Pop Quiz: AAD-NPF Psoriasis Guidelines

Affecting approximately 3% of the United States population, psoriasis is a multisystem disease that requires a multifactorial approach to care. Recognizing this layered approach, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) and the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) jointly published detailed guidelines of care, including recommendations for:

• Disease management with attention to comorbidities¹
• Biologics²
• Phototherapy³
• Pediatric patients⁴
• Systemic nonbiologic therapies⁵
• Topical and complementary medicines⁶

Test your knowledge of the six published AAD-NPF guidelines of care for psoriasis with this pop quiz!

1. Elmets CA, Leonardi CL, Davis DMR, et al. Joint AAD-NPF guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with awareness and attention to comorbidities. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019;80(4):1073-1113. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2018.11.058

2. Menter A, Strober BE, Kaplan DH, et al. Joint AAD-NPF guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with biologics. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019;80(4):1029-1072. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2018.11.057

3. Elmets CA, Lim HW, Stoff B, et al. Joint American Academy of Dermatology–National Psoriasis Foundation guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with phototherapy. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019;81(3):775-804. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2019.04.042

4. Menter AM, Cordoro KM, Davis DMR, at al. Joint American Academy of Dermatology–National Psoriasis Foundation guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis in pediatric patients. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020;82(1):161-201. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2019.08.049

5. Menter AM, Gelfand JM, Connor C, et al. Joint American Academy of Dermatology–National Psoriasis Foundation guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis with systemic nonbiologic therapies. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020;82(6):1445-1486. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2020.02.044

6. Elmets CA, Korman NJ, Farley Prater E, et al. Joint AAD–NPF guidelines of care for the management and treatment of psoriasis with topical therapy and alternative medicine modalities for psoriasis severity measures. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021;84(2):432- 470. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.087