Single vs split dose of prednisolone in the treatment of relapses of childhood nephrotic syndrome

Autor: Weerasooriya W A L K, Abeyagunawardana A S, Thalgahagoda RS

Background: Nephrotic syndrome is the commonest glomerular disease in childhood. It usually follows a relapsing and remitting course. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment for both the first episode and subsequent relapses.Objective: This stu

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https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1690099/v1

Short courses of daily prednisolone during upper respiratory tract infections reduce relapse frequency in childhood nephrotic syndrome.

Autor: Abeyagunawardena AS; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. asiriabey26@gmail.com., Thalgahagoda RS; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka., Dissanayake PV; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka., Abeyagunawardena S; Out-patient Department of Medicine, Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka., Illangasekera YA; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka., Karunadasa UI; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka., Trompeter RS; Centre for Nephrology, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, UK.

Publikováno v: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) [Pediatr Nephrol] 2017 Aug; Vol. 32 (8), pp. 1377-1382. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Mar 24.