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. 2021 Mar 26;9:654537. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.654537

Table 4.

Treatment decisions in case 1.

Induction of remission (Q14)
1 Intravenous Methylprednisolone (IVMP) over 5 days, followed by oral prednisolone 68/73 93.2%
2 Intravenous Cyclophosphamide every month for 4-6 months 47/73 64.3%
3 Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) 9/73 12.3%
4 Oral prednisolone 3/73 4.1%
Prophylaxis of thromboembolic events (Q15)
1 IV heparin initially 46/70 65.7%
2 Acetyl salicylic acid (ASA) 19/70 27.1%
3 Combination of ASA and clopidogrel 5/70 7.1%
4 “Others”: including low molecular weight heparin, Heparin 100 IU/kg/12hr 13/70 18.6%
- Warfarin, clopidogrel alone or direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC); 0 0
Post-acute phase thrombosis prophylaxis (Q16)
1 ASA 33/70 47.1%
2 Subcutaneous heparin 16/70 22.9%
3 Combination of ASA and clopidogrel 10/70 14.3%
4 Warfarin 8/70 11.4%
5 Clopidogrel 4/70 5.7%
6 DOACs 2/70 2.9%
7 None 1/70 1.4%
Duration of thrombosis prophylaxis (Q17)
3 months 7/70 10%
6 months 9/70 12.9%
12 months 13/70 18.6%
18 months 3/70 4.3%
24 months 13/70 18.6%
36 months 9/70 12.9%
None 1/70 1.4%
Immune modulating maintenance treatment (Q18)
1 MMF 53/73 72.6%
2 Azathioprine 15/73 20.5%
3 Oral prednisolone 13/73 17.8%
4 Oral cyclophosphamide (following Fauci scheme) 1/73 1.4%
4 TNF inhibitors 1/73 1.4%
Duration of immune modulating treatment (Q19)
3 months 3/73 4.1%
6 months 4/73 5.5%
12 months 12/73 16.4%
18 months 14/73 19.2%
24 months 27/73 37.0%
36 months 4/73 5.5%
Duration of oral corticosteroid treatment, including slow taper (Q20)
3 months 15/72 20.8%
6 months 30/72 41.7%
12 months 11/72 15.3%
18 months 3/72 4.2%
24 months 4/72 5.6%
36 months 1/72 1.4%
None 1/72 1.4%