OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Topical steroid therapy is an important strategy in the management of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyposis. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of topical steroid therapy on nasal symptoms in patients with nasal polyposis. STUDY DESIGN Systematic review with meta-analysis using standardized methodology. METHODS Study inclusion criteria ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Refracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients receiving oral glucocorticoid therapy has caused some patients and referring physicians to have negative perceptions concerning the efficacy of the initial vertebroplasty treatment. The purpose of this study was to analyze symptomatic refractures after vertebroplasty in patients on oral steroid therapy. We hypothesi...

Steroid minimization after kidney transplantation has become more widely practiced as transplant clinicians seek the potential benefits such as reduced cardiovascular risk factors, improved growth in pediatric patients, and improved compliance with the immunosuppression regimen. Steroid avoidance (i.e. no steroids after the first week) is generally favored compared to later withdrawal. Inductio...

A prospective study was undertaken to find out the benefit of immunosuppressive therapy(IV methyl prednisolone followed by oral prednisolone therapy for one year along with six doses of pulse monthly IV cyclophosphamide) in children with steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome. Thirty-four children with steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome were treated with above regime. The remission of the disea...

Background. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation (CAA-ri) results from autoimmune response to beta-amyloid deposits in cerebral vessels. Its clinical course and complications have seldom been described in literature. Case Report. In a patient presenting with delirium and left hemiparesis the diagnosis of CAA-ri was supported by the finding of elevated anti-amyloid autoantibodies in ...

One hundred and eleven patients with rheumatic carditis of the first attack were treated with steroid hormone. In the cases, in which the steroid hormone therapy started within 2 weeks from the onset of the disease, all except one did not reveal a residual valvular heart disease after 2 years from the treatment. It was suggested that early diagnosis and the earliest start of steroid hormone the...

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, characterized by altered permselectivity of the glomerular filter, is a common chronic renal disorder in children. Most patients are steroid sensitive and respond to therapy with remission of proteinuria (steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome). Revised Guidelines for treatment of these patients were published recently(1). Approximately 10-20% children with nephroti...

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, characterized by altered permselectivity of the glomerular filter, is a common chronic renal disorder in children. Most patients are steroid sensitive and respond to therapy with remission of proteinuria (steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome). Revised Guidelines for treatment of these patients were published recently(1). Approximately 10-20% children with nephroti...

The growth-inhibiting effect of exogenous corticosteroids has been reported in many papers. Most of them have concerned the clinical problems of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis but it is probable that the underlying disease is relatively unimportant in determining the effect on growth. Steroid therapy on alternate days seems to produce less undesirable effects than steroid treatment every day a...