To clarify the effectiveness of methylprednisolone pulse therapy on crescentic glomerulonephritis (CresGN), data of 46 patients was retrospectively studied. According to the slope of reciprocals of serum creatinine (s-Cr) the patients were divided into acute and insidious types, and each type was further divided into pulse (P) and conventional (C) therapy groups. In group C, s-Cr improved more ...

The significance of necrosis (karyorrhexis), among the most characteristic findings in lupus nephritis, was evaluated by studying the correlation between the existence of necrosis in renal biopsy specimens and laboratory findings. The subjects were 54 patients with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis and 6 patients with focal proliferative lupus nephritis selected from 143 patients with lupus...

Viral encephalopathy is a very rare, but a serious neurologic condition. We present a patient who was admitted to our hospital because of drowsiness, memory disturbances, non-compliance, and disorientation. Treatment with methylprednisolone pulse treatment facilitated recovery without severe sequela. Therefore; when acute viral encephalopathy is actually suspected, steroid pulse therapy should ...

To investigate the efficacy of high-dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy in the treatment of Enterovirus 71 (EV71) encephalitis. To determine whether high-dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy should be used, 80 cases of pediatric patients with EV71 encephalitis were randomly divided into steroid pulse therapy group and non-steroid pulse therapy group and their clinical information was compare...

Methods At age 7, she developed autoimmune hepatitis. She was diagnosed with lupus nephritis (class II + V) from pathological finding and pulmonary hypertension (PH) at age 10, and treated with immunosuppressive therapy (methylprednisolone pulse therapy, cyclophosphamide pulse therapy and mycophenolate mofetil) and home oxygen therapy at night. Comprehensive examination about PH was carried out...

The clinical report of a 31-year-old man who developed acute renal failure due to idiopathic rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis is presented. Intravenous pulse methylprednisolone therapy in combination with cyclophosphamide resulted in marked improvement in renal function. The literature dealing with pulse therapy is reviewed.