B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• describe the clinical spectrum of inflammatory central nervous
system disease in children
• discuss the current diagnostic evaluation of these children
• review the data on treatment of children with different
presentations of central nervous system vasculitis and how
this affects outcome
Sidney J. Marcus Auditorium
Pain, the Brain, and the Immune System: Links to
Understanding Pain Management R PM
Moderator: James P. Witter, MD, PhD; NIH/NIAMS; Bethesda,
MD
Speaker: Joyce A. DeLeo, PhD; Dartmouth Medical School;
Hanover, NH
Session Overview:
Treatment of pain remains a major clinical challenge due to the
chronic nature of many of the diseases and conditions cared
for by rheumatologists. Clinicians face a dilemma, due to the
recognition that pain is often not adequately treated, but yet at
the same time current treatments are under scrutiny due to a
rise in complications. Better treatment approaches are needed.
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• distinguish between acute pain and chronic pain
• describe the mechanisms of chronic pain including peripheral,
spinal and supraspinal sites of modulation
• translate the knowledge of mechanisms of chronic pain into
different therapeutic approaches with a focus on glia and the
immune system
8:00 am
2205. Safety without Borders: Upper and Lower
Gastrointestinal Safety of Celecoxib in a Pooled Analysis of
52 Prospective, Randomised, Double-Blinded, Parallel-Group
Clinical Trials.
Gurkirpal Singh 3 , George Triadafilopoulos 3 , Naurang Agrawal 1 ,
Geoff Makinson 2 , Chunming Li 2 and Ha Nguyen 2 , 1 KUMC, 2 Pfizer,
3
Stanford University
8:15 am
2206. Dose Matters: The Risk of Complicated Gastroduodenal
Ulcers with Naproxen Is Dose-Dependent.
Gurkirpal Singh 3 , Ajitha Mannalithara, Amrita Sehgal 4 , Alka
Mithal 2 , Mark Sostek 1 and George Triadafilopoulos 3 , 1 Astra
Zeneca, 2 ICORE, 3 Stanford University, 4 University of California
Berkeley
8:30 am
2207. Disappointing Responsiveness of the SF-6D to
Improvement in Patients Receiving a First TNF-Blocker: Results
of the DREAM Registry.
Laurien Buitinga 3 , Louise M. A. Braakman-Jansen 4 , Erik Taal 4 ,
Wietske Kievit 1 , Henk Visser 2 , Piet L. C. M . Van Riel 1 and Mart A.
F. J. van de Laar 5 , 1 Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre,
2
Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, 3 University of Twente, Enschede,
Overijssel, The Netherlands, 4 University of Twente, Enschede,
The Netherlands, 5 University of Twente; Medical Spectrum
Twente, Enschede
ARHP Concurrent Sessions
7:45 - 8:45 am
thursday
ARHP Concurrent Abstract Session
7:45 - 8:45 am
B311
Rheumatic Medications: More or Less?
Moderator: Donald R. Miller, PharmD; North Dakota State
University; Fargo, ND
7:45 am
2204. Periodontal Disease Hampers Anti-TNF Treatment
Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Cynthia Savioli 1 , Gisele Maria Campos Fabri 2 , Ana Luisa Calich 5 ,
Ana Cristina Medeiros Ribeiro 5 , Julio Cesar Moraes 5 , Carla
Gonçalves Saad 5 , Jozélio Freire Carvalho 5 , Clovis Almeida Silva 4 ,
Eloísa Bonfá 5 and José Tadeu Tesseroli Siqueira 3 , 1 Dentistry and
Rheumatology Division (CEDMAC), Faculdade de Medicina da
Universidade de São Paulo, Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, 2 Dentistry
and Rheumatology Division (CEDMAC), Faculdade de Medicina
da Universidade de São Paulo, 3 Dentistry Division, Faculdade
de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 4 Paediatric
Rheumatology Unit, Rheumatology Division (CEDMAC),
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo,
5
Rheumatology Division (CEDMAC), Faculdade de Medicina da
Universidade de São Paulo
B308
How to Understand and Apply the Results of a Journal
Article: What You Really Need to Know About
Statistics c/r
Moderator: Robert R. McLean, DSc, MPH; Hebrew Senior Life;
Boston, MA
Speaker: Nancy A. Baker, ScD OTR/L; University of Pittsburgh;
Pittsburgh, PA
Session Overview:
As health care moves towards making evidence-based practice a
standard of care, it is increasingly necessary for practitioners to
have the tools for integrating evidence into practice. To achieve
evidence-based practice health care practitioners must be able
to read and understand the results of a research study so they
can apply the results to clinical practice. Unfortunately, many
health care practitioners are unable to interpret the statistics
used in a typical journal article. Interpreting and communicating
the evidence to patients, clinical associates and third party
payers is difficult without the ability to understand statistics. This
presentation will assist practitioner to link evidence to practice
by providing practitioners with a concrete explanation of basic
statistics and their interpretation. From this knowledge of
statistics, the results of a research article will be interpreted and
then applied to a case study drawn from clinical practice.
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• describe the basic types of statistics and how to interpret
them
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