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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES
卷 16, 期 3, 页码 273-278出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.12016
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Asia; hospital; outpatient clinics; rheumatic diseases; Singapore
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AimsTo describe the spectrum of diseases seen in an outpatient setting in the Singapore General Hospital, the largest tertiary referral centre in Singapore. MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, medical records of patients scheduled for an appointment at the rheumatology specialist outpatient clinics over a 4-month period (10 August 2010-31 December 2010) were reviewed. Primary diagnoses documented by the attending physician at the latest visit were recorded. ResultsAmong 4180 patients (29.5% male; mean [SD] age: 53.5 [15.1] years; 77.0% Chinese, 8.0% Malay, 8.8% Indian and 6.2% others), the spectrum of diseases seen was as follows [disease - definite n (%), probable n (%)]: Arthritis: rheumatoid arthritis - 958 (22.9%), 68 (1.6%); osteoarthritis - 452 (10.8%), 39 (0.9%); crystal arthritis - 417 (10.0%), 18 (0.4%); spondyloarthritis - 227 (5.4%), 61 (1.5%); psoriatic arthritis - 158 (3.8%), 9 (0.2%); other inflammatory arthritis - 153 (3.7%), 94 (2.2%); Connective tissues diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus - 412 (9.9%), 26 (0.6%); vasculitis - 105 (2.5%), 22 (0.5%); Sjogren's syndrome - 81 (1.9%), 32 (0.8%); overlap syndromes - 73 (1.8%); scleroderma - 50 (1.2%), 4 (0.1%); undifferentiated connective tissue diseases - 45 (1.1%), 106 (2.5%); myositis - 41 (1.0%), 12 (0.3%); antiphospholipid syndrome - 22 (0.5%), 7 (0.2%); polymyalgia rheumatica - 16 (0.4%); Others: soft tissue rheumatism - 155 (3.7%); osteoporosis - 61 (1.5%); other non-rheumatologic conditions - 189 (4.5%); other rheumatologic conditions - 67 (1.6%). ConclusionRheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and crystal arthritis were the three most common rheumatological diseases seen in a tertiary referral centre serving a multi-ethnic urban Asian population in Singapore.
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