Rheumatology

Does depression increase the risk of stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? A population-based cohort study

Tzung-Yi Tsai, Ming-Chi Lu, Hanoch Livneh, Shan-Yun Chiu, Ning-Sheng Lai, How-Ran Guo

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014233

June 22, 2017

Study protocol: COmparison of the effect of treatment with Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs added to anti-tumour necrosis factor a therapy versus anti-tumour necrosis factor a therapy alone on progression of StrUctural damage in the spine over two years in patients with ankyLosing spondylitis (CONSUL) – an open-label randomized controlled multicenter trial

Fabian Proft, Burkhard Muche, Joachim Listing, Valeria Rios-Rodriguez, Joachim Sieper, Denis Poddubnyy

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014591

June 10, 2017

Are dietary vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids and folate associated with treatment results in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis? Data from a Swedish population-based prospective study

Cecilia Lourdudoss, Alicja Wolk, Lena Nise, Lars Alfredsson, Ronald van Vollenhoven

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016154

June 10, 2017

Validity of the Italian algorithm for the attribution of neuropsychiatric events in systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective multicentre international diagnostic cohort study

Alessandra Bortoluzzi, Antonis Fanouriakis, Simone Appenzeller, Lilian Costallat, Carlo Alberto Scirè, Elana Murphy, George Bertsias, John Hanly, Marcello Govoni

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015546

May 29, 2017

Application of minimal important differences in degenerative knee disease outcomes: a systematic review and case study to inform BMJ Rapid Recommendations

Tahira Devji, Gordon H Guyatt, Lyubov Lytvyn, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Farid Foroutan, Behnam Sadeghirad, Rachelle Buchbinder, Rudolf W Poolman, Ian A Harris, Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Reed A C Siemieniuk, Per O Vandvik

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015587

May 11, 2017

Knee arthroscopy versus conservative management in patients with degenerative knee disease: a systematic review

Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Gordon H Guyatt, Rachelle Buchbinder, Rudolf W Poolman, Stefan Schandelmaier, Yaping Chang, Behnam Sadeghirad, Nathan Evaniew, Per O Vandvik

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016114

May 11, 2017

Value of pulmonary artery pressure in predicting in-hospital and one-year mortality after valve replacement surgery in middle-aged and aged patients with rheumatic mitral disease: an observational study

Lei Jiang, Xue-biao Wei, Peng-cheng He, Du Feng, Yuan-hui Liu, Jin Liu, Ji-yan Chen, Dan-qing Yu, Ning Tan

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014316

May 10, 2017

Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio associated with disease activity in patients with Takayasu’s arteritis: a case-control study

Lili Pan, Juan Du, Taotao Li, Hua Liao

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014451

May 4, 2017

Hand exercises for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an extended follow-up of the SARAH randomised controlled trial

Esther Williamson, Christopher McConkey, Peter Heine, Sukhdeep Dosanjh, Mark Williams, Sarah E Lamb, J Adams, MR Underwood, J Lord, A Rahman, S Lowe, A Campbell, L Rattigan, V Nichols, J Lord, C Crossan, M Dritsaki, M Glover, Olivia Neely, Catherine Gibson, Karen Hotchkiss, Frances Chilton, Jessica Thrush, Catherine Minns-Lowe, Ann Birch, Linda Webber, Nicola Clague, Sue Kennedy, Kevin Spear, Sandi Derham, Jenny Lewis, Sarah Bradley, Julie Cottrell, Paula White, Carole Frosdick, Jennifer Wilson, Nicola Bassett-Burr, Maggie Walsh, Lynda Myshrall, Jane Tooby, Cherry Steinberg, Mary Grant, Roslyn Handley, Fiona Jones, Clare Pheasant, Kate Hynes, Sue Kelly, Joanne Newbold, Sally Thurgarland, Jane Dickenson, Lucy Mann, Alison Hinton, Rachel Chapman, Sunita Farmah, Collette James, Janice Wiltshire, Jane Simons, Jane Martindale, Susan Hesketh, Alison Gerrard, Kirsty Bancroft, Corinna Cheng, Caroline Wood, Lisa Small, Karen Coales, Helen Ibbunson, Anne Bonsall, Caroline Mountain, Jonathan Gibbons, Esther Mavurah, Hannah Susans, Nicola Spear, Becky Shaylor, Leon Ghulam, Sarah Wastell, Christina MacLeod, Sapphire Patterson, Jane Vadher, Karen Barker, Sue Gosling, Lizelle Sander-Danby, Jon Room, Aimee Fenn, Anne Richards, Pam Clarke, Gill Rowbotham, Nicky Nolan, Lorraine Kendall, Claire Charnley, Laura Richardson, Kate Wakefield, Victoria Jansen, Liz Radbourne, Julie Tougher

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013121

April 12, 2017

Association between baseline vitamin D metabolite levels and long-term cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis from the CIMESTRA trial: protocol for a cohort study with patient-record evaluated outcomes

M Herly, K Stengaard-Pedersen, K Hørslev-Petersen, M L Hetland, M Østergaard, R Christensen, B B Løgstrup, P Vestergaard, J Pødenphant, P Junker, T Ellingsen

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014816

April 8, 2017