Reliability of the OMERACT Giant cell arteritis Ultrasonography Score (OGUS): results of a patient-based exercise involving experts and non-experts in vascular ultrasonography.

Authors: Duftner, Christina, Redlinger, Norbert, Bruyn, George A., Chadachan, Veerendra, Chrysidis, Stavros, Correyero, Maria, D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta, Dalsgaard Nielsen, Berit, Dasgupta, Bhaskar, De Miguel, Eugenio, Diamantopoulos, Andreas P., Fulvio, Giovanni, Gkikopoulos, Nikitas, Hartung, Wolfgang, Hocevar, Alojzija, Keen, Helen, Kurteva, Vesselina, Mandl, Peter, Manger, Eva, Mercatelli, Paolo

Source: RMD Open; Jan2025, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-9, 9p

Predictors of mortality of influenza virus infections in a Swiss Hospital during four influenza seasons: Role of quick sequential organ failure assessment

Authors: Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Matthaios, Gkikopoulos, Nikitas, Wüst, Melissa, Ballif, Aurelie, Simonin, Valentin, Maulini, Marie, Nusbaumer, Charly, Bertaiola Monnerat, Luce, Tschopp, Jonathan, Kampouri, Eleftheria-Evdokia, Wilson, Patrick, Duplain, Hervé

Source: In European Journal of Internal Medicine April 2020 74:86-91

Vision transformer assisting rheumatologists in screening for capillaroscopy changes in systemic sclerosis: an artificial intelligence model.

Authors: Garaiman, Alexandru, Nooralahzadeh, Farhad, Mihai, Carina, Gonzalez, Nicolas Perez, Gkikopoulos, Nikitas, Becker, Mike Oliver, Distler, Oliver, Krauthammer, Michael, Maurer, Britta

Source: Rheumatology; Jul2023, Vol. 62 Issue 7, p2492-2500, 9p

Subject Terms: DIGITAL image processing, DEEP learning, PREDICTIVE tests, NAILS (Anatomy), DERMATOMYOSITIS, CAPILLARIES, ANGIOSCOPY, SYSTEMIC scleroderma, ARTIFICIAL intelligence, RHEUMATOLOGISTS, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, RECEIVER operating characteristic curves, SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics), LONGITUDINAL method

Self-monitoring of the resting heart rate using a fitness tracker smartwatch application leads to an early diagnosis of large vessel vasculitis.

Authors: Gkikopoulos, Nikitas, Wenger, Mathias, Distler, Oliver, Becker, Mike

Source: BMJ Case Reports; Feb2022, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p1-4, 4p