scholarly journals 1958 revision of diagnostic criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: By a committee of the American Rheumatism Association

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (S2) ◽  
pp. S15-S19 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
American Rheumatism Association

Dr. Jacobs Replies

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-136
Author(s):  
Jerry C. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
American Rheumatism Association ◽  
The Subject

I am grateful to Dr. Athreya for his comments regarding the diagnosis of arthritis in small infants. The eight pediatric rheumatologists who served on the American Rheumatism Association subcommittee which suggested diagnostic criteria for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis discussed this subject at length and agreed that pain and tenderness and limitation of motion together were equally good as swelling as evidence of arthritis.1 The subject is further discussed in Brewer's textbook under the title, "Patterns of Pain and Tenderness."2

Development and Evaluation of Fuzzy Criteria for the Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 334-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.-P. Adlassnig ◽  
G. Kolarz ◽  
H. Leitich
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
American Rheumatism Association ◽  
Uniform Definition ◽  
Sensitivity Rate ◽  
Fuzzy Techniques ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Specificity Rate

Abstract:In 1987, the American Rheumatism Association issued a set of criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to provide a uniform definition of RA patients. Fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic were used to transform this set of criteria into a diagnostic tool that offers diagnoses at different levels of confidence: a definite level, which was consistent with the original criteria definition, as well as several possible and superdefinite levels. Two fuzzy models and a reference model which provided results at a definite level only were applied to 292 clinical cases from a hospital for rheumatic diseases. At the definite level, all models yielded a sensitivity rate of 72.6% and a specificity rate of 87.0%. Sensitivity and specificity rates at the possible levels ranged from 73.3% to 85.6% and from 83.6% to 87.0%. At the superdefinite levels, sensitivity rates ranged from 39.0% to 63.7% and specificity rates from 90.4% to 95.2%. Fuzzy techniques were helpful to add flexibility to preexisting diagnostic criteria in order to obtain diagnoses at the desired level of confidence.

scholarly journals The challenge of using the rheumatoid arthritis diagnostic criteria in clinical practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Corrao ◽  
Christiano Argano ◽  
Luigi Calvo ◽  
Giovanni Pistone
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria

scholarly journals Poncet’s disease diagnostic criteria decodes conundrum: Poncet’s vs pseudo Poncet’s

Reumatismo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Shobha ◽  
A.M. Desai
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Case Series ◽  
The Other ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Poncet’S Disease

Poncet’s disease is very important and yet a challenging diagnosis of importance in countries with high TB endemicity (e.g. India). In this case series, we present 5 patients with diagnosed as Poncet’s disease and in our tertiary health care center over 12 months and examine the performance of the diagnostic criteria suggested by Sharma and Pinto. The majority (4/5) of the patients were subsequently diagnosed and responded to anti-tuberculous therapy. In the other patient, a diagnosis of atypical seropositive rheumatoid arthritis or Pseudo Poncet’s disease was established on follow up.

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