Abstract | BACKGROUND AND AIM: METHODS: RESULTS: Mean pretherapy albumin was 2.25 g/dL (range 1.7 to 2.5 g/dL) and nine months after therapy it was 4.15 g/dL (range 3.9 to 4.4 g/dL) (p < 0.05). All patients had at least a transient improvement in serum albumin levels and clinical findings. Systemic side effects included cushingoid features and oral moniliasis. All patients had improvement in side effects after tapering budesonide to 3 mg. The treatment was terminated in one case as soon as serum albumin level exceeded 3 g/dL. One death occurred from respiratory arrest six months after budesonide discontinuation. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Hazım Alper Gursu, Ilkay Erdogan, Birgul Varan, Ayla Oktay, Figen Ozcay, Murat Ozkan, Sait Aslamaci |
Journal | Journal of cardiac surgery
(J Card Surg)
Vol. 29
Issue 5
Pg. 712-6
(Sep 2014)
ISSN: 1540-8191 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24889258
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
Chemical References |
- Biomarkers
- Glucocorticoids
- Serum Albumin
- Budesonide
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Topics |
- Administration, Oral
- Adolescent
- Biomarkers
(blood)
- Budesonide
(administration & dosage, adverse effects)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Fontan Procedure
- Glucocorticoids
(administration & dosage, adverse effects)
- Humans
- Male
- Postoperative Complications
(drug therapy)
- Protein-Losing Enteropathies
(diagnosis, drug therapy)
- Retrospective Studies
- Serum Albumin
(analysis)
- Treatment Outcome
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