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#2832 Lean tissue mass is associated with mortality across different stages of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Tabinor, M., Elphick, E., Stephens, C., Wall, N., Ul Hussain, A., Shah, R., …Davies, S. (2024, May). #2832 Lean tissue mass is associated with mortality across different stages of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Presented at 61st ERA Congress, Stockholm, Sweden

Background and Aims Loss of lean tissue mass (LLTM) commonly occurs in multiple long-term conditions (LTC), including chronic kidney disease (CKD), and is thought to be associated with adverse outcomes including mortality, frailty surrogates and poor... Read More about #2832 Lean tissue mass is associated with mortality across different stages of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

#2796 Divergent associations between mortality and different measures of renal function after adjustment for body composition: results from the UK Biobank (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Tabinor, M., Potts, J., Ferro, C. J., Davies, S., & Solis-Trapala, I. (2024, May). #2796 Divergent associations between mortality and different measures of renal function after adjustment for body composition: results from the UK Biobank. Presented at 61st ERA Congress, Stockholm, Sweden

Background and Aims There is data suggesting estimated glomerular filtration rate using Cystatin-C (eGFRCystatin-C) is superior to the creatinine-based (eGFRCreat) method when assessing associations between renal function and mortality (Lees et al. 2... Read More about #2796 Divergent associations between mortality and different measures of renal function after adjustment for body composition: results from the UK Biobank.

#1248 Sex specific associations between fat free mass and weight with mortality: sequences of regressions analyses from the UK Biobank cohort (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Tabinor, M., Potts, J., Ferro, C. J., Davies, S., & Solis-Trapala, I. (2024, May). #1248 Sex specific associations between fat free mass and weight with mortality: sequences of regressions analyses from the UK Biobank cohort. Presented at 61st ERA Congress, Stockholm, Sweden

Background and Aims There is growing evidence that muscle mass (MM) loss, observed in long term conditions (LTCs), including chronic kidney disease (CKD), is associated with mortality. This study aimed to explore the direct association between MM and... Read More about #1248 Sex specific associations between fat free mass and weight with mortality: sequences of regressions analyses from the UK Biobank cohort.

E-40 | Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Rivera, F. B., Cha, S. W., Shiza, S., Redula, S., Liston, M., Carado, G., …Mamas, M. A. (2024, May). E-40 | Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis. Poster presented at Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 47th Annual Scientific Sessions, Long Beach, California

Risk of renal disease progression in young adults with type-2-diabetes (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Perera, K., Baker, J., Jayanatha, K., Pickering, K., Cutfield, R., Orr-Walker, B. J., …Simmons, D. (2024, May). Risk of renal disease progression in young adults with type-2-diabetes. Paper presented at New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting & Annual General Meeting, Te Pae Convention Centre, 188 Oxford Tce, Ōtautahi Christchurch

P086 Trends in the Incidence and Management of Gout in England: A Nationwide Study using the OpenSAFELY Platform (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Russell, M. D., Massey, J., Roddy, E., MacKenna, B., Bacon, S., Goldacre, B., …Galloway, J. (2024, April). P086 Trends in the Incidence and Management of Gout in England: A Nationwide Study using the OpenSAFELY Platform. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis worldwide, yet one of the worst managed. Few population-level studies have evaluated how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on incidence, prevalence, management and hospitalisations for peopl... Read More about P086 Trends in the Incidence and Management of Gout in England: A Nationwide Study using the OpenSAFELY Platform.

P047 Mortality in patients with rheumatic disease over a three year period encompassing the COVID-19 pandemic: clinically extremely vulnerable status and short form 12 scores are predictive (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Cox, N., & Bateman, J. (2024, April). P047 Mortality in patients with rheumatic disease over a three year period encompassing the COVID-19 pandemic: clinically extremely vulnerable status and short form 12 scores are predictive. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims In the United Kingdom (UK), to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, social distancing measures were implemented to varying degrees between March-2020 and December-2021. UK policy deemed patients with rheumatic dise... Read More about P047 Mortality in patients with rheumatic disease over a three year period encompassing the COVID-19 pandemic: clinically extremely vulnerable status and short form 12 scores are predictive.

