Episode Details

Active or not active, that is the question. In this week's episode we interview Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD, MPH, a staff physician in the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research at Cleveland Clinic and a leading vasculitis expert, on a pragmatic approach to recognizing disease activity in patients with ANCA vasculitis.

• ·       Intro 0:01
• ·       Welcome Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD, MPH 0:10
• ·       Dr. Brown sketches a potential patient that may be seen in practice 0:40
• ·       How are you monitoring patients' kidneys? 1:28
• ·       How reliable are 'no casts' results in urinalysis tests? 4:15
• ·       What is happening in the glomeruli? 5:23
• ·       The importance of monitoring the urinalysis of patients with ANCA vasculitis 7:06
• ·       Symptoms to wat