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Rheumatology
Incidence of rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
Soo Min Ahn, Seongho Eun, Sunghwan Ji, Seokchan Hong, Chang-Keun Lee, Bin Yoo, Ji Seon Oh, Yong-Gil Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2023;38(2):248-253. Published online January 17, 2023
Background/Aims: The recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been associated with changes in the epidemiology of not only infectious diseases but also several non-infectious conditions. This study investigated changes in the recorded incidence of various rheumatic diseases during the..
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Burden of comorbidities and medication use in childbearing women with rheumatic diseases: a nationwide population-based study
Min Kyung Chung, Chan Hee Lee, Jin Su Park, Hyunsun Lim, Jisoo Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(6):1250-1259. Published online July 9, 2021
Background/Aims: We aimed to estimate the prevalence of comorbidities and medication use in Korean women with rheumatic diseases (RDs) during their childbearing years.
Methods: We included women aged 20 to 44 years with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and..
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Recommendations for the management of patients with systemic rheumatic diseases during the coronavirus disease pandemic
Mi Ryoung Seo, Ji-Won Kim, Eun-Jung Park, Seung Min Jung, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Hyungjin Kim, Gunwoo Kim, Hyun-Sook Kim, Myeung-Su Lee, Jisoo Lee, Ji An Hur, Bum Sik Chin, Joong Sik Eom, Han Joo Baek; The Korean College of Rheumatology working group
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(6):1317-1332. Published online September 15, 2020
Patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRD) are vulnerable for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Korean College of Rheumatology recognized the urgent need to develop recommendations for rheumatologists and other physicians to manage patients with SRD during the COVID-19 pandemic. The working g..
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Rheumatology
Systemic review: agreement between the latent tuberculosis screening tests among patients with rheumatic diseases
Junhee Pyo, Soo-Kyung Cho, Dam Kim, Yoon-Kyoung Sung
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(6):1241-1251. Published online December 28, 2017
Background/Aims: To estimate the level of agreement and positivity rates of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) tests prior to the use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in relation to underlying rheumatic diseases and endemic tuberculosis levels.
Methods: The Ovid-Medline, Embase, and Coch..
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Applications of systems approaches in the study of rheumatic diseases
Ki-Jo Kim, Saseong Lee, Wan-Uk Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(2):148-160. Published online February 27, 2015
The complex interaction of molecules within a biological system constitutes a functional module. These modules are then acted upon by both internal and external factors, such as genetic and environmental stresses, which under certain conditions can manifest as complex disease phenotypes. Recent adva..
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