Add steroid pulse therapy (0.5–1.0 g methylprednisolone for 3 consecutive days) Add IVIG (400 mg/kg/day for 5 consecutive days) Add mizoribine (150 mg/day once after breakfast) ...

Acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM) is characterized by sudden, severe cardiac inflammation causing hemodynamic instability or arrhythmia. 1 Currently, no approved medical therapy exists for AFM. Janus ...

Vital signs were: pulse, 189 bpm; blood pressure, 117/76 mm Hg; ... Daily doses of intravenous immunoglobulin 1 g/kg and pulses of methylprednisolone 10 mg/kg were administered for 2 days.

Among the 104 included patients, the median Kobayashi score was 6 (interquartile range [IQR], 5-8), indicating a high risk for IVIG resistance. Initial treatments included IVIG plus prednisolone (86.5 ...

Attack: Use of 1 gram of intravenous methylprednisolone per day for five days. Maintenance: Use 1 gram of intravenous methylprednisolone daily for three days, once a month, for six months. This pulse ...

Background: Infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN) treated with systemic immunosuppression (IS).

A 68-year-old woman with a 20-day history of exertional dyspnoea, acrocyanosis, and critical ischaemia—dry gangrene—of her fingers, presented to our rheumatology clinic (figure); she also reported the ...

The use of corticosteroids is the most common anti-inflammatory therapy for PIBO; nonetheless, there has been no controlled trials to prove its efficacy and safety. 1, 2 High-dose methylprednisolone ...