Gastroenterology

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Questions discussed in this category

How would you manage a patient with Crohn's disease on a biologic and presents with non-bloody diarrhea, normal-appearing mucosa on sigmoidoscopy but severe colitis on biopsy with a positive CMV stain?

Would you send a CMV DNA PCR in blood, and if you elect to treat with anti-CMV medication, how long would you treat and what parameters would you use,...

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What diet do you recommend for patients with inflammatory bowel disease?

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What is your approach to choosing a particular advanced therapy based on patient or disease factors when initiating treatment for moderate-severe IBD?

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How do you approach a patient on anti-TNF with positive Quantiferon (previously negative) with negative chest x-ray and no symptoms?

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Do you feel comfortable using Jak inhibitors in patients with a strong family history of CAD, but no other risk factors?

How do you counsel patients in this scenario?

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How would you manage a patient with highly active ankylosing spondylitis, iritis and Crohn’s, controlled with weekly adalimumab with co-morbid IgG4RD and intolerance of azathioprine due to elevated LFTs?

IgG4 manifestations include autoimmune pancreatitis and periaortic soft tissue mass.

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Do you have concerns with the use of oral contraceptives in patients on JAK inhibitors given the black box warning for thromboembolic events?

How has this impacted your counseling and management?

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Do you consider anti-viral prophylaxis in patients taking JAK inhibitors who have recurrent uncomplicated Zoster infection, but would prefer not changing therapy?

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How would you approach additional workup and management of a patient with active Crohn’s disease, who has multiple lung and brain nodules, with lung pathology demonstrating necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and brain biopsy with granulomatous inflammation and medium-large vessel vasculitis?

The patient is on mesalamine for Crohn’s and CellCept and HCQ for skin manifestations (currently on hold during workup). The infectious workup i...

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Do you have a preference between Quantiferon Gold and T-spot TB for screening in patients starting immunosuppressive agents?

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Do you stop TNF inhibitors during the third trimester of pregnancy?

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Which biologics are you comfortable combining with vedolizumab for spondyloarthritis or psoriatic arthritis patients in the setting of well-controlled inflammatory bowel disease?

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What is your approach to continuing or altering therapy when inheriting a patient with combined biologic immunosuppression that is in excess of guidelines?

How do you approach de-escalation or justify therapy maintenance? Do you have tiers of medications that you attempt to de-escalate first? In one parti...

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Would you be comfortable using a JAK inhibitor in a patient with baseline thrombocytosis?

Would the etiology of the thrombocytosis play a role in your decision-making?

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How do you counsel patients about the malignancy risk associated with azathioprine?

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How do you approach the continued use of TNF inhibitors in a patient with inflammatory arthritis who develops a positive dsDNA without clinical evidence of drug-induced lupus?

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Is there a role for regular hepatitis and TB screening in patients on chronic immunosuppressive therapy in the absence of new risk factors or exposures?

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How would you approach new-onset large vessel vasculitis in a young patient with Crohn's disease?

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Is prophylactic anticoagulation indicated in patients with frequent ulcerative colitis flares?

If so, what agent(s) do you prefer?

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How do you approach screening for inflammatory bowel disease prior to starting IL-17 inhibitors?

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Do you recommend checking anti-drug antibodies for patients on TNF inhibitors?

If so, how would positive levels guide your management?

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Would you use an IL-17 inhibitor for a psoriatic arthritis patient with inactive inflammatory bowel disease?

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Would you hold all immunosuppressive medications for the first month of LTBI treatment, or just biologics?

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Do you avoid any specific biologic therapies in HIV positive patients?

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How do you counsel patients who ask if there are any dietary modifications they can make to help control their autoimmune disease?

This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: ADIRA Diet

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Is it okay to use COX-2 selective NSAIDs in patients with IBD-associated arthritis when the IBD is in remission?

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Would you re-challenge patients who have had a TNF-associated paradoxical adverse event (such as inflammatory bowel disease) with a different TNF inhibitor?

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Is it necessary to hold immunotherapy during a 4-6wk steroid taper after resolution of immunotherapy related toxicity?

Would you ever considering re-starting immunotherapy before completing the taper? According to the new guildelines on managing immunotherapy related ...

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