Increase in admissions related to giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica in the UK, 2002-13, without a decrease in associated sight loss: potential implications for service provision

Affiliations

• ¹ Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, Ophthalmology Department, Quality and Outcomes Research Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, Department of Ophthalmology, King's College Hospital, London, Ophthalmology Department, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham and Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK [email protected].
• ² Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, Ophthalmology Department, Quality and Outcomes Research Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, Department of Ophthalmology, King's College Hospital, London, Ophthalmology Department, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham and Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.
• ³ Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, Ophthalmology Department, Quality and Outcomes Research Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, Department of Ophthalmology, King's College Hospital, London, Ophthalmology Department, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham and Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, Ophthalmology Department, Quality and Outcomes Research Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, Department of Ophthalmology, King's College Hospital, London, Ophthalmology Department, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham and Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.