Beverley Almeida

Analysis of Published Criteria for Clinically Inactive Disease in a Large Juvenile Dermatomyositis Cohort Shows That Skin Disease Is Underestimated

The Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO) recently published criteria for classification of patients with juvenile dermatomyositis (DM) as having clinically inactive disease. The criteria require that at least 3 of 4 conditions be met, i.e., creatine kinase level ≤150 units/liter, Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale score ≥48, Manual Muscle Testing in 8 muscles score ≥78, and physicians global assessment of overall disease activity (PGA) ≤0.2. The present study was undertaken to test these criteria in a UK cohort of patients with juvenile DM.

Comparison of the Utility and Validity of Three Scoring Tools to Measure Skin Involvement in Patients With Juvenile Dermatomyositis

To compare the abbreviated Cutaneous Assessment Tool (CAT), Disease Activity Score (DAS), and Myositis Intention to Treat Activity Index (MITAX) and correlate them with the physicians 10‐cm skin visual analog scale (VAS) in order to define which tool best assesses skin disease in patients with juvenile dermatomyositis.

What I've learned from BMJ Case Reports: Excellent learning points

To continue sharing what I have learnt while reviewing articles on BMJ Case Reports , I have come across the following articles that highlight some simple but excellent learning points that I thought should be brought over to E&P . Skin to skin after birth can be …

Interesting images – purple and white blobs!

While reviewing for BMJ Case Reports I have found a wealth of interesting images, so I am drawing your attention to …

Interesting image – is something missing?

Hemihydraenecephaly can be compatible with life. A 21-year-old who was known to have had developmental delay and a persistent left sided hemiplegia had brain imaging (figure 1), (never previously completed in his …

What I've learned from BMJ case reports: It's not just arthritis...

While reviewing over on BMJ Case Reports , I have come across some very curious paediatric articles and some that are not even catalogued under the paediatric specialty section but related to our practice. They can be found in the archive under the clinical and non-clinical sections. There is an abundance of weird and …

What I've learned from BMJ Case Reports: Pains in the neck

In this next instalment of what I have learnt over on BMJ Case Reports , I thought I would take a ‘things located in the neck’ tack and following this theme I have found three cases that indicate conditions that perhaps could be added to …