Challenging Management of Hepatitis B infection in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients in an Endemic Area during Immunosuppressive Therapy

Nunes, Gabriel Pacífico Seabra; Cunha, P.D.; Bosco, D.P.D.; Ribeiro, Sandra Lúcia Euzébio

doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0386-2018

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“…Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an unexplained systemic disease characterized by the chronic inflammatory response of the central axis (1,2). The typical age of disease onset is 16-40 years old and the condition is more common in men (3).…”

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Care of abdominal skin in ankylosing spondylitis patients undergoing corrective spinal surgery

Su¹,

Wang²,

Wu³

et al. 2021

Exp Ther Med

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The present study aimed to investigate the effect of a new method of abdominal skin care on patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) undergoing orthopedic surgery. A total of 90 patients with AS and thoracolumbar kyphosis undergoing orthopedic surgery were randomly divided into two groups. Patients in the control group received routine care while those in experimental group received the following new treatment regimen: i) Vaseline cream was applied to the abdominal skin for 3-5 min every 6 h; ii) preoperative stretch exercises were encouraged and iii) 24 h after surgery, the patient was placed in a lateral decubitus position. The difference in abdominal pain levels and the size of tension blisters was the compared between the two groups. There was no difference in age, gender, disease course and kyphosis angle between two groups (P>0.05). Compared with the patients in the control group, those in test group experienced milder pain when evaluated by visual analogue score at 6, 18 and 30 h after surgery (3.6±1.2 vs. 4.5±1.8; 4.4±2.3 vs. 6.1±2.7; 4.1±2.1 vs. 4.1±2.1, P<0.05). Moreover, tension vesicles in the abdominal skin were significantly smaller in the treatment group than the control group (P<0.05). Optimal nursing may be the key to the reduction of the level of pain and occurrence of tension vacuoles in the abdominal skin.

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Care of abdominal skin in ankylosing spondylitis patients undergoing corrective spinal surgery

Su¹,

Wang²,

Wu³

et al. 2021

Exp Ther Med

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<p>Advances in nanomedicine for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis</p>

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Jiang²,

Chaurasiya³

et al. 2019

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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a complex disease characterized by inflammation and ankylosis primarily at the cartilage–bone interface. The disease is more common in young males and risk factors include both genetic and environmental. While the pathogenesis of AS is not completely understood, it is thought to be an immune-mediated disease involving inflammatory cellular infiltrates, and human leukocyte antigen-B27. Currently, there is no specific diagnostic technique available for this disease; therefore conventional diagnostic approaches such as clinical symptoms, laboratory tests and imaging techniques are used. There are various review papers that have been published on conventional treatment approaches, and in this review work, we focus on the more promising nanomedicine-based treatment modalities to move this field forward.

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Challenging Management of Hepatitis B infection in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients in an Endemic Area during Immunosuppressive Therapy

Cited by 3 publications

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Care of abdominal skin in ankylosing spondylitis patients undergoing corrective spinal surgery

Care of abdominal skin in ankylosing spondylitis patients undergoing corrective spinal surgery

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<p>Advances in nanomedicine for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis</p>

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