Ankylosing spondylitis and spinal cord injuryPedro Machado
Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, London, United Kingdom
Acta Reumatol Port 33:231-7. 2008
....
- Portuguese recommendations for the use of biological therapies in patients with axial spondyloarthritis--December 2011 update
Pedro Machado
Servico de Reumatologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Praceta Prof Mota Pinto, 3000 075 Coimbra, Portugal
Acta Reumatol Port 37:40-7. 2012
..To develop recommendations for the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis with biological therapies, endorsed by the Portuguese Society of Rheumatology...
- 2011 Portuguese recommendations for the use of biological therapies in patients with psoriatic arthritis
Pedro Machado
Servico de Reumatologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Praceta Prof Mota Pinto, 3000 075 Coimbra, Portugal
Acta Reumatol Port 37:26-39. 2012
..To develop recommendations for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with biological therapies, endorsed by the Portuguese Society of Rheumatology...
Cross-cultural validation of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool in RA in 7 European countriesMwidimi Ndosi
Academic and Clinical Unit for Musculoskeletal Nursing ACUMeN, Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:110. 2011
..The objective of this study was to assess the cross-cultural validity of the ENAT in 7 European countries...
- Applying science in practice: the optimization of biological therapy in rheumatoid arthritis
Sofia Ramiro
Maastricht University Medical Center, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
Arthritis Res Ther 12:220. 2010
..We suggest that cycling of biological agents, until remission is achieved or until the most effective agent for that individual patient is determined, deserves consideration in the current stage of knowledge...
The value of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound in undifferentiated arthritis: a systematic reviewPedro M M C Machado
Department of Rheumatology, Coimbra University Hospital, Praceta Mota Pinto, Coimbra, Portugal
J Rheumatol Suppl 87:31-7. 2011
....
- Multinational evidence-based recommendations on how to investigate and follow-up undifferentiated peripheral inflammatory arthritis: integrating systematic literature research and expert opinion of a broad international panel of rheumatologists in the 3E
P Machado
Department of Rheumatology, Coimbra University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
Ann Rheum Dis 70:15-24. 2011
..To develop evidence-based recommendations on how to investigate and follow-up undifferentiated peripheral inflammatory arthritis (UPIA)...
- Selecting men for bone densitometry: performance of osteoporosis risk assessment tools in Portuguese men
P Machado
Rheumatology Department, Coimbra University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
Osteoporos Int 21:977-83. 2010
..This study supports the utility of osteoporosis risk assessment tools in selecting men for BMD testing. Different cutoff values may be appropriate for different countries and/or ethnic origins...
- Sporadic inclusion body myositis: an unsolved mystery
Pedro Machado
Department of Rheumatology, Coimbra University Hospital, Praceta Mota Pinto, 3000 075 Coimbra, Portugal
Acta Reumatol Port 34:161-82. 2009
..This review describes the epidemiology and clinical features of the disease as well as the current genetic and pathogenic concepts and therapeutic approaches. Despite recent clues, in many respects sIBM remains an unsolved mystery...
- Increased prevalence of allergic sensitisation in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with anti-TNFalpha
Pedro Machado
Rheumatology Department, Coimbra University Hospital, Praceta Mota Pinto, 3000 075 Coimbra, Portugal
Joint Bone Spine 76:508-13. 2009
..Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence of sensitisation to airborne allergens and allergic disease in RA patients, with and without anti-TNFalpha treatment...
- Arthritis and X-linked agammaglobulinemia
Pedro Machado
Rheumatology Department, Coimbra University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
Acta Reumatol Port 33:464-7. 2008
..Physicians evaluating patients with arthritis should be aware of this fact so that an early diagnosis can be pursued as it is of extreme importance in the optimal management and prognosis of these patients...
- Performance of decision algorithms for the identification of low bone mineral density in Portuguese postmenopausal women
Pedro Machado
Servico de Reumatologia dos Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Acta Reumatol Port 33:314-28. 2008
..Our aim was to assess the utility and the economic repercussion of the use of five of these algorithms in Portuguese postmenopausal women...
- Both structural damage and inflammation of the spine contribute to impairment of spinal mobility in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Pedro Machado
Rheumatology, Coimbra University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
Ann Rheum Dis 69:1465-70. 2010
..To study the relationship between spinal mobility, radiographic damage of the spine and spinal inflammation as assessed by MRI in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)...
- Endorsement of definitions of disease activity states and improvement scores for the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score: results from OMERACT 10
Pedro M M C Machado
Department of Rheumatology, Coimbra University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
J Rheumatol 38:1502-6. 2011
..OMERACT participants agreed with the selection of cutoff values, which now have the combined endorsement of ASAS and OMERACT and are ready to be used in clinical practice and in research settings...
