Inadvertent treatment of hypoadrenalism with prednisolone in pemphigus: a case report
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Author(s)
Choudhury, Sirazum
Machenahalli, Pratibha
Tan, Tricia
Meeran, Karim
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Pituitary and adrenal insufficiency must not be overlooked when weaning patients down from high‐dose steroids. Prednisolone can be used as glucocorticoid replacement therapy, with most patients needing 3‐4 mg once daily.
Date Issued
2019-05-01
Date Acceptance
2019-03-14
Citation
Clinical Case Reports, 2019, 7 (5), pp.987-989
ISSN
2050-0904
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
987
End Page
989
Journal / Book Title
Clinical Case Reports
Volume
7
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sponsor
National Institute for Health Research
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Grant Number
RDA11 79560
RDC06 79560
RDA29
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medicine, General & Internal
General & Internal Medicine
adrenal insufficiency
glucocorticoid replacement
hypoadrenalism
prednisolone
adrenal insufficiency
glucocorticoid replacement
hypoadrenalism
prednisolone
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-04-08