Pediatric Rheumatology

Transitioning a pediatric rheumatology patient to adult care, ideally, should be a holistic process that begins in early adolescence, according to speakers in a panel at the 2021 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

Nearly 66% of pediatric rheumatology providers reported that telehealth visits were inadequate for complete clinical assessments, while 35.8% found their level of burnout had increased due to telehealth, according to survey results.

The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance has developed consensus treatment plans for remission‐induction and remission‐maintenance of severe pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.

Several rheumatology societies in Europe recommended continuing all immunosuppressant therapies as usual in pediatric patients in the face of the continued spread of COVID-19, due to the increased risk for infection associated with withdrawal and subsequent disease flare, according to a review published in Pediatric Rheumatology.