Rheumatology

Raynaud

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What protective post-op measures do you recommend for a patient with scleroderma and a history of ILD, PH, Raynaud’s and digital ischemia undergoing cardiothoracic surgery?

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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 specifically counsel patients on conservative measures such as hand warming in the treatment of SSc associated digital ulceration?

In addition to the usual pharmcotherapy (CCBs, etc.)

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How do you manage severe Raynaud's phenomenon with ulceration in scleroderma patients that is refractory to oral agents (CCBs, PDEis, ARBs, and ERAs)?

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What is your approach to patients who present with unilateral Raynaud's?

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

1 Answer available

Is there a role for cyclophosphamide in refractory digital ischemia in patients with scleroderma?

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Is nailfold capillaroscopy useful for prognostication and evaluation of disease progression in MCTD/myositis patients?

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Is nailfold capillaroscopy useful for prognostication and evaluation of disease progression in scleroderma patients?

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How do you approach infused prostacyclin therapy for critical digital ischemia?

What factors go into choosing the right patient and determining length of therapy?

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How do you treat Raynaud's in patients with baseline low blood pressure?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Autoimmun Rev, 2019 Sep 11

Fast track algorithm: How to differentiate a "scleroderma pattern" from a "non-scleroderma pattern".

Clin Exp Rheumatol, 2020 Aug 26

Consensus-based evaluation of dermatoscopy versus nailfold videocapillaroscopy in Raynaud's phenomenon linking USA and Europe: a European League against Rheumatism study group on microcirculation in rheumatic diseases project.

Microvasc Res, 2016 Sep 07

Capillary density: An important parameter in nailfold capillaroscopy.

J Rheumatol, 2019 Aug 15

Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy in Systemic Sclerosis-related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Literature Review.

The British journal of dermatology, 2019-11

Utilization patterns and performance of commercial myositis autoantibody panels in routine clinical practice.

Front Med (Lausanne), 2021 Aug 10

Nailfold Capillaroscopy Abnormalities Correlate With Disease Activity in Adult Dermatomyositis.

Autoimmun Rev, 2022 Apr 12

Standardised interpretation of capillaroscopy in autoimmune idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: A structured review on behalf of the EULAR study group on microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases.

Clin Rheumatol, 2014 Oct 17

Nailfold capillaroscopic changes in dermatomyositis and polymyositis.

Clin Rheumatol, 2019 Aug 22

Nailfold videocapillaroscopy alterations in dermatomyositis, antisynthetase syndrome, overlap myositis, and immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy.

Reumatologia, 2022 Feb 28

Nailfold capillaroscopy changes with disease activity in patients with inflammatory myositis including overlap myositis, pure dermatomyositis, and pure polymyositis.

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2022 Mar 14

Nailfold microvascular abnormalities are associated with a higher prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with MCTD.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2016 Nov 09

Update of EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis.

Case reports in rheumatology, 2017

A Rare Case of Digital Ischemia and Gangrene in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis with Review of the Literature.

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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