Measures of disease status in systemic sclerosis: a systematic review

T Tay, N Ferdowsi, M Baron, W Stevens… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify and appraise measures of disease status in systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Methods A systematic review of Medline (1966–2015), EMBASE (1974–2015), and …

Development and validation of the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Damage Index (SCTC-DI): a novel instrument to quantify organ damage in systemic …

N Ferdowsi, M Huq, W Stevens, M Hudson… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
Objective We sought to develop the first Damage Index (DI) in systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Methods The conceptual definition of 'damage'in SSc was determined through consensus by …

Comparison of a new, modified lung ultrasonography technique with high-resolution CT in the diagnosis of the alveolo-interstitial syndrome of systemic scleroderma

A Mohammadi, R Pourahmadazar, B Broofeh… - Medical …, 2014 - medultrason.ro
Aims: Pulmonary fibrosis is the main cause of mortality in patients with Systemic
Scleroderma (SSc). This study was performed to investigate the utility of modified trans …

Ultrashort echo-time magnetic resonance imaging sequence in the assessment of systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease

N Landini, M Orlandi, M Occhipinti… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To test respiratory-triggered ultrashort echo-time (UTE) Spiral VIBE-MRI sequence
in systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease assessment compared with computed …

[HTML][HTML] Organizing pneumonia/non-specific interstitial pneumonia overlap is associated with unfavorable lung disease progression

NW Todd, ET Marciniak, A Sachdeva, SJ Kligerman… - Respiratory …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Overlapping forms of interstitial pneumonia have been recognized, but are
likely underappreciated, and their clinical, radiologic, and histologic characteristics are not …

CT evaluation of interstitial lung disease related to systemic sclerosis: visual versus automated assessment. A systematic review

N Landini, M Mattone, C De Nardo, F Ottaviani… - Clinical Radiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Aim To identify similarities and differences in the visual (VA) and automated assessment
(AA) of systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) at chest computed …

Evaluation of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-13, and IL-17 levels and computed tomography finding in interstitial lung disease associated with connective tissue disease …

D Tezcan, A Sivrikaya, D Ergün, H Özer… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the most severe complications which is
associated with connective tissue disease (CTD) and causes to morbidity and mortality. So …

Performance of semi-quantitative lung ultrasound in the assessment of disease severity in interstitial lung disease

I Kumar, Z Siddiqui, A Verma, A Chokhani… - Annals of Thoracic …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Accurate staging of disease severity and its serial monitoring thus is central
to the effective management protocols of interstitial lung disease (ILD). PURPOSE: The aim …

Assessment of transthoracic sonography in patients with interstitial lung diseases

SS Sayed, GM Agmy, AF Said, AH Kasem - Egyptian Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Aim This study was designed to recognize the sonographic features of interstitial lung
diseases (ILD). Furthermore, the possible correlations of these features with the functional …

Pulmonary artery dimensions as a prognosticator of transplant-free survival in scleroderma interstitial lung disease

JB Gleason, KB Patel, F Hernandez, A Hadeh… - Lung, 2017 - Springer
Background Systemic sclerosis is a chronic debilitating autoimmune disease characterized
by endothelial dysfunction and multi-organ fibrosis. Interstitial lung disease, a common …