P080 Supporting shared decision-making about osteoporosis medicines: Combining multiple methods to develop the prototype iFraP intervention (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Bullock, L., Fleming, J., Clark, E. M., Leyland, S., Thomas, S., Gidlow, C., …Paskins, Z. (2024, April). P080 Supporting shared decision-making about osteoporosis medicines: Combining multiple methods to develop the prototype iFraP intervention. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Shared decision-making (SDM) is a joint process in which a person and healthcare professional work together to reach decisions about care. The iFraP (Improving uptake of Fracture Prevention drug treatments) intervention comprises comp... Read More about P080 Supporting shared decision-making about osteoporosis medicines: Combining multiple methods to develop the prototype iFraP intervention.

E036 Rheumatology nurses’ perceptions of undertaking a postgraduate education programme: a qualitative study (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Ryan, S., Hassell, A., Paskins, Z., Rule, K., Brooks, M., & Tajuria, G. (2024, April). E036 Rheumatology nurses’ perceptions of undertaking a postgraduate education programme: a qualitative study. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Rheumatology nurses practising at an advanced clinical level are encouraged to undertake postgraduate study to provide an evidence base to their role. This study explored the perceptions and experiences of clinical nurse specialists (... Read More about E036 Rheumatology nurses’ perceptions of undertaking a postgraduate education programme: a qualitative study.

P085 Implementing treat-to-target urate-lowering therapy during hospitalisations for gout flares: a prospective cohort study (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Russell, M. D., Ameyaw-Kyeremeh, L., Dell'Accio, F., Lapham, H., Head, N., Stovin, C., …Galloway, J. B. (2024, April). P085 Implementing treat-to-target urate-lowering therapy during hospitalisations for gout flares: a prospective cohort study. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Hospitalisations for gout flares have doubled in England during the last 15 years. Despite this, no studies have evaluated strategies designed to increase the uptake of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) in people hospitalised for gout flar... Read More about P085 Implementing treat-to-target urate-lowering therapy during hospitalisations for gout flares: a prospective cohort study.

OA32 A national survey of rheumatology telephone adviceline support in the United Kingdom: frontline perspectives (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Ryan, S., Hider, S., & Hassell, A. (2024, April). OA32 A national survey of rheumatology telephone adviceline support in the United Kingdom: frontline perspectives. Presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Telephone advicelines (TALs) are a core feature of rheumatology services and highly valued by patients for providing clinical advice and support. The demand for TALs has increased since the pandemic, placing pressure on current capaci... Read More about OA32 A national survey of rheumatology telephone adviceline support in the United Kingdom: frontline perspectives.

P182 Exercise and activity in polymyalgia rheumatica: co-creating an education resource acceptable to patients and health professionals (2024)
Presentation / Conference
O’Brien, A. V., Eng, S., Mackie, S. L., Scrafton, N., Hider, S., Tan, A. L., …Baxter, M. (2024, April). P182 Exercise and activity in polymyalgia rheumatica: co-creating an education resource acceptable to patients and health professionals. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims People with PMR report experiencing pain, stiffness and weakness, often impacting everyday tasks. Many fear exercise will exacerbate symptoms and need reassurance that exercise is helpful and not harmful. However, no PMR-specific, exe... Read More about P182 Exercise and activity in polymyalgia rheumatica: co-creating an education resource acceptable to patients and health professionals.

P045 Google Internet Searches Related to Inflammatory Arthritis: an Observational Study Using Google Trends Data (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Akthar, M., Mason, K. J., & Scott, I. C. (2024, April). P045 Google Internet Searches Related to Inflammatory Arthritis: an Observational Study Using Google Trends Data. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Inflammatory arthritis (IA) care involves a paradox. Rheumatologists focus on reducing disease activity through treat-to-target (T2T). But surveys/qualitative studies show patients’ main concern is pain. As these studies include a min... Read More about P045 Google Internet Searches Related to Inflammatory Arthritis: an Observational Study Using Google Trends Data.

