Emily Jean Katz, PA-C, Kelsey Hennig, PharmD, BCPS, Mitchell Miller, PharmD, & Jessica Farrell, PharmD | Issue: March 2021 |
The problem that dogs the work of all of those treating patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is the apparent lack of knowledge of the syndrome, both by the general public, as well as by swaths of the medical fraternity. Perhaps it was ever thus—a syndrome less than 40 years old could be described as new,…
With a wide range of clinical manifestations and frequent occurrence among rheumatology patients, APS is one for rheumatologists to watch
Successes, challenges, and controversies of diagnostic methods for APS
Calciphylaxis, or calcific uremic arteriolopathy, is a rare disease characterized by calcification of the arterioles and capillaries in the dermis and subcutaneous tissue, resulting in thrombus formation and subsequent skin ischemia and necrosis.1 This serious condition most commonly occurs in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring dialysis or in kidney transplant recipients. In rare…