Corticosteroid

Preprint data on the use of dexamethasone influenced clinical practice in treating patients with COVID-19 in Australia, researchers reported.

The addition of mycophenolate to standard first-line steroid treatment appeared effective for patients with newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia, according to study results presented at the virtual ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

The rate of psoriasis flares did not increase during or immediately after systemic corticosteroid treatment, according to a study published in JAMA Dermatology.

The goal of therapy for noninfectious uveitis is to control inflammation while minimizing sequelae and side effects, according to one presenter at OSN New York Retina.

In this second video in their ongoing discussion of dry eye, Cynthia A. Matossian, MD, and Darrell E. White, MD, discuss common and some not-so-common triggers for dry eye flare-ups.

In a presentation during the virtual Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, called steroids “one of the more vexing treatment modalities in pediatrics.”

Physicians often weigh the uncertain efficacy of injectable drugs, and patients’ expectations, before offering intra-articular injections for osteoarthritis, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Younger patients, patients who do not receive anti-inflammatory medications postoperatively and those who undergo non-circumferential angle surgery are at a higher risk for failure after gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy.

Use of corticosteroid injections did not exacerbate radiographic progression of knee osteoarthritis or accelerate total knee replacement compared with hyaluronic acid, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2020.

Despite minimal evidence available, authors of the 2020 ACR juvenile idiopathic arthritis guidelines emerged with nearly 50 recommendations, emphasizing early use of biologics, regular immunizations and reduced reliance on corticosteroids.