Clinical practice guidelines for reporting nail fold videocapillaroscopy: a Delphi consensus on behalf of the Italian Society of Rheumatology study group on capillaroscopy
Authors' conclusion
The proposed NVC checklist covers 23 relevant issues in clinical practice, including 16 mandatory items grouped into five categories.
Study context
- Population
- Members of the Study Group on Capillaroscopy and Microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases of the Italian Society of Rheumatology (CAPSIR), from different Italian regionscompleted the Delphi process
- Participants
- 52 members
- Outcome
- National consensus on how to describe nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) findings in routine clinical practice
Methodological detailsweb-based, national consensus, Items derived from a previous systematic review and international consensus by the EULAR Study Group on Microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases (SG_MC/RD)
- Web-based
- National consensus
- Items derived from a previous systematic review and international consensus by the EULAR Study Group on Microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases (SG_MC/RD)
Recommendations
As reported in the abstract
Items reaching agreement for the NVC practice report
- Items proposed
- 40
- Items with agreement
- 23
- General aspects
- 2 items
- Description of the fingers examined
- 3 items
- Possible confounding factors
- 2 items
- Device description
- 2 items
- Image quality
- 1 item
- Details of the nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) examination
- 13 items
- Mandatory items
- 16
- Optional items
- 7
Original publication
Clinical practice guidelines for reporting nail fold videocapillaroscopy: a Delphi consensus on behalf of the Italian Society of Rheumatology study group on capillaroscopy. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 13 July 2025. doi:10.
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