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J Clin Med
January 2025
Department of Paediatrics, Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.
: Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in children. A hallmark of the disease is the rapid remission of proteinuria following a high dose of steroids. Recurrent disease or steroid dependence are common, leading to a high steroid burden and the introduction of steroid sparing therapy.
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September 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Topic: Autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) is a group of rare inflammatory diseases treated with immunosuppression; however, there is no treatment consensus. This meta-analysis and review aims to investigate treatment effectiveness in slowing AIR progression.
Clinical Relevance: Autoimmune retinopathy is a group of diseases characterized by progressive vision loss that is both difficult to diagnose and treat.
Clin Rheumatol
January 2025
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, 8-130 Clinical Sciences Building 11350-83 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6G-2G3, Canada.
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common and debilitating disease for which glucocorticoids remain the therapeutic mainstay. Guideline recommendations on tapering regimens have been largely based on expert consensus. This exploratory narrative review provides a discussion on the available evidence for the rates of steroid tapering in PMR, as well as relevant pharmacology of corticosteroids.
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October 2024
Dept. of Pharmacy, National Disaster Medical Center.
Due to supply difficulties and other factors associated with COVID-19, oral dexamethasone became less readily available. To address this limitation, we investigated the effect of adjusting prophylactic antiemetic therapy on the efficacy of anticancer drug treatment. This study included patients in the gastrointestinal oncology unit of our hospital who received a regimen containing moderately emetogenic risk anticancer drugs between September 2021 and August 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsoriasis (Auckl)
November 2024
Dermatology Clinic, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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