background and aim: steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (srns) accounts for 10%-20% of all cases of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. these patients are at risk of developing end-stage renal disease. the aim of this study was to determine the demographic characteristics, renal biopsy findings, response to immunosuppressive treatment, and prognosis in pediatric patients with srns.materials and met...

myelography is a diagnostic procedure to indicate spinal defects. after the inception of new means of spinal cord imaging, use of myelography has been limited. since there are contraindications for other modalities in some patients, we have to use myelography. the most common complication of myelography is post myelography headache (pmh). many methods have been proposed to alleviate the pain. i...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Local and systemic steroid treatment is the mainstay of therapy for nasal polyposis. This study aims to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of intrapolyp steroid injection on nasal polyposis and to compare the outcomes with short-term oral steroid treatment. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, randomized, controlled endoscopic clinical trial. METHODS Ninety patients with nasal...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Phimosis, owing to the presence of a preputial fibrotic ring, is surgically treated in 1% of children. During the last decade, however, topical steroid treatment has been proposed for phimosis. METHODS We present a double-blind study comparing 0.1% mometasone furoate topical cream vs moisturizing cream (placebo) for the treatment of phimosis. Children aged from 2 to 13 year...

Methods: Patients who were diagnosed as idiopathic SSNHL and received no therapy were included in the study. Patients were divided into control and study groups. Patients in the study group received concurrent intratympanic steroid treatment with systemic steroid therapy. Patients in the control group received standard systemic steroid treatment alone. The duration of time before the treatment ...

Background. First-line treatment for paediatric nephrotic syndrome, a chronic disease characterised by proteinuria, hypoalbuminaemia and oedema, is corticosteroid therapy. An association between African ethnicity steroid resistance has been reported, but published data from sub-Saharan Africa are limited lack consensus on the prevalence of steroid-resistant disease. Objective. We aimed to descr...

Background/Purpose: Phimosis, owing to the presence of a preputial fibrotic ring, is surgically treated in 1% of children. During the last decade, however, topical steroid treatment has been proposed for phimosis. Methods: We present a double-blind study comparing 0.1% mometasone furoate topical cream vs moisturizing cream (placebo) for the treatment of phimosis. Children aged from 2 to 13 year...

BACKGROUND The benefits of steroid therapy in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) have not been established. METHODS The effect of steroids on kidney survival was retrospectively investigated in 702 patients with IgAN by multivariate analyses. RESULTS There were 295 men and 407 women. The median follow-up period was 62 months. One hundred and ninety-four patients were treated with oral ster...

AIMS To investigate prescribing patterns to prevent steroid induced osteoporosis. To compare prophylactic prescribing with National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) guidelines. METHOD All patients (n=92) taking oral corticosteroids admitted to general medical wards at a district general hospital were prospectively investigated over a nine month period. RESULTS Variations from recommended manageme...