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Is it necessary to prescribe a steroid taper after two weeks of high-dose prednisone (60 mg daily)?

What is your surveillance protocol for patients with common variable immunodeficiency receiving chronic IVIG therapy?

Is there a target IgG level to aim for? What should hematologists be aware of in monitoring these patients?

Excluding CLL, in which patients would you screen for hypogammaglobulinemia?

Solid tumor patients, other hematologic malignancies, patients with autoimmune diseases on immunosuppressive therapy? Do you consider workup if they a...

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Would you use the pneumococcal conjugate-21 vaccine (Capvaxive) instead of the conjugate-20 (Prevnar-20) for routine vaccinations in immunosuppressed patients?

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What is your approach to working up diarrhea in an immunocompromised patient?

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Do you recommend COVID vaccination in patients with antiphospholipid antibody positivity or other prothrombotic states not on anti-coagulation?

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How are you timing the third dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in patients on rituximab?

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How do you approach an isolated T-cell gene arrangement found in the setting of persistent hypereosinophilia?

If all work-up including peripheral flow, bone marrow biopsy, PET-CT returns negative, what additional management (if any) would be recommended?

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For which rituximab infusion reaction symptoms do you consider it safe to re-challenge in the office with adjusted rates and pre-medications?

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Do you recommend shingles vaccine to all immunosuppressed patients under the age of 50 y.o.?

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How do you handle hypogammaglobulinemia detected in patients prior to maintenance rituximab infusion?

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JAMA network open, 2018-11-02

Association of Immunoglobulin Levels, Infectious Risk, and Mortality With Rituximab and Hypogammaglobulinemia.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2017

Reactions to Rituximab in an Outpatient Infusion Center: A 5-Year Review.

European journal of haematology, 2017-04

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract, 2021 Feb 03

CD3CD4 Lymphocytic Variant Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: Diagnostic Tools Revisited.

Eur J Haematol, 2020 May 18

Causes of hypereosinophilia in 100 consecutive patients.

Br J Haematol, 2019 Nov 13

Pegylated interferon alpha 2a is an effective and well-tolerated treatment option for lymphocyte-variant hypereosinophilic syndrome.

Br J Haematol, 2021 Jun 08

Treatment of lymphocyte-variant hypereosinophilic syndrome (L-HES): what to consider after confirming the elusive diagnosis.

Thromb Res, 2021 Jun 25

Absence of hypercoagulability after nCoV-19 vaccination: An observational pilot study.

Lupus, 2014 Jul 30

Serious infections in systemic lupus erythematosus with a focus on pneumococcal infections.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2024 Sep 12

Use of 21-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Among U.S. Adults: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2024.

Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2022 Dec 02

Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Patients on Glucocorticoids.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Apr 20

Glucocorticoid Withdrawal-An Overview on When and How to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Clinical Practice.

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