Adjunctive corticosteroids do not significantly reduce coronary artery abnormalities in patients with Kawasaki disease
Adding corticosteroids to Kawasaki disease treatment shows mixed results
This meta-analysis of 4106 patients evaluated adjunctive corticosteroids for Kawasaki disease. The study found no significant difference in …
Adding corticosteroids to standard Kawasaki disease treatment may shorten hospital stays but does not change heart health outcomes.
Systematic review of immunosuppression for SLE-associated intestinal pseudo-obstruction
SLE Can Shut Down the Gut — But It Might Be Reversible
This review synthesized 43 cases of SLE-associated intestinal pseudo-obstruction.
Lupus can paralyze the gut without a blockage, but early treatment with immunosuppressives often reverses this dangerous complication.
Therapeutic plasma exchange in pediatric autoimmune diffuse alveolar hemorrhage shows 5 of 6 survival
Kids' Lungs Bleeding: Early Blood Swap Saves Lives
A retrospective cohort study of 6 pediatric patients with autoimmune diffuse alveolar hemorrhage requiring intensive care found that therape…
Early blood swaps saved six critically ill children with autoimmune lung bleeding, avoiding death in all cases treated with this urgent ther…