The Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index with John Stone, MD, MPH
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English - March 16, 2022 21:32 - 36 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness arthritis autoimmune lupus medicine rheumatoid rheumatology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Glucocorticoids can do a lot of harm over time. In this episode, John Stone, MD, MPH, walks us through the Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index (GTI), a validated tool to measure steroid toxicity over time that we’ll be seeing more of in the future.
Intro :11 Stone introduction :26 About the GTI 1:13 Professional development opportunities for rheumatologists 2:32 The interview 4:27 What is the GTI, how did it come about and how do you think rheumatologists now and in the future will be utilizing it? 5:28 What are the difficulties in measuring steroid toxicities in trials? 10:58 How did you go about putting this instrument together? 13:04 What makes up the GTI? 19:11 Can you explain the Cumulative Worsening Score and the Aggregate Improvement Score? 20:53 Walk us through a patient coming in and being evaluated for the GTI 25:49 What's the future of the GTI in your opinion? 30:32 Do you think the GTI is going to be something that can eventually be used in day-to-day clinical practice? 33:42 Thank you, Dr. John Stone 34:43John Stone, MD, MPH, is director of clinical rheumatology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. Stone is one of the experts who developed the Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index.
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