4. Tonsillectomy+steroid Pulse Therapy

comparison of oral prednisolone pulse therapy with intravenous methyl prednisolone pulse therapy in severe alopecia areata

Pulse steroid therapy.

Intravenous supra-pharmacological doses of corticosteroids are used in various inflammatory and autoimmune conditions because they are cumulatively less toxic than sustained steroid treatment at lower quantitative dosage. Their action is supposed to be mediated through non-genomic actions within the cell. Common indications for use in children include steroid resistant and steroid dependent nep...

Long Brief Pulse Method for Pulse-wave modified Electroconvulsive Therapy

Modified-Electroconvulsive Therapy (m-ECT) is administered for the treatment of various psychiatric disorders. The Seizure Generalization Hypothesis holds that propagation of the induced seizure throughout the whole brain is essential for the effective ECT intervention. However, we encounter many clinical cases where, due to high thresholds, seizure is not induced by the maximum dose of electri...

Ozone therapy and pressure-pulse therapy in Ménière's disease.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of ozone and pressure-pulse therapies in treating Ménière's disease. Using objective otoacoustic emissions and short-increment sensitivity index (SISI) tests together with subjective anamnesis, we tested 15 patients (8 men, 7 women) who had suffered from Ménière's disease for 1-3 years and had permanent sensorineural hypoacusis; we compared r...

Pulse intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy in pemphigus.

BACKGROUND Adjuvant therapy is commonly used in pemphigus to mitigate the high morbidity and mortality associated with the use of corticosteroids and improve disease control. However, these adjuvant agents are not without adverse effects of their own, including an increased risk of malignancy with the use of oral immunosuppressives. Intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide, which may be more efficaci...