Corticosteroid

Findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term outcomes associated with preterm exposure to antenatal corticosteroids suggest that the timing and dose of administration “should be carefully considered,” researchers said.

Growth impairment was reported in 23.6% of children with systemic lupus erythematosus, with corticosteroid duration and exposure prior to late puberty identified as key risk factors, according to data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this Healio Video Perspective from the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society meeting, Nailyn Rasool, MD, discusses orbital inflammatory syndromes and offers an overview for treatment.

Approximately 16 of every 100,000 children are diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Diagnosis typically occurs in boys aged 2 to 3 years.

Opaganib significantly reduced mortality and improved the time to recovery among patients hospitalized for severe COVID-19 who also received remdesivir and corticosteroids, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

Risk for COVID-19 hospitalization, ICU admission or death was increased for adults in Scotland with asthma who had a prior hospitalization or required two or more courses of oral corticosteroids in the previous 2 years, researchers reported.

Corticosteroids plus 5-aminosalicylic acid did not benefit patients with acute, severe ulcerative colitis compared with corticosteroids alone, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease, the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine was similar when compared to controls without the disease, according to study results.

Budesonide oral suspension improved histologic, endoscopic and symptom response compared with placebo among pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to a study.

As many as 27.9% of immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive regimens were changed around the time of COVID-19 vaccination, with patients responsible for most modifications, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.