Treatment with corticosteroids.

Autor: Winterbauer RH; Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, USA., Kirtland SH, Corley DE
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinics in chest medicine [Clin Chest Med] 1997 Dec; Vol. 18 (4), pp. 843-51.
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70422-6
Abstrakt: Oral corticosteroids remain the cornerstone therapy for sarcoidosis. Critical clinical decisions include selecting the patient who should be treated, dose and duration of therapy, and accurate analysis of the anticipated benefits and potential side effects for the individual patient. The treatment of pulmonary and cardiac sarcoidosis is emphasized and the role of inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis is reviewed.
Databáze: MEDLINE