scholarly journals Pulse‐steroid therapy in a 37‐year‐old man with acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy: A case report

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 506-508
Author(s):  
Renad AlMohammedi ◽  
Samah AlJohani ◽  
Majid Bakheet
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Steroid Therapy ◽  
Axonal Neuropathy ◽  
Pulse Steroid Therapy ◽  
Pulse Steroid

Sudden onset blindness treated with pulse steroid therapy in a patient with microscopic polyangiitis

Open Medicine ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 631-633
Author(s):  
Yoshiro Horai ◽  
Tomoya Miyamura ◽  
Karin Shimada ◽  
Soichiro Takahama ◽  
Rumi Minami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steroid Therapy ◽  
Microscopic Polyangiitis ◽  
Oral Prednisolone ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Pulse Steroid Therapy ◽  
Ocular Manifestations ◽  
Dose Oral ◽  
The Right ◽  
Pulse Steroid

AbstractWe report a 71-year-old male with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) who developed sudden-onset, progressive, bilateral visual loss associated with a relapse of MPA symptoms. The patient was referred to our hospital, and treated with intravenous pulse steroid therapy and high-dose oral prednisolone. Although the right eye remained vision deficient, visual acuity in the left eye recovered. Ocular manifestations of MPA are quite uncommon. This case emphasizes the necessity of early detection and initiation of prompt therapy where ocular manifestations of MPA occur.

Pulse steroid therapy

2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 1057-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditi Sinha ◽  
Arvind Bagga
Keyword(s):  
Steroid Therapy ◽  
Pulse Steroid Therapy ◽  
Pulse Steroid

Effects of IVIG and Pulse Steroid Therapy in a Case of Allopurinol Induced DRESS Syndrome

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-184
Author(s):  
Selma Korkmaz ◽  
◽  
Elif Gunay ◽  
Nuray Can ◽  
Sezin Ficicioglu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steroid Therapy ◽  
Dress Syndrome ◽  
Pulse Steroid Therapy ◽  
Pulse Steroid

scholarly journals An overview of idiopathic optic neuritis in eastern Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
H Das ◽  
Maria Gautam ◽  
P Lavaju
Keyword(s):  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Optic Neuritis ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Steroid Therapy ◽  
Pulse Methylprednisolone ◽  
Pulse Steroid Therapy ◽  
Initial Visual Acuity ◽  
Pulse Methylprednisolone Therapy ◽  
Pulse Steroid

Background: Inflammation of the optic nerve is a common cause of visual loss due to optic nerve pathology. Objective: To report the clinical features, demographic pattern and response to pulse steroid therapy in patients with idiopathic optic neuritis in eastern Nepal. Materials and methods: The hospital data of patients with idiopathic optic neuritis admitted to the department of ophthalmology in a tertiary level center in eastern Nepal between Jan 2000 to Dec 2006 were retrospectively analyzed. The parameters studied were demographic pattern, clinical features, visual acuity and field defects. Results: Thirty-six patients (52 eyes) were found to have optic neuritis (papillits in 36 and retrobulbar optic neuritis in16 eyes). The male to female ratio was1.25:1. The mean age of the patients was 33.56±17.88 years (95 % CI=24.66 - 42.45). The most common modes of presentation were loss of visual acuity and color vision defect. One patient had features suggestive of multiple sclerosis. Vision improved in 42 eyes at discharge from the hospital. Response to pulse methylprednisolone therapy was good in most (42 eyes) of the cases except for the patients having initial visual acuity of no light perception. Conclusion: Response to pulse methylprednisolone therapy is good in patients with initial visual acuity of at least perception of light. Demographic and clinical features of our patients were different from those reported from the western world. Some similarity was observed between studies reported from the oriental countries. Keywords: optic neuritis; demographic pattern; pulse steroid therapy. DOI: 10.3126/nepjoph.v2i1.3698 Nep J Oph 2010;2(1):10-15

Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia: A Lethal Complication of “Pulse” Methylprednisolone Therapy

1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 304-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.A. Kozeny ◽  
J.P. Quinn ◽  
V.K. Bansal ◽  
L.L. Vertuno ◽  
E. Hano
Keyword(s):  
Steroid Therapy ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ◽  
Potential Hazard ◽  
Pulse Methylprednisolone ◽  
Pulse Steroid Therapy ◽  
Pulse Methylprednisolone Therapy ◽  
Pulse Steroid ◽  
Hiv Negative

A previously healthy, HIV-negative, 67-year-old man developed rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Following “pulse” methylprednisolone therapy he developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. This complication should be recognized as a potential hazard of “pulse” steroid therapy.

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