ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV): assessment tools
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV): assessment tools. Proteinuria: >1 g/d. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Five-Factor score (FFS): poor prognostic features
- Proteinuria: >1 g/d
- Renal insufficiency: stabilized peak creatinine 140 μmol/L
- Cardiomyopathy
- Severe gastrointestinal manifestations
- Central nervous system (CNS) involvement
Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS): severe disease activity features
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Vasculitis Damage Index (VDI): end organ damage features
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Disease Extent Index (DEI)
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References
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- Guillevin L, Pagnoux C, Seror R, et al. The Five-Factor Score revisited: assessment of prognoses of systemic necrotizing vasculitides based on the French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG) cohort. Medicine (Baltimore) 2011; 90:19-27.
- Luqmani RA, Bacon PA, Moots RJ, et al. Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) in systemic necrotizing vasculitis. QJM 1994; 87:671-678.
- Exley AR, Bacon PA. Clinical disease activity in systemic vasculitis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 1996; 8:12-18.
- de Groot K, Gross WL, Herlyn K, Reinhold-Keller E. Development and validation of a disease extent index for Wegener's granulomatosis. Clin Nephrol 2001; 55:31-38.
