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Hospitalizations of Patients Treated with Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Agents -- A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Devy Zisman, Amir Haddad, Sharbel Hashoul, Arie Laor, Haim Bitterman, Itzhak Rosner, Lihi Eder, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman, Reuven Mader and Uzi Milman
The Journal of Rheumatology October 2012, jrheum.111516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.111516
Devy Zisman
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
Amir Haddad
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
Sharbel Hashoul
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
Arie Laor
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
Haim Bitterman
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
Itzhak Rosner
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
Lihi Eder
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
Alexandra Balbir-Gurman
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
Reuven Mader
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
Uzi Milman
From the Carmel Medical Center, the Bnai Zion Medical Center, the Rambam Medical Center, the Haemek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa; and the Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. D. Zisman, MD, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; A. Haddad, MD; S. Hashoul, MD; A. Laor, MD, Carmel Medical Center; H. Bitterman, MD, Professor, Carmel Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; I. Rosner, MD, Professor, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; L. Eder, MD, Carmel Medical Center; A. Balbir-Gurman, MD, Rambam Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; R. Mader, MD, Professor, Haemek Medical Center, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine; U. Milman, MD, Clinical Research Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, and the Department of Family Medicine, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Zisman, Carmel Medical Center – Medicine, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel 34362. E-mail: devyzisman@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 26, 2012.
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Devy Zisman, Amir Haddad, Sharbel Hashoul, Arie Laor, Haim Bitterman, Itzhak Rosner, Lihi Eder, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman, Reuven Mader, Uzi Milman
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The Journal of Rheumatology Oct 2012, jrheum.111516; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.111516