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Management of systemic autoimmune diseases is challenging for physicians in their clinical practice. Although not common, they affect thousands of patients in Spain. The family doctor faces patients with symptoms and non-specific cutaneous, mucous, joint, vascular signs or abnormal laboratory findings at the start of the disease process and has to determine when to refer patients to the specialist. To aid in disease detection and better referral, the Spanish Society of Rheumatology and the Spanish Society of Family Medicine has created a group of experts who selected 26 symptoms, key signs and abnormal laboratory findings which were organized by organ and apparatus. Family doctors and rheumatologists with an interest in autoimmune systemic diseases were selected and formed mixed groups of two that then elaborated algorithms for diagnostic guidelines and referral. The algorithms were then reviewed, homogenized and adapted to the algorithm format and application for cell phone (apps) download. The result is the current Referral document of systemic autoimmune diseases for the family doctor in paper format and app (download). It contains easy-to-use algorithms using data from anamnesis, physical examination and laboratory results usually available to primary care, that help diagnose and refer patients to rheumatology or other specialties if needed., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and Sociedad Española de Reumatología y Colegio Mexicano de Reumatología. All rights reserved.)

Introduction: One of the missions of the Spanish Society of Rheumatology is to provide the necessary tools for excellence in health care. Currently, there is no reference point to quantify medical actions in this specialty, and this is imperative., Material and Method: A list of actions was drawn up and a hierarchical classification system was established by developing a complexity index, calculated based on the completion time and difficulty level of each action., Results: The results of the Delphi method tended to the consensus opinion within a group (mean σ2 - σ1=0.75-1.43=-0.68, mean IQR2 - IQR1=0.8-1.9=-1.1). The values of the complexity index ranged between 48 and 465 points. Among consultation actions, those reaching the highest scores were the first inpatient visit (366) and visits to the patient's home (369). Among diagnostic techniques, biopsies were prominent, those with the highest score were: bone biopsy (465), sural nerve biopsy (416) and synovial biopsy (380). Ultrasound scan scored 204, capillaroscopy 113 and densitometry 112. Among therapeutic techniques, infiltration/ arthrocentesis/articular injection in children reached the highest difficulty (388). The score for ultrasound-guided articular injection was 163. The score for clinical report on disability was 323 and expert report 370., Conclusions: A nomenclature of 54 actions in Rheumatology was compiled. Biopsies (bone, sural nerve, synovial), inpatient visits, visits to the patient's home, infiltrations in children, and the preparation of the expert report were identified as the most complex actions. Musculoskeletal ultrasound is twice as complex as subsequent visits, capillaroscopy or bone densitometry., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and Sociedad Española de Reumatología y Colegio Mexicano de Reumatología. All rights reserved.)

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Una misión de la Sociedad Española de Reumatología es aportar las herramientas necesarias para alcanzar la excelencia asistencial. En la actualidad no existe una referencia que cuantifique la complejidad de los actos médicos de esta especialidad. Se elaboró una relación de los actos propios del reumatólogo y se estableció un sistema de clasificación jerárquica a partir de la construcción de un índice de complejidad, calculado mediante el tiempo de realización y el grado de dificultad de cada acto. Los resultados del método Delphi tendieron a una opinión grupal consensuada (media σ2 - σ1 = 0,75-1,43 = -0,68, media IQR2 - IQR1 = 0,8-1,9 = -1,1). El rango de valores del índice de complejidad osciló de 48 a 465 puntos. Entre las consultas, las que alcanzaron mayor gradación fueron la primera visita al paciente hospitalizado (366) y la visita a domicilio (369). Entre las técnicas diagnósticas, destacaron las biopsias. Las que puntuaron más alto fueron: biopsia ósea (465), de nervio sural (416) y sinovial (380). La ecografía tuvo una puntuación de 204, la capilaroscopia de 113 y la densitometría de 112. Entre las técnicas terapéuticas, la máxima dificultad (388), la alcanzó la infiltración/artrocentesis/ inyección articular infantil. La puntuación de la inyección articular con control ecográfico fue de 163. El informe clínico de minusvalía, 323 y el informe pericial, 370. Este trabajo ha permitido elaborar un nomenclátor de 54 actos en reumatología donde se identifican como actos más complejos la realización de biopsias (ósea, nervio sural, sinovial), la visita a paciente hospitalizado, la visita a domicilio, la infiltración infantil bajo sedación y la elaboración de un informe pericial. La ecografía osteomuscular es considerada el doble de compleja de una visita sucesiva, la capilaroscopia o la densitometría ósea. One of the missions of the Spanish Society of Rheumatology is to provide the necessary tools for excellence in health care. Currently, there is no reference point to quantify medical actions in this specialty, and this is imperative. A list of actions was drawn up and a hierarchical classification system was established by developing a complexity index, calculated based on the completion time and difficulty level of each action. The results of the Delphi method tended to the consensus opinion within a group (mean σ2 - σ1 = 0.75-1.43 = -0.68, mean IQR2 - IQR1 = 0.8-1.9 = -1.1). The values of the complexity index ranged between 48 and 465 points. Among consultation actions, those reaching the highest scores were the first inpatient visit (366) and visits to the patient's home (369). Among diagnostic techniques, biopsies were prominent, those with the highest score were: bone biopsy (465), sural nerve biopsy (416) and synovial biopsy (380). Ultrasound scan scored 204, capillaroscopy 113 and densitometry 112. Among therapeutic techniques, infiltration/ arthrocentesis/articular injection in children reached the highest difficulty (388). The score for ultrasound-guided articular injection was 163. The score for clinical report on disability was 323 and expert report 370. A nomenclature of 54 actions in Rheumatology was compiled. Biopsies (bone, sural nerve, synovial), inpatient visits, visits to the patient's home, infiltrations in children, and the preparation of the expert report were identified as the most complex actions. Musculoskeletal ultrasound is twice as complex as subsequent visits, capillaroscopy or bone densitometry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To describe the main demographic and clinical features of patients with spondyloarthropaties in Spain. Patients and methods: Review of randomized clinical charts of patients with spondyloarthropaties with at least one visit to the rheumatologist in the previous two years. Information was collected on demographic and clinical data (duration of illness, diagnostic category, disease activity, extra-articular manifestations, comorbidity and work disability). Results: 1168 patients were included in the study. Their median age was 49.2 years (39.7-60.5), 68.0% were males, and median time of disease was 105.1 months (48.4-192.5). The diagnoses and clinical data such as the BASDAI were reported only in 34.0% of the patients. The most widely used measure of metrology, the Schober test, was missing in 37.7% of the clinical charts. The patients included had the following diagnoses: ankylosing spondylitis (n=629, 55.2%), psoriatic arthritis (n=253, 22.2%), undifferentiated spondyloarthritis (n=184, 16.1%), arthritis associated to inflammatory bowel disease (n=50, 4.4%), and reactive arthritis (n=16, 1.4%). The most common extra-articular manifestations were psoriasis (20.8%), anterior uveitis (19.4%), and enthesitis (16.9%). Some kind of work disability was reported in 8.3% of the patients. Conclusions: Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with spondyloarthropaties in Spain do not differ as a whole from other published studies, except for undifferentiated spondyloarthritis, which was more likely in our patients than in other studies. The quality of the records of activity in the clinical charts could be improved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]