Rheumatology international
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Observational Study
Temporomandibular disorders in ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional, monocentric study.
There are contradictory results in the relevant literature about the relationship between objective determinants of craniocervical posture and temporomandibular disorder (TMD), whereas no study has worked on ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and TMD relationship. We conducted this study to test the predictors of TMD in AS patients and its relationship with craniocervical posture. AS patients aged between 18 and 50 years consecutively admitted to our outpatient clinics were recruited. ⋯ Multivariate analysis revealed active smoking (aOR 6.9; 95% CI 1.8-25.6; p = 0.004), bruxism in females (aOR 17.9; 95% CI 2.0-159.2; p = 0.01), high ASDAS in males (aOR 11.8; 95% CI 1.2-122.5; p = 0.038) and neck disability (aOR 12.7; 95% CI 3.8-42.9; p < 0.001) as independent risk factors for TMD in AS patients. No relationship between the craniocervical posture measurements and TMD was found in AS patients. Active smoking, high disease activity in males, bruxism in females and neck disability were found as predictors of TMD in AS patients.
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In December 2019, numerous coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were reported in Wuhan, China, which has since spread throughout the world. However, its impact on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is unknown. Herein, we report a case of COVID-19 pneumonia in a 61-year-old female RA patient who was receiving conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (cDMARDs). ⋯ The patient was treated with antiviral agents (lopinavir/ritonavir), and treatment with cDMARDs was discontinued except hydroxychloroquine. Her symptoms and laboratory results gradually improved. Three weeks later, real-time PCR for COVID-19 showed negative conversion, and the patient was discharged without any complications.