Ruminations on 20 Years of Advances in IgG4-Related Disease Diagnosis and Management
“While there is a growing body of case work on IgG4-related disease, people still find it a revelation that IgG4-related disease is actually a form of vasculitis.” The epidemiology of IgG4-related ...
Steroid-Toxicity: The Cost To Healthcare
The annual incremental cost of steroid-toxicity ranges from $6000 to $30,000 per patient depending on the dosage.[1] Healthcare systems around the world are under pressure to deliver better patient ...
Steroid Toxicity: The Price to Patients
“Patients receiving oral glucocorticoid treatment for a period of 3-4 years are at twice the risk of death - with heart trouble a leading cause.” Healthcare in the U.S. is accelerating a shift ...
In conversation with... Jeffrey Gelfand MD, MAS
“There is always a need for ongoing attention to mitigating steroid toxicity when prescribing glucocorticoids, and it is particularly valuable to have validated measures of glucocorticoid toxicity ...
Glucocorticoids Increase Risk of Serious Infection
A new study published by Kevin Winthrop MD, MPH and colleagues [1] has shown that even low doses of glucocorticoids (≤5 mg/d) are associated with a clinically important increase in the risk of ...
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