These key learning points summarize the consensus- and evidence-based recommendations included in this edition. The sources listed here for each statement recommend that physicians perform or implement these actions directly in a clinical setting.
1. Screen patients with psoriasis for associated conditions, including depression, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and psoriatic arthritis.
Evidence rating: SORT B
Source: Lancet, reference 9
Website: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)61909-7/fulltext
2. For patients with significant and extensive pemphigus vulgaris, use intravenous rituximab along with a systemic steroid taper as the first-line therapy.
Evidence rating: SORT A
Source: Lancet, reference 99
Website: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)30070-3/fulltext
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