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Are there patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis on maintenance rituximab therapy for whom you do not co-administer glucocorticoid therapy?

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Has your management of severe hyponatremia changed after a recent observational study described higher in-hospital mortality for sodium correction of <6 mEq/L compared to 6-10 mEq/L in the first 24 hours?

Seethapathy et al., NEJM

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Do you extend the duration of maintenance therapy past 24 months for patients with ANCA glomerulonephritis who have multiple organ involvement?

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Do you use acetazolamide to aid diuresis in patients with acute on chronic respiratory acidosis with significantly elevated serum bicarbonate levels?

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Do you routinely use 3% sodium chloride and desmopressin to correct hypovolemic hyponatremia in an asymptomatic patient with serum sodium of less than 120 mEq/L?

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What else do you consider in the differential diagnosis for pulmonary-renal syndromes if there is low clinical and serologic evidence of AAV, Goodpasture's or other rheumatologic disease (SLE, RA, APS, Scleroderma)?

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Is there a role for monitoring serum ANCAs to assess ANCA associated vasculitis disease activity?

This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is in reference to Pathogenic ANCA (RAVE Trial).

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Do you administer calcium to patients with K > 6.5 without EKG changes?

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In a patient with severe hyponatremia and acute kidney injury in the setting of hypovolemic shock, would fluid resuscitation take precedence over the rate at which sodium is corrected?

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How do you approach treating mild hypercalcemia in patients with sarcoidosis?

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How would you manage immune check point inhibitor induced capillary leak syndrome refractory to IVIG monotherapy?

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How do you manage calcium and vitamin D supplementation in patients with sarcoidosis on chronic steroids?

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Is there a subset of ANCA vasculitis patients for which you would try plasma exchange?

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Papers discussed in this category

Ann. Rheum. Dis., 2018 Apr 25

Comparison of individually tailored versus fixed-schedule rituximab regimen to maintain ANCA-associated vasculitis remission: results of a multicentre, randomised controlled, phase III trial (MAINRITSAN2).

AACE Clin Case Rep, 2020 Aug 06

METHOTREXATE TREATMENT FOR SARCOIDOSIS-INDUCED HYPERCALCEMIA.

Am J Med, 1987 Jun

Hydroxychloroquine treatment of hypercalcemia in a patient with sarcoidosis undergoing hemodialysis.

Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis, 2012 Mar

Hypercalcemia from sarcoidosis successfully treated with infliximab.

Arch Osteoporos, 2017 Jul 19

Glucocorticoid sparing effect of zoledronic acid in sarcoid hypercalcemia.

BMJ Case Rep, 2022 Jul 08

Hungry bone syndrome like presentation following single-dose denosumab for hypercalcaemia secondary to sarcoidosis with IgA nephropathy.

Arthritis Res Ther, 2014 Mar 24

Bone fragility in sarcoidosis and relationships with calcium metabolism disorders: a cross sectional study on 142 patients.

The American journal of medicine, 2016-05

Diagnosing and Treating the Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion.

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2018-07-06

Risk Factors and Outcomes of Rapid Correction of Severe Hyponatremia.

Journal of critical care, 2023 May 13

Effects of correction rate for severe hyponatremia in the intensive care unit on patient outcomes.

The Journal of urology, 1992-06

Functional obstructive uropathy: a significant factor in the hyponatremia of psychogenic polydipsia?

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013-04

Hypertonic saline and desmopressin: a simple strategy for safe correction of severe hyponatremia.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2024 Jan 11

Rituximab as maintenance therapy for ANCA-associated vasculitides: pooled analysis and long-term outcome of 277 patients included in the MAINRITSAN trials.

Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases, 2012-08

Cyclophosphamide without corticosteroids for treatment of severe systemic necrotizing vasculitis.

Current medical research and opinion, 2016-12

Corticosteroids: the knee jerk response.

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