Internal Medicine

Systemic autoimmune diseases   

Questions discussed in this category



When do you switch to steroid-sparing medications? What steroid-sparing therapies do you prefer?

Do you do blood work? Or do you rely on review of systems?

Do you typically start the patient on hydroxychloroquine?  What work-up do you perform?

What recommendations do you provide if there is concern that the patient is beginning to flare? Have you prescribed any of the new JAK inhibitors?


Papers discussed in this category


Autoimmunity reviews, 2009-02

Arthritis and rheumatism, 2013-07

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2021 Mar 24

Rev Med Interne, 2016 Oct 13

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2021 Mar 30

JAMA Dermatol,

Mod Rheumatol, 2020 Sep 17

Ann Rheum Dis, 2014 Feb 13

Ann Rheum Dis, 2019 Jan 04

Ann Rheum Dis, 2014 Apr 16

N Engl J Med, 2019 Dec 18

Ann Afr Med, 2020 Jul-Sep

Arch Dermatol, 2006 Mar

Clin Rev Allergy Immunol, 2010 Apr

Lupus, 2020 Mar 19

N Engl J Med, 2022 Oct 06