2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Uveitis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop recommendations for the screening, monitoring, and treatment of uveitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Methods

Pediatric rheumatologists, ophthalmologists with expertise in uveitis, patient representatives, and methodologists generated key clinical questions to be addressed by this guideline. This was followed by a systematic literature review and rating of the available evidence according to the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) methodology. A group consensus process was used to compose the final recommendations and grade their strength as conditional or strong.

Results

Due to a lack of literature with good quality of evidence, recommendations were formulated on the basis of available

SUBMITTER: Angeles-Han ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777949 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature