Analysis of the correlation between disease activity score 28 and its ultrasonographic equivalent in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Roxana CorasGustavo Adolfo Áñez SturchioMireia Barceló BruAgustí Sellas FernandezSandra FariettaSalvador Campos BadiaBasilio Rodríguez DiezJuan José de Agustín de OroPublished in: European journal of rheumatology (2020)
US reduces the bias in the evaluation of patients with RA with a high value in DAS28 index. We found a clear difference between DAS and ECODAS when TJC was high. The results suggest that joint tenderness reported by the patient is not a good reflection of inflammation. More studies are needed to find a new combined clinical and sonographic index that would better assess the disease activity in patients with RA.