Do you use the peri-operative management of biologics and DMARDs guidelines, which were mainly based on total hip and knee replacement surgeries, for all peri-operative surgical management?
Are there certain surgeries (including orthopedic) that you recommend continuing biologic DMARDs?
Answer from: at Community Practice
The American College of Rheumatology Perioperative Guidelines focused on patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty. These guidelines can be a helpful starting place when thinking about medication management in patients undergoing other surgeries, but my recommendations for perioperative managemen...
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at Arthritis Associates I have spoken with surgeons about the data; despit...
at Think Whole Person Healthcare Yes. That is how I thought about these guidelines,...
I have spoken with surgeons about the data; despit...
Yes. That is how I thought about these guidelines,...