Giant cell arteritis is a common form of vasculitis in people aged 50 years or older. The extracranial branches of the carotid artery are usually affected.
Kenneth J. Warrington, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, gives us an overview of the condition.
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Oct 14
Evidence-based medicine, GRADE, and BMJ
The purpose of BMJ Best Practice is to help get evidence into practice. We use GRADE to ensure that we use the highest quality evidence. GRADE helps us to assess evidence for risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness, imprecision, and the degree to which it may be subject to publ ... Show More
22m 39s
Jun 2023
High-Yield Vasculitides (1): Giant-cell versus Takayasu, Differential Diagnosis & General Management of Vasculitides
<p>We discuss the general differential diagnosis & framework of workup for large-vessel, medium-vessel & small-vessel vasculitides, general treatment guidelines and prognostication for vasculitides; Then we focus (in this episode) on large-vessel vasculitides (Giant-cell ... Show More
18m 55s