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  • MCM

1 hour

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Diagnosis and management of ANCA associated vasculitis

Learning outcomes

1) Consider how different types of ANCA associated vasculitis present;

2) Recognise the symptoms and signs that should alert the clinician to a possible diagnosis of ANCA associated vasculitis;

3) List the abnormalities that are commonly seen on routine investigations in a patient with ANCA associated vasculitis;

4) Recognise the standard treatment strategy for patients diagnosed with ANCA associated vasculitis.

Written by:

BMJ and the Cleveland Clinic

BMJ and the Cleveland Clinic

BMJ and the Cleveland Clinic

Authors/Faculty:

Annelies Berden, Arda Göçeroğlu, David Jayne, Raashid Luqmani, Niels Rasmussen, Jan Anthonie Bruijn and Ingeborg Bajema

Annelies Berden, Arda Göçeroğlu, David Jayne, Raashid Luqmani, Niels Rasmussen, Jan Anthonie Bruijn and Ingeborg Bajema

Annelies Berden, Arda Göçeroğlu, David Jayne, Raashid Luqmani, Niels Rasmussen, Jan Anthonie Bruijn and Ingeborg Bajema

Biography:

Annelies Berden is a resident in internal medicine in the Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands

Biography:

Arda Göçeroğlu is a research fellow in the Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands

Biography:

David Jayne is a consultant in nephrology and vasculitis in the Renal Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Biography:

Raashid Luqmani is a professor of rheumatology in the Department of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Biography:

Niels Rasmussen is a senior consultant in otolaryngology in the Department of Autoimmune Serology, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Biography:

Jan Anthonie Bruijn is a professor of immunopathology in the Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands

Biography:

Ingeborg Bajema is a nephropathologist in the Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Disclosure:

Competing interests: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare: DJ has received a grant and consulting fee/honorarium from Roche; RL does consultancy work for Chemocentryx and Nordic, reports for solicitors on individual cases (expert testimony), is in discussion with Nordic for administrative support to oversee data collection for a Nordic funded study in vasculitis (grants/grants pending), gets paid for lectures including service on speakers’ bureaux for UCB, receives royalties from EPS research for software that he originally designed to manage use of biological therapy within NICE guidelines, and receives travel, accommodation, and registration fees to attend the annual American College of Rheumatology and European League Against Rheumatism meetings; NR is paid for lectures including service on speakers’ bureaux for Phadia and EuroDiagnostica; IB does consultancy work for Roche on lupus nephritis; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

Activity Directors:

William D Carey, MD and Dr Kirsten Patrick

William D Carey, MD and Dr Kirsten Patrick

William D Carey, MD and Dr Kirsten Patrick

Biography:

William D Carey, MD is Director, Center for Continuing Education, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr Kirsten Patrick is an Assistant Editor, British Medical Journal, London.

Disclosure:

We declare no financial interests, commercial affiliations, or conflicts of interest.

CME Disclaimer:

The information in this educational activity is

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The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by any of the accreditors. In no event will any of the accreditors be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.

Accreditation

Accreditor Credits Accreditation statement
ASCOFAME 1:00 hour BMJ Learning has assigned 1 hour of CPD/CME credit to this module. BMJ Learning modules are being certified for ASCOFAME VIRTUAL (Colombia).
Australian Practice Nurses Association 1 credit, 1:00 hour BMJ Learning has achieved the status of an APNA Endorsed Education Provider
Austrian Academy of Physicians 1 credit, 1:00 hour BMJ Learning modules have been certified for DFT Punkte. DFT Punkte are accepted in Austria
BMJ Learning 1 credit, 1:00 hour BMJ Learning has assigned one hour of CPD/CME credit to the module and related journal article
Cleveland Clinic 1 credit

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education and the British Medical Journal. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Dubai Health Authority 0.5 credits, 0:30 hours BMJ Learning is approved as a CME resource by the Dubai Health Authority (accreditation number 0254/11)
Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization 1:00 hour Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS) of the Ministry of Health, State of Kuwait is the authority responsible for organising all aspects of postgraduate training of medical practitioners and other health professionals in Kuwait. Users within Kuwait can claim one hour or one credit per hour of learning completed.
Oman Medical Specialty Board 0.25 credits The Oman Medical Specialty Board accredits this module for 0.25 credit points under Category II
Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1:00 hour The RACP does not accredit CPD activities, but MyCPD Program guidelines state that fellows can claim a maximum of 50 credits per year for online learning under 'Category 6 - Other Learning Activities'.
The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa 3 credits The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa has accredited this BMJ Learning module (accreditation number: MDB014/254/06/2010)
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 1 credit, 1:00 hour RNZCGP endorses the British Medical Journal online CME programmes

Release date

16 Jan 2012

Expiration date

16 Jan 2014