Steroid-Toxicity in Pediatric Lupus: The Case for Standardized Measurement
Children with lupus carry a heavy steroid-toxicity burden that cannot be captured by measuring dose. A real-world study from Boston Children's Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...
Six Months on Steroids: The Point at Which Toxicity Becomes Undeniable
A new prospective study published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism confirms what clinicians have long known but have been unable to quantify: steroid-toxicity is universal in patients on ...
The HEOR Measurement Gap Pharma Can No Longer Ignore
Pharmaceutical companies need to replace dose reduction measures with direct toxicity measurement in health-economic models Dose reduction overlooks the hidden healthcare costs of steroid-toxicity. ...
In Conversation With… Ewa Olech, MD
"It's not the cumulative steroid dosage, but the toxicity the patients experience - that's what really matters." Dr Ewa Olech's journey from medical student in Poland to Senior Medical Director at ...
Why Steroid Dose Alone Cannot Define Steroid-Sparing Value in Asthma Development
Approximately 13 million people worldwide have severe, uncontrolled asthma even with optimized treatment, according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). In this population, systemic steroid ...
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