Browsing by Author "Deighton, Chris"
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Anti-TNF-alpha agents are less effective for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in current smokers.
(2010-01)OBJECTIVES: To assess if smoking status at the time of commencing an anti-TNF-alpha agent for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) reduces the likelihood of achieving at least a moderate response on the European League Against ... -
Delays between the onset of symptoms and first rheumatology consultation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the UK: an observational study.
(2019-03)OBJECTIVE: To investigate delays from symptom onset to rheumatology assessment for patients with a new onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or unclassified arthritis. METHODS: Newly presenting adults with either RA or ... -
General practitioners’ perspectives on campaigns to promote rapid help-seeking behaviour at the onset of rheumatoid arthritis
(2014-03)Objective: To explore general practitioners’ (GPs’) perspectives on public health campaigns to encourage people with the early symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to seek medical help rapidly. Design: Nineteen GPs ... -
Health Assessment Questionnaire disability progression in early rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review and analysis of two inception cohorts.
(2014-10)OBJECTIVE: The Health Assessment Questionnaire is widely used for patients with inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) and its subset, rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study, we evaluated the progression of HAQ scores in RA (i) ... -
Neutropenia in patients receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.
(2010-06)OBJECTIVE: To examine the rates of and risk factors for neutropenia together with the dynamics of neutrophil and other white cell subset counts in a cohort of patients treated with a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor ... -
Rheumatoid hand surgery: is there a decline? A 22-year population-based study.
(2015-06)BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common idiopathic inflammatory arthritis affecting 0.8 % of the population. It can cause significant hand and wrist damage and dysfunction. Recent advances in anti-rheumatic ... -
A year in politics: An update on political influences on rheumatology and its trainees
(2012-05)The Health and Social Care Bill sets the triple challenge for the English NHS of the greatest changes in the history of the organization, at a rapid pace (in spite of the pause for the Futures Forum), and against the ...
