METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE NEED TO PRESCRIBE GLUCOCORTICOIDS SYSTEMICALLY IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASE Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC A61B6/03 A61B3/10 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to rheumatology and ophthalmology. Optical coherence tomography of the eyeball is performed to obtain a linear scan of the retina of the macular region in the horizontal plane through the central fossa. With diffuse thickening of the choroid subfoveolar more than 350 microns, as well as an increase in blood vessels in the layers of Haller and Sattler, as well as the presence of parietal fibrous changes in the vitreous body, the appointment of glucocorticoids is shown systemically.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to timely determine the need for systemic glucocorticoid administration to patients with rheumatic disease in order to achieve induction-remission, in addition, to prevent ophthalmic complications at the preclinical stage, when patients do not yet present ophthalmic complaints.

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