Corticosteroids in Patients with IgA Nephropathy and Severe Chronic Renal Damage by Claudio Pozzi, Francesca Ferrario, Bianca Visciano, Lucia Del Vecchio

“…Patients were observed for a mean follow up of 84 months. At the end of the steroid course, proteinuria lowered quickly below 1 g/day in two patients, whereas the other two experienced a slower and less persistent decrease of proteinuria. …”
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Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Infected with COVID‐19: A Case Series by Zenab Yusuf Tambawala, Fatima Cherifi, Wafa Mohsen, Tazeen Makhdoom, Lama Khaled Hamza

“…Results: Despite trying all available known therapies for COVID-19 at the time they presented, such as remdesivir, favipravir, steroid, hydroxychloroquine, pegylated interferon, N-acetyl cysteine, anticoagulants, prone positioning, mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and early delivery by cesarean, these young women in the reproductive age group could not be saved. …”
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Zinc Chloride Smoke Inhalation Induced Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: First Survival in the United States with Extended Duration (Five Weeks) Therapy with High Dose Co... by Hafiz Mahboob, Robert Richeson III, Robert McCain

“…We report the first survival of smoke induced severe ARDS in the United States (US) with prolonged use of high dose steroids (five weeks) and lung protective ventilation alone. …”
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Management of an Unusual Orbitocranial Penetrating Injury by Han Y. Yin, Swetha Dhanireddy, Alexander E. Braley

“…A high dose of intravenous steroid was not used due to initial suspicion of intracranial involvement. …”
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Solitary Contralateral Adrenal Metastases after Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma by Nikolaos Antoniou, Demetrios Karanastasis

“…Both patients underwent adrenalectomy and steroid replacement therapy.…”
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CMV Enteritis Causing Massive Intestinal Hemorrhage in an Elderly Patient by Mihaiela Morunglav, Ivan Theate, Gilles Bertin, Philippe Hantson

“…A diagnosis of vasculitis was suspected on the basis of the clinical and biological course (skin lesions, arthralgias, proteinuria, low complement C3 and C4 fractions, etc.) and pulse steroid therapy was prescribed. The patient developed multiple episodes of intestinal bleeding with shock and required urgent laparotomy. …”
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Treatment of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in Liver Transplant Recipients by Edward Kim, Alina Adeel, Adel Bozorgzadeh, Shinya Amano, Curtis T. Barry, Jennifer S. Daly, Deepika Devuni, Zendee Elaba, Laura Houk, Paulo N. Martins, Babak Movahedi, Muthalagu Ramanathan, Nicole M. Theodoropoulos

“…Many different therapeutic measures have been utilized that target various immune system pathways, but steroids remain the first line of therapy. We report on two patients who developed aGvHD after liver transplantation who were treated with ruxolitinib, a novel Janus kinase 1/2 (JAK) inhibitor that has been shown to improve outcomes in steroid refractory cases of aGvHD after allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. …”
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Lupus Enteritis as an Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Sisira Sran, Manpreet Sran, Narmisha Patel, Prachi Anand

“…Lupus enteritis is generally steroid-responsive, and the route of administration is based on clinical status and organ involvement, with preference for intravenous (IV) route in flares with significant tissue edema. …”
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Propionibacterium acnes: A Treatable Cause of Constrictive Pericarditis by Daniel Cruz, Haitham Ahmed, Yousuf Gandapur, M. Roselle Abraham

“…He received an intra-articular steroid injection in July 2013. Two months later, he presented with atrial fibrillation and heart failure. …”
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Green synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity investigation of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Rumex Nervosus Vahl Leaf extract by Tadesse Bizuayehu, Bidir Kassaw, Mihret Kendie

“…The phytochemical analysis of the leaf extract confirms the presence of alkaloids, phenolic, glycosides, tannins, saponins, and steroid-bioactive compounds. The synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles were characterized by using UV–Vis, FT-IR, XRD, and TGA/DTA spectroscopic techniques. …”
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SKRINING FITOKIMIA DAN UJI AKTIVITAS ANTIBAKTERI EKSTRAK ETIL ASETAT DAUN SIRIH HITAM TERHADAP BAKTERI Escherichia coli by Florida Manek, Janrigo Klaumegio Mere, Sefrinus Maria Dolfi Kolo

