Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can affect multiple organs due to activation of an inflammatory response. One the key components this response is immunoglobulin A (IgA), thus causing endothelial injury and inflammation. Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) has been rarely reported in adult patients as a complication disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. In report, ...

Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV- 2) emerged in December 2019. Beside insufficiency, neurological complications have been observed with COVID-19. Here, we report a case of meningo-encephalitis following Covid-19 infection who decompensated Neuro-Behçet’s disease. Case Presentation: A 45-year-old-man which is followed for Neuro-Behçet disease, hospitalized t...

Pulse methylprednisolone therapy has dramatic effects on clinical and immunological parameters of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Previous studies of this treatment have all used the intravenous route and methylprednisolone succinate. This study addresses the question of whether oral prednisolone in equivalent doses can substitute for intravenous methylprednisolone in pu...

BACKGROUND Medications with methyl-prednisolone sodium succinate containing lactose, which potentially contains traces of cow's milk proteins (CMP), could cause allergic reactions or compromise treatment of acute allergic reactions in sensitized patients. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the unusual case of a one-year-old child affected by short bowel syndrome and history of severe cow's milk al...

fat embolism syndrome refers to a constellation of symptoms secondary to the presence of fat globules in the lung parenchyma and/or peripheral blood circulation. the syndrome is most often seen in association with long bone or pelvic fractures and can cause significant morbidity and mortality. the present randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of...

BACKGROUND Postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema and pneumonia are life threatening and seemingly unavoidable complications after pneumonectomy. We theorized that an intraoperative dose of intravenous steroids (as a prophylactic measure to reduce pulmonary injury to the remaining lung) just before pulmonary artery ligation might decrease this problem. METHODS Seventy-two patients (52 men) who had...