User profiles for "author:R. Østgård"

René Østgård

Consultant, Regional Hospital Silkeborg
Verified email at rm.dk
Cited by 354

Association between tobacco smoking and response to tumour necrosis factor α inhibitor treatment in psoriatic arthritis: results from the DANBIO registry

…, R Christensen, U Tarp, R Østgård… - Annals of the …, 2015 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate the association between tobacco smoking and disease activity,
treatment adherence and treatment responses among patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) …

Self-protection strategies and health behaviour in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic: results and predictors in more than …

B Glintborg, DV Jensen, S Engel, L Terslev… - RMD open, 2021 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Aims In Danish patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases to explore self-protection
strategies and health behaviour including adherence to disease-modifying antirheumatic …

Faecal calprotectin detects subclinical bowel inflammation and may predict treatment response in spondyloarthritis

RD Østgård, BW Deleuran, MY Dam… - Scandinavian Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Intestinal inflammation is frequent in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). Here,
we test the validity of faecal calprotectin as a marker of intestinal inflammation in SpA …

Disease activity-guided tapering of biologics in patients with inflammatory arthritis: a pragmatic, randomized, open-label, equivalence trial

L Uhrenholt, R Christensen, L Dreyer… - Scandinavian Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To evaluate whether disease activity-guided tapering of biologics compared to
continuation as usual care enables a substantial dose reduction while disease activity …

Fast track clinic for early diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica: impact on symptom duration and prednisolone initiation

LL Frølund, C Våben, M Dam, SG Kjær, BD Nielsen… - Joint Bone Spine, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of a fast track clinic (FTC) for patients suspected of
polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) regarding symptom duration, prednisolone initiation before …

Autoimmune diseases, infections, use of antibiotics and the risk of acute myeloid leukaemia: a national population‐based case‐control study

LSG Østgård, M Nørgaard, L Pedersen… - British journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies reported increased risk of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in individuals
with inflammatory conditions. However, it is unclear whether this association is explained by …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on treat-to-target strategies and physical consultations in> 7000 patients with inflammatory arthritis

B Glintborg, DV Jensen, L Terslev… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on treat-to-target strategies
(disease activity, remission rates) and access to physical consultations in patients with …

Synovial cell production of IL-26 induces bone mineralization in spondyloarthritis

…, D Jæhger, A Woetmann, R Østgård… - Journal of Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is characterized by inflammation and new bone formation and can
be treated by inhibition of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-17A. IL-26 is …

Probiotics for chronic low back pain with type 1 Modic changes: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 1-year follow-up using Lactobacillus …

OK Jensen, MH Andersen, RD Østgård… - European Spine …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To investigate whether treatment by lactic acid bacteria for 100 days is associated
with change of disability and pain in chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients with type 1 or …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased plasma levels of soluble CD18 link leukocyte infiltration with disease activity in spondyloarthritis

…, B Jalilian, M Hvid, A Kjærgaard, R Østgård… - Arthritis research & …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Spondyloarthritis (SpA) comprises a group of diseases often
associated with HLA-B27 and characterized by inflammation of the entheses and joints of …