Table 3

Monitoring of immunosuppressant therapy in endogenous posterior uveitis

Corticosteroids• Weight, general habitus including skin changes
• Urinalysis and random blood glucose (fasting blood   glucose and/or glucose tolerance test if indicated)
• Blood pressure
• Electrolytes (hypokalaemia)
• (Bone densitometry)
Cyclosporin A• Blood pressure
• Creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, and regular glomerular   filtration rate assessment for renal toxicity
• Liver function tests
• Electrolytes, including magnesium
• Full blood count (particularly lymphopenia)
Azathioprine• Full blood count and differential for leucopenia (in   particular neutropenia). Anaemia, thrombocytopenia,   and leucoerythroblastic anaemia occur more rarely