Society guideline links: Uveitis

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Sjögren's disease" and "Society guideline links: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis".)

International

●Fundamentals Of Care for UveitiS (FOCUS): Guidance on noncorticosteroid systemic immunomodulatory therapy in noninfectious uveitis (2018)

United States

●American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/Arthritis Foundation (AF): Guideline for the screening, monitoring, and treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (2019)

●Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA): Consensus treatment plans for juvenile idiopathic arthritis–associated and idiopathic chronic anterior uveitis (2019)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report on ophthalmologic examinations in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (2006, reaffirmed 2018)

●American Uveitis Society (AUS): Expert panel recommendations for the use of anti-tumor necrosis factor biologic agents in patients with ocular inflammatory disorders (2014)

Europe

●Single Hub and Access point for pediatric Rheumatology in Europe (SHARE): Consensus-based recommendations for the management of uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (2018)

United Kingdom

●Choosing Wisely UK: Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) – The initial episode of unilateral anterior uveitis does not usually need further investigation (2016)

Australia–New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not investigate systemically well patients with a first, uncomplicated episode of acute anterior uveitis (2020)