Current UK practice in pulmonary screening in paediatric connective tissue disease: UK multi-centre audit and proposed standards
Authors' conclusion
There are no universally recognized standards on pulmonary screening in juvenile CTDs, leading to inconsistency across centres and between practitioners.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with juvenile SLE (jSLE), juvenile DM (jDM), jSSc or juvenile MCTD (jMCTD) seen within the last 12 months at five UK centres
- Participants
- 128 patients5 UK centres
- Comparison
- jSLE vs jDM vs jSSc vs jMCTD
- jSLEn = 68
- jDMn = 41
- jSScn = 7
- jMCTDn = 12
- Outcome
- Identified pulmonary involvement; practice of pulmonary screening vs proposed standards
Methodological detailsfive UK tertiary paediatric rheumatology centres, audit standards from national and international guidelines
- Five UK tertiary paediatric rheumatology centres
- Audit standards from national and international guidelines
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Identified pulmonary involvement
Further findings
Screening practice during follow-up
- Patients with regular assessment of pulmonary symptoms and signs during follow-up
- ≤50%
- Inconsistent use of lung function testing and imaging for ILD at diagnosis and during follow-up
Original publication
Current UK practice in pulmonary screening in paediatric connective tissue disease: UK multi-centre audit and proposed standards. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 12 December 2025. doi:10.
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