Hospital Medicine

Vasculitis

Questions discussed in this category

What would be your approach to managing severe ANCA-associated vasculitis in a patient who is also septic from a bacterial infection?

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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 would you approach management of a patient with a medium-to-large vessel vasculitis who developed perforation of the stomach and colon on steroids and cyclophosphamide?

Vasculitis involving aorta, subclavian, common carotid, SMA, IMA, renal artery, and celiac artery.

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Is there a subset of ANCA vasculitis patients for which you would try plasma exchange?

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How would you approach a patient with GCA who develops necrotizing fasciitis and then flares because they are off of tocilizumab?

How would you treat? Would you view tocilizumab as an option in the future?

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How would you approach a patient incidentally found to have PET avid large vessel vasculitis on CT angiogram during pre CABG workup?

Would you proceed with CABG procedure or treat the aortitis first?

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Papers discussed in this category

N Engl J Med, 2020 Feb 13

Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis.

Journal of vascular surgery, 2006-01

Takayasu's arteritis: operative results and influence of disease activity.

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 Jul 08

2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu Arteritis.

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