fibromyalgia(FM), a chronic musculoskeletal syndrome,is charaterized by widespread pain and multiple tenderness in the body.clinical studies show a wide range of prevalence(1% to 20%). there is no published data about the prevalence of FM in Kerman.in this descriptive study demographic variables and the final clhnical diognosis of 8270 cases referring to Kerman rheumatology clinic from 1995 ...

Correspondence: Alexandros A Drosos Professor of Medicine, Head of Rheumatology Clinic, Rheumatology Clinic, Department of internal Medicine, Medical School, University of ioannina, 45110, ioannina, Greece Tel +3

AIM To compare and evaluate the treatment outcomes of a nurse-led rheumatology clinic and a rheumatologist-led clinic in patients with low disease activity or in remission who are undergoing biological therapy. BACKGROUND Patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis treated with biological therapy are usually monitored by rheumatologists. Nurse-led rheumatology clinics have been proposed in p...

Lina Vencevičienė1, Rimantas Vencevičius2 and Irena Butrimienė3 1Vilnius University, Clinic of Internal Diseases, Family Medicine, Gerontology and Oncology 2Vilnius University, Clinic of Rheumatology, Traumatology, Orthopedics and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 3Vilnius University, Clinic of Rheumatology, Traumatology, Orthopedics and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; State Research Insti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the activity of the Nurses Clinic in the Rheumatology Unit of the San Juan de Alicante Hospital, Spain. METHODS After reaching a consensus, the nurses' functions were defined using a pre-defined scale (supported by medical objectives) and codes were assigned to perform future metrics. Afterwards, three roles were assigned to the rheumatology nurse practitioner: 1. Proced...

OBJECTIVE EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management include annual CVD risk assessments for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We evaluated the recording of CVD risk factors (CVD-RF) in a rheumatology outpatient clinic, where EULAR recommendations had been implemented. Further, we compared CVD-RF recordings between a regular rheumatology outpatient clinic (Reg...

1Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa 2Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, 0370 Oslo, Norway 3Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, 39008 Santander, Spain 4Department ...