, Joana; Dourado, Eduardo; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Espinosa, Pablo; Ponte, CristinaPurpose of review: To provide an updated review on epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic assessment, treatment, and prognosis of localized vasculitis, following the 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature on single-organ vasculitis. Recent findings: Localized, single-organ vasculitides encompass a group of rare conditions in which there is no evidence of concomitant ...
Ten years of a systemic sclerosis clinic in a tertiary referral centre - insigh...
Martins, Patrícia; Dourado, Eduardo; Fonseca, João Eurico; Cordeiro, Inês; Romão, Vasco C.; Resende, CatarinaSystemic sclerosis (SSc) is an uncommon condition, with a wide range of manifestations, characterized by specific antibody production, vasculopathy and fibrosis of the skin and other internal organs. It is a complex disease, which is estimated to be rare in Portugal, although specific incidence data are missing. The aetiology of SSc remains unknown, but is likely to be multifactorial, involving genetic and envi...