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Do you generally utilize calcium channel blockers on an as needed basis for patients with Raynaud's phenomenon?

Do you generally feel they work well? Have patients tried using this a few days before an activity, such as skiing? Especially for otherwise healthy, ...

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Do you recommend genetic screening for FMF in asymptomatic first-degree relatives with a strong family history (multiple family members, severe/refractory disease)?

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What are some of the biggest challenges you run into when patients transition from pediatric to adult care?

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Do you recommend adjusted adult cancer screening for patients who have been on long term biologics and/or tsDMARDs since childhood?

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What are some strategies to help teach patients transitioning from pediatric to adult care to become more independent with respect to their care and less dependent on their caregivers?

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Do you recommend routine genetic screening (i.e., periodic fever panel) in a pediatric patient where you strongly suspect a periodic fever syndrome?

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What are some explanations for the persistent renal outcome disparity gaps affecting certain minority groups of patients with pediatric SLE despite improvement in overall renal outcomes?

What would you suggest to help address these disparities in our own practices?

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Would you discontinue anticoagulation in patients with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, who have a remote history of thrombotic events and are now negative for pathogenic antiphospholipid antibodies?

Would the answer differ if the index event was arterial vs venous?

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Do you repeat antiphospholipid antibody testing in a patient that previously met criteria for APLS?

If so, how long after diagnosis do you do so?

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Papers discussed in this category

Autoimmun Rev, 2017 Sep 09

Can we withdraw anticoagulation in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome after seroconvertion?

Lupus Sci Med, 2021 Jan

Apolipoprotein L1 risk genotypes in Ghanaian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a prospective cohort study.

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