title: [Giant cell arteritis: guidelines of the University Hospital of Lausanne].
abstract: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a subacute/chronic vasculitis and represents the most common form of systemic vasculitis in people over the age of 50 years. The absence of clear and specific diagnostic criteria with the highly variable clinical presentation is a diagnostic challenge requesting a multidisciplinary approach. Yet, GCA is an emergency and the treatment must be initiated very rapidly due to the risk of blindness. This article presents a review of GCA as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic institutional guidelines of the University Hospital of Lausanne.
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mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013557:Switzerland