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Outcome in patients hospitalised for psoriatic arthritis
B L Coulton1, K Thomson, D P Symmons
1Highfield Hospital, Droitwich, Worcestershire, UK.
Clinical Rheumatology
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
Forty patients hospitalised for treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were followed for a mean of 8.0 years. At the end of this time none had died and only 8% were in functional class IV. 90% received second-line therapy. There was a high incidence of skin rashes on gold but hydroxychloroquine was well tolerated. Patients with psoriatic arthritis had a better outcome than patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with the same regime.