Primary Care

Scleroderma

Questions discussed in this category

Do you generally utilize calcium channel blockers on an as needed basis for patients with Raynaud's phenomenon?

Do you generally feel they work well? Have patients tried using this a few days before an activity, such as skiing? Especially for otherwise healthy, ...

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How do you counsel patients on the use of topical nitroglycerin for Raynaud's?

What formulation of topical nitroglycerin do you use?

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How do you monitor a patient with scleroderma during pregnancy?

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When do you consider vascular imaging in patients with Raynaud's and what type of imaging modalities do you utilize?

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Papers discussed in this category

Arthritis Rheum,

Autoantibodies and microvascular damage are independent predictive factors for the progression of Raynaud's phenomenon to systemic sclerosis: a twenty-year prospective study of 586 patients, with validation of proposed criteria for early systemic sclerosis.

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