INFECTIONS AND VIRILIZING ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-564
Author(s):  
MARY L. VOORHESS ◽  
LYTT I. GARDNER
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Replacement Therapy ◽  
Adrenal Glands ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Adrenal Hyperplasia ◽  
Long Term Treatment ◽  
Children With Asthma

PHYSICIANS who treat children with virilizing adrenal hyperplasia frequently question the proper course of therapy that should be followed when these patients are exposed to infectious diseases. Misconceptions have developed because of a tendency to confuse these patients, who need adrenocorticosteroids only for replacement therapy, with patients having other syndromes who are receiving suppression therapy. Children with virilizing adrenal hyperplasia are given long-term treatment with physiologic amounts of adrenocorticosteroids to replace those steroids which their adrenal glands are unable to produce. It is hoped that their abnormally large adrenal glands can thus be reduced to a normal size. This is replacement therapy. Children with asthma, leukemia, nephrosis, etc., may be given large doses of steroids in an empiric effort to induce remissions in these diseases.

Cessation of Long-term Treatment with Inhaled Corticosteroid (Budesonide) in Children with Asthma Results in Deterioration

1993 ◽  
Vol 148 (5) ◽  
pp. 1252-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman J. Waalkens ◽  
Elisabeth E. Van Essen-Zandvliet ◽  
Michael D. Hughes ◽  
Jorrit Gerritsen ◽  
Eric J. Duiverman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Term Treatment ◽  
Inhaled Corticosteroid ◽  
Long Term Treatment ◽  
Children With Asthma

Bone mineral density and bone metabolism of prepubertal children with asthma after long-term treatment with inhaled corticosteroids

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 379-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemieke M. Boot ◽  
Johan C. de Jongste ◽  
Anja A. P. H. Verberne ◽  
Huibert A. P. Pols ◽  
Sabine M. P. F. de Muinck Keizer-Schrama
Keyword(s):  
Bone Mineral Density ◽  
Bone Metabolism ◽  
Bone Mineral ◽  
Inhaled Corticosteroids ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Prepubertal Children ◽  
Long Term Treatment ◽  
Children With Asthma
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