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Systemic corticosteroids for acute otitis media in children [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common acute infection in children. Pain is its most prominent and distressing symptom. Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for AOM, although they have only a modest effect in reducing pain at two to three days.
Beller, Elaine M, Del Mar, Chris B, Pitoyo, Yupitri, Ranakusuma, Respati W, Safitri, Eka D, Sastroasmoro, Sudigdo, Thorning, Sarah   +6 more
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Very low-dose dexamethasone to facilitate extubation of preterm babies at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: the MINIDEX feasibility RCT

Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, 2019
Background: Postnatal corticosteroids are used to improve lung function and reduce the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm babies. However, corticosteroids may be associated with adverse neurodevelopment.
Helen Yates, Virginia Chiocchia, Louise Linsell, Nicolas Orsi, Edmund Juszczak, Kathryn Johnson, Philip Chetcuti, Claire Illingworth, Pollyanna Hardy, Vaneesha Monk, Simon Newell, Mark Turner   +11 more
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Clinical treatment outcomes for 40 patients with bisphosphonates-related osteonecrosis of the jaws

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2014
Bisphosphonates (BPs) are used to treat osteoporosis and bone metastases from malignancy. They may result in BPs-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (BRONJ) in a subset of patients receiving BPs.
Li-Wan Lee, Sheng-Huang Hsiao, Li-Kai Chen   +2 more
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Individualized immunosuppression in transplant patients: potential role of pharmacogenetics. [PDF]

, 2012
The immunosuppressive drugs used to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs have a narrow therapeutic index. Under treatment results in episodes of rejection leading to either damage or loss of the organ. Over immunosuppression increases the risk of
Abboudi, H, Macphee, IA
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SARS‐CoV‐2 Is Linked to Brain Volume Loss in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The impact of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection on brain and spinal cord pathology in patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) remains unclear. We aimed to describe changes in brain lesion activity and brain and spinal cord volumes following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.
Tomas Uher, Dominika Stastna, Ingrid Menkyova, Vaclav Capek, Jiri Lindner, Petra Nytrova, Jan Krasensky, Eliza Varju, Miguel D'haeseleer, Eva Kubala Havrdova, Dana Horakova, Manuela Vaneckova, Niels Bergsland   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interferon beta in multiple sclerosis: experience in a British specialist multiple sclerosis centre [PDF]

, 2003
Background: The efficacy of interferon beta (IFN beta) is well established in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the use of this drug in clinical practice is complex, especially because it is only partially effective, its long term ...
Dubois, B.D., Giovannoni, G., Kapoor, R., Keenan, E., Miller, D.H., Porter, B.E,, Rudge, P., Thompson, A.J.   +7 more
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Observational Study of Tocilizumab in Children With Febrile Infection‐Related Epilepsy Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of using tocilizumab in children with febrile infection‐related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) and explore tocilizumab‐related changes in interleukin (IL)‐6 levels. Methods Patients with FIRES admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Beijing Children's Hospital were retrospectively ...
Yushan He, Jie Wu, Chaonan Fan, Zheng Li, Jun Liu, Kechun Li, Quan Wang, Suyun Qian   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

There is no evidence that the addition of antimicrobials reduce the risk of sepsis after intra-articular corticosteroids in horses with arthritis

Veterinary Evidence, 2020
PICO question In horses with arthritis, does the treatment with intra-articular antimicrobials concurrently with intra-articular corticosteroids reduce the risk of sepsis compared to intra-articular corticosteroids alone?
Elena Gogua
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From Hypokalemic Crisis to Sjogren’s Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review

Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis, 2021
Renal involvement occurs in approximately 5% of patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). We reported the case of a 20-year-old African woman who was received for paralysis of 4 limbs secondary to hypokalemia.
Mansour Mbengue, Cedric Ouanekpone, Seynabou Diagne, Abdou Niang   +3 more
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Comparing the effectiveness of small-particle versus large-particle inhaled corticosteroid in COPD [PDF]

, 2014
Dirkje S Postma,1 Nicolas Roche,2 Gene Colice,3 Elliot Israel,4 Richard J Martin,5 Willem MC van Aalderen,6 Jonathan Grigg,7 Anne Burden,8 Elizabeth V Hillyer,8 Julie von Ziegenweidt,8 Gokul Gopalan,9 David Price8,10 1University of Groningen, Department ...
Burden, A, Colice, G, Gopalan, G, Grigg, J, Hillyer, EV, Israel, E, Martin, RJ, Postma, DS, Price, D, Roche, N, van Aalderen, WMC, von Ziegenweidt, J   +11 more
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