1Hani Almoallim, 1Fahad Almuntashri, 1Haneen Alzahrani, 1Huda Nadwi, 1Eithar Kadi, 1Mutasem Abed, 1Murad Janaini, 1Alaa Monjed, 1Nahid Janoudi, 1Altaf Abdulkhaliq 1Department Of Medicine, Faculty Of Medicine, Umm Alqura University Background: Osteoporosis (OP) is one of the most common comorbidities associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We aim to study the impact of OP on RA management…
1Mohamed Cheikh,1Naji A. Dwid, 1Ahmed S. Mandurah, 1Khaldoun A. Shikh-souk, 1Khaled R. Al-Khatib, 1Ans R. Ahmed 1Doctor Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Objective(s): Physicians frequently prescribe allopurinol for uric acid deposition disorders. However, reports have emerged of the inappropriate use and overprescription of allopurinol. We conducted this study to determine the rate of inappropriate prescription of allopurinol…
1Mohamed Cheikh,4Sami Alobaidi, 2Naji Dwid, 2Khaldoun Shikh Souk, 2Ahmed Mandurah, 2Khaled Al-Khatib, 2Ans Ahmed, 3Hani Almoallim 1Department Of Medicine, Fakeeh College For Medical Sciences, 2Doctor Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, 3Medical College, Umm Alqura University (UQU), 4Department of Medicine, University of Jeddah Introduction: Hyperuricemia is prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although it is associated…
1Ahmed M. Ali,1Samah Allam, 1Maryam Alnuaimi, 1Mohsen Abbas, 1Noor Almuhairi, 1Suad Hannawi 1Ministry Of Health And Prevention Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by excess morbidity and mortality that is large because of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The prevalence of CVD risk factors in RA patients of the United Arab Emirates is…
1Bilal Bengana,2Aicha Ladjouze-Rezig, 3Raaf Nabil Baramtane, 4Chafaa Aimeur, 5Soraya Ayoub, 1Abdenour Boukabous, 1Salima Lefkir-Tafiani 1Rheumatology Department – University Hospital Of Benimessous, 2Specialized Hospital Establishment of Benaknoune, 3Biochemistry Department – Hospital of Bitraria, 4Radiology Department – University hospital of Mustapha Bacha, 5Internal Medicine – University hospital of Beni Messous Background: Hyperuricemia is a common biological abnormality,…
1Hanan Elsebaie Saleh,2Mohamed Abdelhafiz Mansour, 1Solaf M. Elsayed, 1Shady Mahmoud, 1Tamer A. El-Sobky 1Ain Shams University, 2Egyptian Armed Forces Background: Multicentric Osteolysis, Nodulosis, and Arthropathy (MONA) syndrome is a rare genetic skeletal dysplasia. Its diagnosis can be deceptively similar to childhood-onset genetic skeletal dysplasias and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. We aimed to report the syndrome’s clinical…
1Sarah Alkabbani,2Amel Ginawi, 3Nada Hassan 1Mohammed Bin Rashid University Of Medicine And Health Sciences, 2Mediclinic City Hospital, 3Rheumatology department, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE Background: According to the literature, patients with rheumatic disease receiving immunosuppressants are at a higher risk of acquiring infections. However, this may not apply to COVID-19 infection according to the global…
1,2Martin Lee 1Mediclinic Parkview, 2Mohammed Bin Rashid University Background: Skin rashes are commonly an external visible marker of internal disease and are therefore often useful in the diagnosis of a variety of systemic diseases managed by rheumatologists. I present a case of a lady who developed three discrete episodes of different skin rashes over the…
1,2Martin Lee,3Victoria Scott-Lang, 4Kaiser Raja, 5Sharmishta Sahu 1Mediclinic Parkview, 2Mohammed Bin Rashid University, 3Genesis Healthcare Centre, 4King’s College Hospital, 5Healthbay Polyclinic Background: Amyopathic Dermatomyositis (ADM) is a variant of dermatomyositis (DM) characterized by the presence of pathognomonic skin features of dermatomyositis but without clinical muscle weakness. ADM is believed to account for about 20% of…
1Giovanni Brambilla,1Zuhair Yousif, 1Amel Ginawi, 1Mahmoud Marashi 1Mediclinic City Hospital Background: There is still much to understand about Covid–19, especially in regards to the long term effects and the clinical syndromes that follow the acute primary infection. A serious multisystem inflammatory syndrome was described initially in children 1 and then in adults as well.2 MIS–A…