Allergy & Immunology

Medical Oncology

Questions discussed in this category

Would you use the pneumococcal conjugate-21 vaccine (Capvaxive) instead of the conjugate-20 (Prevnar-20) for routine vaccinations in immunosuppressed patients?

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Is it necessary to prescribe a steroid taper after two weeks of high-dose prednisone (60 mg daily)?

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What is your approach to working up diarrhea in an immunocompromised patient?

1 Answer available

Do you recommend COVID vaccination in patients with antiphospholipid antibody positivity or other prothrombotic states not on anti-coagulation?

1 Answer available

How are you timing the third dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in patients on rituximab?

1 Answer available

For which rituximab infusion reaction symptoms do you consider it safe to re-challenge in the office with adjusted rates and pre-medications?

1 Answer available

Do you recommend shingles vaccine to all immunosuppressed patients under the age of 50 y.o.?

1 Answer available

How do you handle hypogammaglobulinemia detected in patients prior to maintenance rituximab infusion?

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Papers discussed in this category

JAMA network open, 2018-11-02

Association of Immunoglobulin Levels, Infectious Risk, and Mortality With Rituximab and Hypogammaglobulinemia.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2017

Reactions to Rituximab in an Outpatient Infusion Center: A 5-Year Review.

Thromb Res, 2021 Jun 25

Absence of hypercoagulability after nCoV-19 vaccination: An observational pilot study.

Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2022 Dec 02

Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Patients on Glucocorticoids.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Apr 20

Glucocorticoid Withdrawal-An Overview on When and How to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Clinical Practice.

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