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An evaluation of the impact of seniors on a rheumatology referral clinic: demographics and pharmacotherapy
September 29th, 2011 | 
Author: This study highlights the need for reciprocal knowledge
by both geriatricians and rheumatologists to optimize the management of these complex patients.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Brief ReportPages 1-3DOI 10.1007/s10067-011-1845-8Authors
Angela Juby, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, B139 Clinical Sciences Building, 8440 112 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, CanadaPaul Davis, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, 562 Heritage Medical Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
The rate of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) syndrome in a clinic where primary care physicians are working in Japan
Abstract We analyzed the rate of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE)
syndrome, both characterized as seronegative inflammatory arthritis in elderly, in an outpatient unit where primary care physicians
are working in Japan to better understand the epidemiological characteristics of the diseases in Japan. Consecutive outpatients
who newly visited at Department of General Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Japan, between April 2004 and
March 2010 were analyzed. Each parameter such as age, sex, diagnosis, and biochemical examination was investigated. During
the 6 years, 10 or 3 patients were diagnosed as PMR or RS3PE syndrome, respectively. The patients with PMR were 7 women and
3 men, and …
MedWorm: Polymyalgia Rheumatica
The rate of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) syndrome in a clinic where primary care physicians are working in Japan
Abstract We analyzed the rate of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE)
syndrome, both characterized as seronegative inflammatory arthritis in elderly, in an outpatient unit where primary care physicians
are working in Japan to better understand the epidemiological characteristics of the diseases in Japan. Consecutive outpatients
who newly visited at Department of General Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Japan, between April 2004 and
March 2010 were analyzed. Each parameter such as age, sex, diagnosis, and biochemical examination was investigated. During
the 6 years, 10 or 3 patients were diagnosed as PMR or RS3PE syndrome, respectively. The patients with PMR were 7 women and
3 men, and …