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What are the current recommendations for the management of pediatric non-infectious uveitis?

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Rheumatology · University of Alabama Birmingham

Usually, by the time children with uveitis come to rheumatology care from ophthalmology, it is chronic in nature. Most of the infectious work-up has been completed. If not, then we will complete before starting systemic therapy. In addition, we screen for rheumatic associations with uveitis (e.g., j...

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Rheumatology · Northwestern University

Agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last's answer. By the time these patients see pediatric rheumatology, they have had a number of labs drawn looking for infectious and non-infectious etiologies of uveitis and have also usually been trialed on topical steroid drops (predforte or otherwise) +/- oral prednison...

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