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Questions discussed in this category

Are there patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis on maintenance rituximab therapy for whom you do not co-administer glucocorticoid therapy?
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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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In which patients with suspected IgA nephropathy and microalbuminuria would you recommend a kidney biopsy?
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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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Would you treat a patient aggressively for lupus nephritis if they have persistent proteinuria over 1 gram but cannot get a timely kidney biopsy?
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What would be the clinical role of SGLT-2 inhibitors for lupus nephritis given it has an indication for proteinuria related to CKD?
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When would you consider a kidney biopsy in a patient with longstanding diabetes and hypertension (baseline creatinine 4-5, 4+ proteinuria) who was recently found to have dsDNA positivity?
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Would you check ANCA titers in a patient with a history of PR-3-ANCA glomerulonephritis in remission and a stable creatinine but with recurrent microscopic hematuria?
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Is there a role for eculizumab in the management of refractory lupus nephritis?
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When is a kidney biopsy warranted in a patient with possible scleroderma renal crisis?
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Papers discussed in this category

Rheumatology international, 2017 Mar 03
Expanding the therapeutic options for renal involvement in lupus: eculizumab, available evidence.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2015 Aug 27
Eculizumab as rescue therapy in severe resistant lupus nephritis.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2013 Jun 19
Severe lupus nephritis: the predictive value of a ≥ 50% reduction in proteinuria at 6 months.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2020 Mar 09
The Evolving Role of Calcineurin Inhibitors in Treating Lupus Nephritis.
Kidney international, 2021 Apr 18
A pre-specified analysis of the DAPA-CKD trial demonstrates the effects of dapagliflozin on major adverse kidney events in patients with IgA nephropathy.
The New England journal of medicine, 2022 Nov 04
Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Lupus science & medicine, 2020 Feb 18
Prediction of prognosis and renal outcome in lupus nephritis.
Lupus Sci Med, 2018
Serum albumin at 1 year predicts long-term renal outcome in lupus nephritis.
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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