“…Berdasarkan hasil skrining fitokimia, diketahui bahwa ekstrak etil asetat daun sirih hitam positif mengandung golongan senyawa steroid, alkaloid, dan tanin. Uji pada bakteri menunjukkan bahwa ekstrak etil asetat mampu menghambat pertumbuhan bakteri hingga kategori sangat kuat yaitu pada diameter 23,076 ± 0,04 mm pada konsentrasi 100%.…”
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The 5 Alpha-Reductase Isozyme Family: A Review of Basic Biology and Their Role in Human Diseases by Faris Azzouni, Alejandro Godoy, Yun Li, James Mohler

“…Despite the discovery of 5 alpha-reduction as an enzymatic step in steroid metabolism in 1951, and the discovery that dihydrotestosterone is more potent than testosterone in 1968, the significance of 5 alpha-reduced steroids in human diseases was not appreciated until the discovery of 5 alpha-reductase type 2 deficiency in 1974. …”
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Eosinophilic esophagitis: literature review and original case presentation by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. K. Baranskaya, V. O. Kaybysheva, Ye. V. Ivanova, Ye. D. Fedorov

“…Treatment options of eosinophilic esophagitis are limited now and include strict eliminative diet and application of steroid hormones.…”
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Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Viral Infection by Maytawan Thanunchai, Suradej Hongeng, Arunee Thitithanyanont

“…Intensive studies of the immune modulation and tissue regeneration over the past few years have demonstrated the great potential of MSCs for the prevention and treatment of steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), immune-related disorders, and viral diseases. …”
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Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptom (DRESS) pada Tuberkulosis Payudara dalam Pengobatan by Rudi Erwin Kurniawan, Raveinal Raveinal

“…Penyaki ini juga dapat terjadi akibat reaksi silang obat, seperti obat anti konvulsan (carbamazepin, fenitoin, fenobarbital) dan obat anti inflamasi non steroid (piroksikam). Dilaporkan pasien wanita 34 tahun dengan keluhan utama kuning pada mata yang disertai bercak kemerahan pada wajah, badan, lengan dan tungkai. …”
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Delirious Mania Associated with Autoimmune Gastrothyroidal Syndrome of a Mid-Life Female: The Role of Hashimoto Encephalopathy and a 3-Year Follow-Up including Serum Autoantibody L... by Udo Bonnet, Claudia Selle, Ralf Kuhlmann

“…We report the case study of a 57-year-old Caucasian female with steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), commonly termed Hashimoto encephalopathy (HE). …”
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Evaluation of Current Households Management Practices of Solid Wastes from Pharmaceuticals in Soc Trang city, Vietnam by T. T. Tien, N. T. Giao

“…The results showed that more than 300 different pharmaceutical brand names belonging to 14 groups of pharmaceutical drugs have been used in which digestive, pain relievers, antipyretics, steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, gout, bone and joint diseases, cardiovascular, parasitic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antifungal drugs were the commons. …”
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Phytochemical Constituents, Antimicrobial activities and Isolation of Eupatorin from the Seed Extract of <i>L. inermis</i> LINN by R.S. Ochu, H. Ibrahim, A.O. Oyewale

“…The extracts of L. inermis revealed the presence of cardiac glycosides, saponins, flavonoids tannins, triterpenes, steroid and alkaloids. The antimicrobial screening and activities of the crude extracts were observed against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia with a zones of inhibition ranging from 12-26 mm which were however lower than the standard drug (Ciprofloxacin) with 28-30 mm. …”
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Secondary Subacromial Impingement after Valgus Closing-Wedge Osteotomy for Proximal Humerus Varus by Hirotaka Sano, Masayuki Kamimura, Akira Oizumi, Shuji Isefuku

“…However, the patient complained from a sharp pain with a clicking sound during shoulder abduction even after removal of the locking plate. Since subacromial steroid injection temporarily relieved his shoulder pain, we assumed that the secondary subacromial impingement was provoked after osteotomy. …”
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Open-label use of Anakinra (Kineret) in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis by Craig Davis Scoville, John Partridge Dickson

“…Therefore, there seems to be a possible benefit of using Kineret (150–200 mg) in the treatment of OA in large joints and may represent an alternative to IA steroid in those patients in whom steroids may be contraindicated.…”
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