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Questions discussed in this category

How do you optimize retinopathy screening schedules for patients on hydroxychloroquine while also prioritizing cost-effectiveness?
This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: Cost Effectiveness of HCQ Screening.
3 Answers available
How do you determine when to wean patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) off of acetazolamide?
3 Answers available
In a patient with isolated HLA B27+ anterior uveitis, how long would you continue immunosuppressive therapy?
The patient has no extraocular features of a spondyloarthropathy and is on methotrexate. No active eye disease for past 1 year.
2 Answers available
What would you recommend for long term management of extensive dural venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in young females when the only provoking risk factor is combined OCP?
Thrombophilia testing, including JAK2 is negative. When would you stop anticoagulation?
4 Answers available
How do you manage dry eye syndrome due to lacrimal or meiobian gland dysfunction after external beam radiotherapy?
Are these toxicities expected to improve over time?
2 Answers available
How do you approach the management of recurrent episcleritis in a patient with RA that is otherwise well-controlled?
No active joint disease, patient on Hydroxychloroquine and Cimzia. Normal ESR/CRP.
1 Answer available
Does your decision to start or continue Ozempic therapy in patients with diabetic retinopathy depend on the severity of the retinopathy?
1 Answer available
What dosing range of doxycycline do you recommend for short-term and long-term management of ocular rosacea?
1 Answer available
How do you manage dry eye related to Pluvicto Lu-177?
2 Answers available
How would you approach a patient who has well controlled SLE on HCQ but develops cotton wool spots on routine ophthalmologic screening?
3 Answers available
What topical therapies do you most commonly prescribe for rashes near the eyes?
1 Answer available
How do you approach the use of hydroxychloroquine in patients with a history of visual field defect from another cause such as macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy?
3 Answers available
What screening recommendations do you provide for patients with a Nevus of Ota with ocular involvement?
2 Answers available
What recommendations do you provide to patients who develop ocular side effects with Dupixent?
Do you refer them to Ophthalmology? Have you had to switch patients off of Dupixent due to their ocular side effects?
3 Answers available
Do you generally recommend low dose aspirin for patients with giant cell arteritis?
2 Answers available
Would you recommend medical therapy for asymptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension with completely normal visual field testing?
2 Answers available
How to you treat pregnant women who develop Bell's Palsy?
1 Answer available
How long do you continue steroid-sparing agents such as tocilizumab for GCA once the disease is in remission off steroids?
1 Answer available


Papers discussed in this category

Ann Intern Med, 2020 Sep 22
Risk for Serious Infection With Low-Dose Glucocorticoids in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis : A Cohort Study.
Obstet Gynecol Surv,
Bell's Palsy in Pregnancy.
Arthritis Rheum,
Low-dose aspirin and prevention of cranial ischemic complications in giant cell arteritis.
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Aug 01
Relationship of Hydroxychloroquine and Ophthalmic Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Taiwan.
N Engl J Med, 2021 Jun 23
Lutetium-177-PSMA-617 for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.
BMC Rheumatol, 2021 Oct 01
Retinopathy in newly-diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus: should we screen for ocular involvement?
Clin Ophthalmol, 2011 Oct 04
Isolated cotton-wool spots of unknown etiology: management and sequential spectral domain optical coherence tomography documentation.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2010-06
Diagnosis and grading of papilledema in patients with raised intracranial pressure using optical coherence tomography vs clinical expert assessment using a clinical staging scale.
The New England journal of medicine, 2016 Sep 15
Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
Lancet (London, England), 2025 Jan 25
Stopping of adalimumab in juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (ADJUST): a multicentre, double-masked, randomised controlled trial.
Stroke, 2023 Sep 07
Study of Rivaroxaban for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial Comparing Anticoagulation With Rivaroxaban to Standard-of-Care in Symptomatic Cerebral Venous Thrombosis.
Stroke, 2024 Jan 29
Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), 2021 Apr 26
American College of Rheumatology, American Academy of Dermatology, Rheumatologic Dermatology Society, and American Academy of Ophthalmology 2020 Joint Statement on Hydroxychloroquine Use With Respect to Retinal Toxicity.
Ophthalmology, 2016-06
Recommendations on Screening for Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy (2016 Revision).

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