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    Primary Sjogren syndrome, master 3 major diagnostic criteria in one article!

    • Last Update: 2023-02-02
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    2016 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European Union Against Rheumatism (EULAR) diagnostic criteria for primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS):



    1.
    Inclusion Criteria:
    Those with at least one of the symptoms of dry eyes or dry mouth, that is, at least one of the following is positive:


    • feeling unbearably dry eyes every day for more than 3 months;


    • repeated gritty sensations in the eyes;


    • Artificial tears need to be used 3 times or more times a day;


    • Feeling dry mouth daily for more than 3 months;


    • Swallowing dry foods requires frequent water assistance
      .
      or suspected SS with at least one systematic positive in the Sjogren's syndrome (SS) Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI) questionnaire for EULAR
      .



    2.
    Exclusion Criteria: Patients with the following conditions should be excluded due to possible overlapping clinical manifestations or interference with diagnostic test results:


    • history of radiation therapy to the head and neck;


    • Active hepatitis C virus infection;


    • AIDS;


    • Sarcoidosis;


    • Amyloidosis;


    • Graft-versus-host disease;


    • IgG4-related diseases
      .



    3.
    Applicable to anyone who meets the above inclusion criteria and excludes the exclusion criteria, and the sum of the following 5 scores ≥ 4 is diagnosed as pSS:


    (1) Lip gland focal lymphocyte infiltration, and focal index ≥ 1 foci/4mm2, which is 3 points;


    (2) Positive serum anti-SSA antibody, 3 points;


    (3) at least 5 for monocular corneal staining score (OSS) ≥ or 4 points for Van Bijsterveld score≥ which is 1;


    (4) At least single tear secretion test (Schirmer test) ≤ 5mm/5min, 1 point;


    (5) Unstimulated total saliva flow rate ≤0.
    1ml/min (Navazesh and Kumar assay) is 1 point
    .


    Routine use of cholinergic drugs should be fully discontinued before the above (3), (4), (5) examinations
    to assess dry mouth and eyes.
    The criteria have a sensitivity of 96% and a specificity of 95% and are applicable
    in both the validation analysis of diagnostic criteria and enrollment in clinical trials.


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