P064 It’s a long time to wait: exploring the support needs of people with rheumatoid arthritis starting methotrexate (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Logan, S. J., Hider, S., Green, J., & Ryan, S. (2024, April). P064 It’s a long time to wait: exploring the support needs of people with rheumatoid arthritis starting methotrexate. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Methotrexate (MTX) is recommended as initial Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug (DMARD) therapy for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) but often takes several months to become effective. Little is known about the support needs o... Read More about P064 It’s a long time to wait: exploring the support needs of people with rheumatoid arthritis starting methotrexate.

P185 Anatomical patterns of pain in primary care patients with polymyalgia rheumatica compared to the general population (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Hammad, N., Partington, R., Hider, S., Butt, H., Helliwell, T., Mallen, C., & Muller, S. (2024, April). P185 Anatomical patterns of pain in primary care patients with polymyalgia rheumatica compared to the general population. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is common in older adults, causing severe pain and stiffness, particularly in the shoulder and hip girdles. A tapered course of glucocorticoids is recommended, but not always straightforward, with frequent... Read More about P185 Anatomical patterns of pain in primary care patients with polymyalgia rheumatica compared to the general population.

E006 Providing information on arthritis medication: a service evaluation (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Ryan, S., Hider, S., & Paskins, Z. (2024, April). E006 Providing information on arthritis medication: a service evaluation. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Traditionally patients commencing disease modifying anti-rheumatic medications (DMARDs) attended a face to face consultation with a rheumatology nurse or pharmacist, to discuss benefits, concerns and safety monitoring. The pandemic ha... Read More about E006 Providing information on arthritis medication: a service evaluation.

P051 Trends in consultations for musculoskeletal pain in children and young people presenting to United Kingdom primary care: an electronic health record study (2024)
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Mason, K. J., Jordan, K. P., Bailey, J., Jöud, A., Jowett, S., Protheroe, J., …Dunn, K. M. (2024, April). P051 Trends in consultations for musculoskeletal pain in children and young people presenting to United Kingdom primary care: an electronic health record study. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Musculoskeletal pain in childhood increases the risk of such pain in adulthood but there is an absence of management guidance for this group, not helped by a lack of evidence on the extent and nature of pain in children. The aim was t... Read More about P051 Trends in consultations for musculoskeletal pain in children and young people presenting to United Kingdom primary care: an electronic health record study.

P187 Fatigue in people with polymyalgia rheumatica: a key unmet need? (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Muller, S., Belcher, J., Hider, S., Helliwell, T., & Mallen, C. D. (2024, April). P187 Fatigue in people with polymyalgia rheumatica: a key unmet need?. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is common in older adults, causing severe pain and stiffness, particularly in the shoulder and hip girdles. Glucocorticoids treatment generally focusses on reducing pain and stiffness, but there are other... Read More about P187 Fatigue in people with polymyalgia rheumatica: a key unmet need?.

P082 Nephrolithiasis associated with uricosuric therapies for the treatment of gout: a systematic review (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Dahanayake, C., Bajpai, R., Jordan, K. M., Lambie, M., & Roddy, E. (2024, April). P082 Nephrolithiasis associated with uricosuric therapies for the treatment of gout: a systematic review. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Uric acid nephrolithiasis is a recognised side-effect of uricosuric therapies and a contraindication to their use. The objective of this systematic review was to assess the incidence and risk of nephrolithiasis in people with gout rec... Read More about P082 Nephrolithiasis associated with uricosuric therapies for the treatment of gout: a systematic review.

P021 Uptake, safety, and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in adults with immune mediated inflammatory diseases: a UK wide study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Mallen, C. D., Card, T., Nguyen Van-Tam, J. S., & Abhishek, A. (2024, April). P021 Uptake, safety, and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in adults with immune mediated inflammatory diseases: a UK wide study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims The safety and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine in people with immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) is not known, which may contribute to suboptimal uptake. We investigated UK wide pneumococcal vaccine uptake in adults w... Read More about P021 Uptake, safety, and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in adults with immune mediated inflammatory diseases: a UK wide study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.