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Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach selecting biologic therapy vs non-biologic DMARD (such as methotrexate) as initial therapy in patients with new RA diagnosis with significant erosive disease?
This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: NORD-STAR (Østergaard et al., PMID 3742364...
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How would you approach the work up of SLE in a patient over 80 years old?
How would you work up an elderly female with persistent anemia secondary to warm AIHA requiring almost monthly transfusion, with positive ANA,dsDNA (b...
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Do you typically screen every patient with headaches after the age of 60 with ESR?
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Do you still plan to offer tofacitinib to RA patients over 65 if they have one or more additional CV risk factors?
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Given the "LDL Paradox", in which RA patients with the highest levels of inflammation can have ultra-low levels of LDL (<70), how do you approach initiation of statin therapy in these patients?
Dr. Charles-Schoeman presented data at ACR 21 showing that, paradoxically, there is a U-shaped relationship between inflammation and LDL levels in pat...
1 Answer available
What is your approach to checking serum vWF antigen levels in adult patients with CNS vasculitis for monitoring disease activity?
Small study in pediatric PACNS have evaluated this as a potential marker (Cellucci et al., PMID 22740622)
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Papers discussed in this category

Front Neurol, 2019 Jun 06
Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System: New Potential Imaging Techniques and Biomarkers in Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid.
Lupus, 2024 Jan 16
Complement C4d as a biomarker for systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis.
Arthritis care & research, 2022 Feb 08
A 79-Year-Old Female Patient With Altered Mental Status and Anemia.

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