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How do you counsel patients who are concerned that discontinuation of certain chronic medications may actually perpetuate suffering at the end of life?

Do you ever continue medications such as rate-control agents for tachyarrhythmias, anticoagulation for blood clots, immunosuppression to prevent trans...

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When starting stress dose steroids for patient with primary adrenal insufficiency, how do you decide whether to start hydrocortisone 100 mg every 8 hours versus 50 mg every 6 hours?

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What are some important considerations for use of ACE inhibition in scleroderma renal crisis patients who require dialysis?

For example, is captopril dialyzable?

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What would be the preferred treatment option for PMR if patient develops gastric perforation soon after initiation of steroids?

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How do you differentiate active vasculitis from pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia and HELLP in a patient with AAV?

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How do you manage a patient with giant cell arteritis treated with weekly tocilizumab and low dose glucocorticoid who develops sudden vision loss?

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Arthritis Res Ther, 2021 Mar 22

Vision loss in patients with giant cell arteritis treated with tocilizumab.

Journal of clinical medicine, 2023 Feb 24

Kidney Biopsy in Pregnant Women with Glomerular Diseases: Focus on Lupus Nephritis.

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