Practice patterns of ANCA-associated vasculitis: exploring differences among subspecialties at a single academic medical centre.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Clinical trial data help guide physician treatment choices for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), but when data are lacking, treatment choices are largely driven by physician preference. Our aim was to examine AAV treatment preferences to determine if patient gender and age, and physician subspecialty affect treatment choices.

Methods

Rheumatologists, nephrologists and pulmonologists from an academic medical centre participated in a web-based survey. Three scenarios (remission induction in severe disease; remission maintenance in severe disease; remission induction in limited disease) were presented for 4 patient profiles (28- and 68-year-old female/male). Physician treatment choices and reasons for these choices were obtained. Differences between groups were analy

SUBMITTER: Forbess LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4315329 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature