
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis — Therapeutic Approaches for Oligoarthritis, Temporomandibular Joint Arthritis and Systemic JIA
Key Points
Key Points
- Consistent with the ACR’s 2019 JIA guidelines, these recommendations are for persons already diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
- Aside from poor prognostic features specified within the recommendations themselves (e.g., specific joints for oligoarthritis, macrophage activation syndrome [MAS]), extra-articular coexisting conditions that would influence disease management, such as uveitis, psoriasis or inflammatory bowel disease, are not addressed within these guidelines.
- Recommendations are intended to be used by all clinicians caring for persons with JIA and assume that patients do not have contraindications to the recommended pharmacologic treatments.
- Longer-term glucocorticoid therapy in childhood is not appropriate because of its effects on bone health and growth. Thus, wherever glucocorticoids are suggested, recommended treatment should be limited to the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration possible.
- Shared decision-making with families and patients is important when considering treatment options.
Treatment
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...ure 1. Treatment for Oligoarth...
...eatment for TMJ Arthritis
...Treatment for Systemic JIA...