ACTH‐treatment of Acute Viral Hepatitis

Naglo, O.; Rydenstam, Bo; Silverstolpe, L.

doi:10.1111/j.0954-6820.1959.tb14486.x

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“…Sborov et al found no difference in the rate of clinical or biochemical recovery between 49 patients treated with cortisone and 36 controls. Naglo et al found no difference in the rate of recovery between 25 patients treated with ACTH and 25 controls.…”

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Steroid therapy in children with fulminant hepatitis A

Zakaria

El-Araby

Salama

et al. 2018

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

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Fulminant hepatic failure is a life-threatening disease. Hepatitis A virus (HAV) can cause fulminant hepatic failure and death in about 0.2% of cases. Extensive destruction of infected hepatocytes by immune-mediated lysis is thought to be the cause. We aimed to evaluate the use of steroid therapy in children with fulminant HAV. This study included 33 children with fulminant HAV in two groups. Steroid group: comprised of 18 children who received prednisolone (1 mg/kg/d) or its equivalent dose of methylprednisolone, and the nonsteroid group: comprised another 15 children who did not receive steroid therapy. Age and sex were matched for both groups (P > .05), and they were comparable regarding baseline clinical and laboratory characteristics. Of the steroid group, 15 patients survived and 3 died, while in the nonsteroid group, 4 patients survived and 11 died (P = .001). Of the living patients, 15 of 19 (78.9%) received steroids while only 3 of 14 (21.4%) of the dead patients received steroids (P = .001). Stepwise regression analysis showed that steroid therapy was the only independent variable associated with recovery (P = .001). Steroid therapy in children with fulminant HAV associated significantly with improved outcome and survival. Future studies on a larger population size are strongly recommended.

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