Abstracts tagged "glucocorticoids and quality improvement"

Abstract Number: 312 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Timely Glucocorticoid Tapering in Vasculitis: A Need for Improved Knowledge Translation to Limit Toxicity
Arielle Mendel¹, Daniel Ennis ², Shirley Lake ³, Simon Carette ⁴ and Christian Pagnoux ⁴, ¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: High dose glucocorticoids (GC) are part of the initial treatment of ANCA-associated (AAV) and large vessel vasculitides (LVV). Prompt subsequent tapering limits toxicity. Adherence…