Nephrology

Renal Tubular Acidosis

Questions discussed in this category

In a patient with high +SSA antibodies and distal renal tubular acidosis (RTA), but without sicca symptoms or other systemic features of Sjogren's, should immunomodulatory therapy with hydroxychloroquine or azathioprine be considered in an effort to reduce subclinical tubular inflammation and prevent progression of renal disease?

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Can an acid loading test be used to assist with the diagnosis of RTAs other than an incomplete distal RTA?

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How would you manage tubulointerstitial nephritis and renal tubular acidosis (RTA) in a patient with Sjogren's who is pregnant?

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Papers discussed in this category

Nat Rev Nephrol, 2015 Nov 16

Renal involvement in primary Sjögren syndrome.

Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 2019 Aug 28

Renal involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome: natural history and treatment outcome.

Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 Aug 21

Glucocorticoids in . Ten Questions and Some Issues.

JAMA, 2014 Jul 16

Effects of hydroxychloroquine on symptomatic improvement in primary Sjögren syndrome: the JOQUER randomized clinical trial.

Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 2018 Apr 19

Do antimalarials protect against damage accrual in primary Sjögren's syndrome? Results from a Latin-American retrospective cohort.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2016 Dec 13

Standardisation of labial salivary gland histopathology in clinical trials in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

BMC nephrology, 2023 Aug 15

Renal tubular acidosis without interstitial nephritis in Sjögren's syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.

Clinical rheumatology, 2001

Remission of the renal involvement in a patient with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) after pulse high-dose corticosteroid infusion therapy.

Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2017 Mar 01

A multicentre study of 95 biopsy-proven cases of renal disease in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

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