Correlation between clinical activity measured by DAS-28 and ultrasound in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Comparison of Some Clinical, Hematological and Serological Parameters According to the Level of Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

“…Furthermore, RA have extra-articular manifestations; it can affect the skin, lungs, heart, eyes, and blood vessels (O'Neil & Kaplan, 2019; Smith & Berman, 2022). Because of the progressive nature of RA, untreated or inadequately controlled disease activity causes structural degeneration of the joints and ultimately deformities (Uribe et al, 2016;Conti et al, 2020;Wright et al, 2021). Both short-term and longterm physical and functional decline contribute to a reduction in a person's quality of life and increase in mortality and morbidity rates (Uribe et al, 2016).…”

“…Because of the progressive nature of RA, untreated or inadequately controlled disease activity causes structural degeneration of the joints and ultimately deformities (Uribe et al, 2016;Conti et al, 2020;Wright et al, 2021). Both short-term and longterm physical and functional decline contribute to a reduction in a person's quality of life and increase in mortality and morbidity rates (Uribe et al, 2016). When treating RA, the ultimate goal is to arrest the disease's erosive progression and achieve and maintain clinical remission with maintaining the Before commencing the study project, the ethical committee of the College of Medicine at the University of Kufa had approved.…”