Barbara E. Ostrov

Increasing Reproductive Health Counseling and Screening in a Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic Through Involving Diverse Group of Stakeholders and Applying Quality Improvement Principles

Anuja Konda, Jessica Farrell, Keith Hughes, Aimee Gould et autres

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Feasibility and impact of emotional intelligence training in preclinical medical education

Emma Horowitz, Abigail Kaminsky, Mandeep S. Sidhu, Mary S. Fay et autres

OBJECTIVE: Emotional intelligence (EI) has been linked to improved communication, teamwork, resilience, and patient care, yet remains untaught in medical education. This study examined whether a structured EI curriculum produces measurable changes in EI scores compared with controls, and whether students perceive …

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Bing–Neel Syndrome: An Unknown GCA Mimicker

A P Javed, Sadia Arooj Javed, Barbara E. Ostrov, KHOA NGO

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic granulomatous vasculitis of medium and large arteries leading to cranial and extracranial manifestations. Temporal artery biopsy is considered the gold standard; however, its sensitivity is low at 47%. We report a unique case of Bing-Neel …

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Reliability and reproducibility of antinuclear antibody testing in pediatric rheumatology practice

Barbara E. Ostrov

Antinuclear antibody (ANA) testing is common practice among health care practitioners when evaluating children and adolescents with non-specific symptoms including fatigue and aches and pains. When positive, ANA results often lead to referrals to pediatric rheumatologists as these antibodies may be key …

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Improving Hospital Infant Safe Sleep Compliance by Using Safety Prevention Bundle Methodology

Erich K. Batra, Mary Margaret Lewis, D. N. B. Saravana, Tammy E. Corr et autres

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sudden unexpected infant death often results from unsafe sleep environments and is the leading cause of postneonatal mortality in the United States. Standardization of infant sleep environment education has been revealed to impact such deaths. This standardized approach is …

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Immunological Investigations Thematic: Editors’ Introduction

Barbara E. Ostrov, Daniel Amsterdam

This year’s Thematic was created in the crucible of the COVID-19 pandemic. March 2021 marked the one-year anniversary of world-wide recognition of the impact of COVID-19. Lessons from years combatt...

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Interplay of Anti-Viral Vaccines with Biologic Agents and Immunomodulators in Individuals with Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases

Barbara E. Ostrov, Daniel Amsterdam

Vaccines are an essential part of a preventative healthcare strategy. However, response to vaccines may be less predictable in immunocompromised people. While outcomes for individuals with autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases have dramatically improved with treatment using immunomodulating and biologic agents, infections have …

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Inflammatory Arthritis following Hepatitis B Vaccination in an Infant

Sana S. Rahimi, Barbara E. Ostrov, Maricarmen Lopez-Pena

Inflammatory arthritis in children may be idiopathic in nature or may be due to or follow infections. Rare reports identify inflammatory arthritis temporally related to vaccination in children. Herein, we describe the first reported case of an infant who developed inflammatory arthritis …

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Suppurative Cervical Adenitis Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Justin Loloi, Robert A. Saadi, Barbara E. Ostrov, Johnathan D. McGinn

Loloi, Justin BS; Saadi, Robert MD; Ostrov, Barbara E. MD; McGinn, Johnathan D. MD, FACS Author Information

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The Impact of the Microbiome on Immunosenescence

Daniel Amsterdam, Barbara E. Ostrov

Human microbiome investigations now provide evidence that changes in the microbiome over time and their interaction with the immune, endocrine, and nervous systems are associated with a wide array of disorders. Human immunological studies typically absent a microbiome consideration in their investigations. …

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Features distinguishing clinically amyopathic juvenile dermatomyositis from juvenile dermatomyositis

Gulnara Mamyrova, Takayuki Kishi, Ira N. Targoff, Alison Ehrlich et autres

Objective: We examined features of clinically amyopathic JDM (CAJDM), in which patients have characteristic rashes with little to no evidence of muscle involvement, to determine whether this is a distinct phenotype from JDM. Methods: Demographic, clinical, laboratory and treatment data from 12 …

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Comparison of Adults With Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis to Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Danielle M. Feger, Nicholas Longson, Hiranda Dodanwala, Barbara E. Ostrov et autres

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Many individuals with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have persistent disease into adulthood. Polyarticular JIA (pJIA) is often mislabeled as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adult rheumatology clinics, and treatment for adult pJIA patients is not well defined. We aimed to describe clinical …

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