Background Adverse events during hospitalization are a major cause of patient harm, as
documented in the 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study. Patient safety has changed …

Introduction Disease remission has become a feasible goal for most rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
patients; however, patient-reported symptoms, such as pain, may persist despite remission…

Rationale: Interstitial lung disease (ILD), a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is highly prevalent, yet RA-ILD is underrecognized. Objectives: To …

Objectives One goal of remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to halt joint damage. The
authors assessed the progression of radiographic joint damage among RA patients in …

Objective To evaluate rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) disease activity and risk of RA ‐associated
interstitial lung disease (RA‐ILD). Methods We investigated disease activity and risk of RA‐…

Objective Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), pain may be attributed to peripheral
inflammation or other causes, such as central pain mechanisms. The aim of this study was …

The objective of this review is to report on the progress of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Rheumatoid Arthritis Sequential Study (BRASS) Registry data collection and summarize …

BACKGROUND Approximately 10% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have interstitial
lung disease (ILD), and one-third have subclinical ILD on chest CT scan. In this study, we …

Objective. To investigate the associations of smoking and alcohol consumption with disease
activity and functional status in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. We conducted a …

Objective. To conduct a proof-of-concept randomized trial of an Internal Family Systems (IFS)
psychotherapeutic intervention on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity and …