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General Internal Medicine
Scleroderma
Questions discussed in this category
How do you approach the significance of +RNP III antibody in a patient with positive ANA but no other signs or symptoms of systemic sclerosis?
No history of malignancy. No Raynauds.
1 Answer available
In patients with diffuse scleroderma and symptomatic lower extremity venous insufficiency, would you recommend treatment with endovenous laser/ablation?
The patient has tried conservative measures with compression stockings.
1 Answer available
How do you counsel patients who experience diarrhea from mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept)?
Do you generally recommend anti-diarrheals, dietary modifications, or consider this an unacceptable side effect and move to other therapies?
2 Answers available
How would you approach management of a patient with rapidly progressive systemic sclerosis with worsening skin disease, myositis, arthritis, dysphagia and failure to thrive developing within 6 months?
The patient is a young African American female of reproductive age with positive Fibrillarin antibody and nucleolar antibody. No ILD.
1 Answer available
How do you approach management of a patient with idiopathic PAH and +ANA, but no other current symptoms/signs of active rheumatologic disease?
3 Answers available
How do you manage patients with systemic sclerosis and chronic thrombotic microangiopathy on renal biopsy, but no other evidence of scleroderma renal crisis?
Patient with nephrotic range proteinuria, but there is no evidence of active TMA on renal biopsy.
1 Answer available
When is a kidney biopsy warranted in a patient with possible scleroderma renal crisis?
1 Answer available
What criteria do you use on echocardiogram and PFT to determine who needs further evaluation for CTD-associated pulmonary hypertension?
1 Answer available
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Papers discussed in this category
Eur Heart J, 2015 Aug 29
2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: The Joint Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS): Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).
Eur Respir J, 2019 Jan 24
Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science, 2008
Nephrotic range proteinuria: rare manifestation of scleroderma renal crisis.
International journal of general medicine, 2019 Sep 02
Renal pathology and clinical associations in systemic sclerosis: a historical cohort study.
Therapeutic drug monitoring, 2022 Jun 01
Drug-Drug Interactions Between Mycophenolic Acid and Proton Pump Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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