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Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score with ESR (ASDAS-ESR)

Stratifies severity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) using clinical and laboratory data, specifically ESR.

Back pain
Ask the patient: "How would you describe the overall level of AS neck, back, or hip pain you have had?"
Duration of morning stiffness
Ask the patient: "How would you describe the overall level of morning stiffness you have had from the time you wake up?"
Patient global assessment of disease activity
Ask the patient: "How active was your spondylitis, on average, during the last week?"
Peripheral pain/swelling
Ask the patient: "How would you describe the overall level of pain/swelling in joints other than neck, back, or hips you have had?"
mm/hr

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Advice

May be useful in helping to guide treatment decisions; e.g. detecting improvement with TNF inhibitors.

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