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GuidelineZeitschrift fur Rheumatologie2024

[Recommendations for defining giant cell arteritis fast-track clinics].

Wolfgang A Schmidt, Michael Czihal, Michael Gernert, Wolfgang Hartung, Bernhard Hellmich, Sarah Ohrndorf, Gabriela Riemekasten, Valentin S Schäfer, Johannes Strunk, Nils Venhoff

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Guideline in Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Wolfgang A SchmidtKlinik für Innere Medizin, Abteilung Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Standort Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Lindenberger Weg 19, 13125, Berlin, Deutschland. wolfgang.schmidt@immanuelalbertinen.de.
Michael CzihalSektion Angiologie - LMU-Klinikum, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, München, Deutschland.
Michael GernertMedizinische Klinik 2, Rheumatologie/Klinische Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Deutschland.
Wolfgang HartungKlinik für Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Asklepios Klinik Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Deutschland.
Bernhard HellmichKlinik für Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie, Pneumologie, Nephrologie und Diabetologie, medius Klinik Kirchheim, Kirchheim unter Teck, Deutschland.
Sarah OhrndorfMedizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland.
Gabriela RiemekastenKlinik für Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Deutschland.
Valentin S SchäferSektion Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland.
Johannes StrunkKlinik für Rheumatologie, Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein gGmbH, Köln, Deutschland.
Nils VenhoffKlinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An expert committee recommends defining fast-track clinics (FTC) for the acute diagnostics of giant cell arteritis (GCA) as follows: low-threshold, easy and prompt reachability at least on weekdays, scheduling appointments ideally within 24 h, examination by a specialist with GCA expertise, ≥ 2 experts per FTC, ≥ 50 patients with suspected GCA per year, sonologists with ≥ 300 (≥ 50) temporal and axillary artery examinations, adherence to standard operating procedures, availability of an ≥ 18 (≥ 15) MHz and a lower frequency linear ultrasound probe and collaboration with partners for fast performance of neurological and ophthalmological examinations, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT, possibly CT) and for temporal artery biopsy.

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Giant Cell ArteritisGermanyHumansRheumatologyCTMRIPETPolymyalgia rheumaticaUltrasound

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