How Does Ultrasound Global OMERACT-EULAR Synovitis Score (GLOESS) for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Activity Assessment Perform in Real-Life?

Nicole Pamplona Bueno de AndradeClaiton Viegas BrenolRafael Mendonça da Silva Chakr

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2024)

In a real-life scenario, GLOESS for MCP 2-5 emerges as a valuable measure of RA activity. The optimal cutoff distinguishing remission/low from moderate/high disease activity was determined to be GLOESS ≤3, with all MCP joints exhibiting both GS and PD scores of ≤1.

Keyphrases

disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
interstitial lung disease
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
systemic sclerosis