Rheumatology

General Pulmonary

Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach patients who identify so strongly with being sick or with a particular diagnostic label that it makes up a significant portion of their identity?

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How do you approach dyspnea in a patient with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis with normal imaging findings but abnormal PFT findings (restriction, reduced DLCO)?

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Is it necessary to prescribe a steroid taper after two weeks of high-dose prednisone (60 mg daily)?

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What is your approach to a patient with undetectable MMR titers checked prior to or during immunosuppression and a history of MMR vaccination in childhood?

Is there a role for booster vaccination and if so, how do you approach the timing when a patient is already on a biologic for immunosuppression?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2022 Dec 02

Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Patients on Glucocorticoids.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Apr 20

Glucocorticoid Withdrawal-An Overview on When and How to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Clinical Practice.

Open access rheumatology : research and reviews, 2012 Mar 05

Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease.

Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2014 Apr 23

Rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease: associations, prognostic factors and physiological and radiological characteristics--a large multicentre UK study.

The Journal of rheumatology, 1993 Jun

Bronchoalveolar lavage and lung biopsy in rheumatoid arthritis. In vivo effects of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs.

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