TY - JOUR
T1 - The 2017 EULAR standardised procedures for ultrasound imaging in rheumatology
AU - Möller, Ingrid
AU - Janta, Iustina
AU - Backhaus, Marina
AU - Ohrndorf, Sarah
AU - Bong, David A.
AU - Martinoli, Carlo
AU - Filippucci, Emilio
AU - Sconfienza, Luca Maria
AU - Terslev, Lene
AU - Damjanov, Nemanja
AU - Hammer, Hilde Berner
AU - Sudol-Szopinska, Iwona
AU - Grassi, Walter
AU - Balint, Peter
AU - Bruyn, George A.W.
AU - D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta
AU - Hollander, Diana
AU - Siddle, Heidi J.
AU - Supp, Gabriela
AU - Schmidt, Wolfgang A.
AU - Iagnocco, Annamaria
AU - Koski, Juhani
AU - Kane, David
AU - Fodor, Daniela
AU - Bruns, Alessandra
AU - Mandl, Peter
AU - Kaeley, Gurjit S.
AU - Micu, Mihaela
AU - Ho, Carmen
AU - Vlad, Violeta
AU - Chávez-López, Mario
AU - Filippou, Georgios
AU - Cerón, Carmen Elena
AU - Nestorova, Rodina
AU - Quintero, Maritza
AU - Wakefield, Richard
AU - Carmona, Loreto
AU - Naredo, Esperanza
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: In 2001, the European League Against Rheumatism developed and disseminated the first guidelines for musculoskeletal (MS) ultrasound (US) in rheumatology. Fifteen years later, the dramatic expansion of new data on MSUS in the literature coupled with technological developments in US imaging has necessitated an update of these guidelines.OBJECTIVES: To update the existing MSUS guidelines in rheumatology as well as to extend their scope to other anatomic structures relevant for rheumatology.METHODS: The project consisted of the following steps: (1) a systematic literature review of MSUS evaluable structures; (2) a Delphi survey among rheumatologist and radiologist experts in MSUS to select MS and non-MS anatomic structures evaluable by US that are relevant to rheumatology, to select abnormalities evaluable by US and to prioritise these pathologies for rheumatology and (3) a nominal group technique to achieve consensus on the US scanning procedures and to produce an electronic illustrated manual (ie, App of these procedures).RESULTS: Structures from nine MS and non-MS areas (ie, shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot, peripheral nerves, salivary glands and vessels) were selected for MSUS in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) and their detailed scanning procedures (ie, patient position, probe placement, scanning method and bony/other landmarks) were used to produce the App. In addition, US evaluable abnormalities present in RMD for each anatomic structure and their relevance for rheumatology were agreed on by the MSUS experts.CONCLUSIONS: This task force has produced a consensus-based comprehensive and practical framework on standardised procedures for MSUS imaging in rheumatology.
AB - BACKGROUND: In 2001, the European League Against Rheumatism developed and disseminated the first guidelines for musculoskeletal (MS) ultrasound (US) in rheumatology. Fifteen years later, the dramatic expansion of new data on MSUS in the literature coupled with technological developments in US imaging has necessitated an update of these guidelines.OBJECTIVES: To update the existing MSUS guidelines in rheumatology as well as to extend their scope to other anatomic structures relevant for rheumatology.METHODS: The project consisted of the following steps: (1) a systematic literature review of MSUS evaluable structures; (2) a Delphi survey among rheumatologist and radiologist experts in MSUS to select MS and non-MS anatomic structures evaluable by US that are relevant to rheumatology, to select abnormalities evaluable by US and to prioritise these pathologies for rheumatology and (3) a nominal group technique to achieve consensus on the US scanning procedures and to produce an electronic illustrated manual (ie, App of these procedures).RESULTS: Structures from nine MS and non-MS areas (ie, shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot, peripheral nerves, salivary glands and vessels) were selected for MSUS in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) and their detailed scanning procedures (ie, patient position, probe placement, scanning method and bony/other landmarks) were used to produce the App. In addition, US evaluable abnormalities present in RMD for each anatomic structure and their relevance for rheumatology were agreed on by the MSUS experts.CONCLUSIONS: This task force has produced a consensus-based comprehensive and practical framework on standardised procedures for MSUS imaging in rheumatology.
KW - procedures
KW - rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
KW - rheumatology
KW - scanning
KW - standardization
KW - ultrasound
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U2 - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211585
DO - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211585
M3 - Article
C2 - 28814430
AN - SCOPUS:85037550923
VL - 76
SP - 1974
EP - 1979
JO - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
SN - 0003-4967
IS - 12
ER -