Important New Duchenne Steroid Protocol: Download the " PJ Nicholoff Steroid Protocol "

Families living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are aware that maintaining regular doses of corticosteroids is important, but “why” and “how” can be confusing. We have worked together with experts to develop a tool that hopes to simplify these issues. Keep this protocol available to you, and your medical providers, in case of a medical emergency or admission. Important steroid protocol topics covered: - Corticosteroid conversions/equivalent doses - Appropriate corticosteroid stress doses - Recommendations for corticosteroid withdrawal - Symptoms of adrenal crisis - Tests that can help diagnose adrenal crisis - Defining HPA suppression in a patient using corticosteroids - How to test the HPA axis for continued suppression
Source: Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy - Category: Neurology Source Type: news