Clinical and anamnestic features of patients with systemic vasculitis: a single-center retrospective study
Auanassova A. Yessirkepov M.
April 2024Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Rheumatology International
2024#44Issue 4687 - 692 pp.
Systemic vasculitides are the most complex and problematic autoimmune rheumatic diseases characterized by affections of large, medium, or small vessels. Although the immunopathogenesis of vasculitides is thoroughly studied, the epidemiology and etiology are poorly explored. The main triggers of vasculitides are environmental, genetic, and various infectious factors. Diagnosis of vasculitides is complicated due to the non-specific nature of their symptoms. Vasculitides affect various organ systems with abrupt or slow (weeks–months) development of symptoms. This study aims to analyze the demographic and clinical-anamnestic characteristics of patients with systemic vasculitides in a single centre before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. A single-centre retrospective study of medical records of 80 patients above 18 years was conducted in the Almaty City Rheumatology Center. Medical records of 24 males (30%) and 56 females (70%) with systemic vasculitides, diagnosed from January 2019 to December 2021, were analyzed. Age, gender, damaged organ systems, disability, concomitant diseases, disease experience, laboratory data, and other variables were recorded. The records of hospitalized patients with systemic vasculitides were analyzed. Of 80 patients registered in 2019–2021, the most common were those with IgA vasculitis (n = 32, 40%), Takayasu arteritis (n = 17, 21.25%), and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (n = 12, 15%). Behçet disease was diagnosed less frequently (n = 9, 11.25%). Patients with systemic vasculitides had pre-obesity (n = 19), class 1 obesity (n = 13), and class 2 obesity (n = 2). Musculoskeletal affections were present in 52 patients (65%). Gastrointestinal, cutaneous, and cardiovascular affections were recorded in 45 (56.3%), 37 (46.3%), and 39 (48.8%) cases, respectively. Only 8 patients (10%) had affections of the nervous system. Most patients had elevated C-reactive protein (n = 29, 36.3%) and leukocytosis (n = 33, 41.3%). One-third of patients with vasculitides had a history of abortions. Musculoskeletal, cutaneous, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular affections are common in patients with systemic vasculitides. Obesity is a frequent comorbidity in vasculitides. Comorbidities and abortions complicate the disease course and its management.
Disability , IgA-vasculitis , Systemic vasculitides , Systemic vasculitis , Takayasu disease
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Department of Biology and Biochemistry, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
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