U093 Steroid Side Effects for Dermatologists: What a Practicing Clinician Needs to Know in a Fast-paced Clinic
DESCRIPTION
Open admission to eligible categories, no tuition or ticket
This session will provide dermatologists with high-yield tips to effectively and efficiently manage steroid side effects in fast-paced dermatology clinics. This session will cover initiation of a wide range of side effects that dermatologists may encounter in both outpatient and inpatient care.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Psychiatric and Bone Health overview: Predict what side effects are most likely to impact patients and outline steps that can be taken to proactively address these side effects, while implementing protective measures considering psychiatric manifestations and bone health.
Recognize that glucocorticoid use increases risk for infections; Assess risk factors for particular infectious complications including pneumocystis pneumonia and demonstrate knowledge of when to start PJP prophylaxis.
Describe glucocorticoid dosing regimens that increase risk for adrenal insufficiency, and utilize tapering methods to reduce the risk for steroid withdrawal on cessation of therapy; Select preventative measures for reducing risk for peptic ulcer disease and GI bleed.
SCHEDULE
11:30 AM
Introduction to steroid side effects
Avrom Caplan, MD, FAAD
11:35 AM
Impact of steroids on mood and bone health
Avrom Caplan, MD, FAAD
11:50 AM
GI and Endocrine side effects
Victoria P. Werth, MD, FAAD
12:05 PM
Infectious complications and glucocorticoids
Robert Micheletti, MD, FAAD
SPEAKERS
Avrom Caplan, MD, FAAD
Robert Micheletti, MD, FAAD
Victoria P. Werth, MD, FAAD
HANDOUTS
SPEAKER DISCLOSURES
Avrom Caplan, MD, FAAD
No financial relationships exist with ineligible companies.
Robert Micheletti, MD, FAAD
Acelyrin – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Boehringer Ingelheim – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Cabaletta Bio – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); InflaRx – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Consultant(Fees);
Victoria P. Werth, MD, FAAD
Amgen – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); AnaptysBio – Consultant(Honoraria); arGEN-X – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); argenx – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); AstraZeneca – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Data Safety Monitoring Board(Honoraria); Atticus Pharma, Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Biogen – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); BMS – Consultant(Honoraria); Cabaletta Bio – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Corbus Pharmaceuticals – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); CSL Behring – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Cugene – Consultant(Honoraria); EMD Serono – Consultant(Honoraria); Everest Clinical Research – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Exo Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Gilead Sciences – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); GlaxoSmithKline – Consultant(Honoraria); Horizon Pharma, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Immunovant – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Lilly ICOS LLC – Consultant(Honoraria); Lumanity – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Lupus Foundation of America – Consultant(Honoraria); Merck & Co., Inc – Consultant(Honoraria); Novartis – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Nuvig Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Priovant Therapeutics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); ROME Therapeutics – Consultant(Honoraria); Sanofi Aventis – Consultant(Honoraria); UCB – Consultant(Honoraria); Ventus Therapeutics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Viela Bio – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Vindico Medical Education – Speaker/Faculty Education(Honoraria);