Keys to managing systemic lupus erythematosus

Hosp Pract (1995). 1997 Feb 15;32(2):113-6, 119-22, 125-6. doi: 10.1080/21548331.1997.11443425.

Abstract

The keys to coping with the variability seen in SLE are accurate differentiation of active disease from past damage and consistent monitoring for new disease manifestations and medication side effects. Common clinical problems are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use*
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / complications
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / mortality
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / physiopathology*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use*
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Prednisone