Open AccessEfficiency of a short course of prednisolone in the treatment of severe viral hepatitis
Author(s) -
Д. К. Баширова,
G. F. Mukhlisova,
L. P. Zvereva
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj96996
Subject(s) - prednisolone , medicine , viral hepatitis , hepatitis , coma (optics) , hepatic coma , acute hepatitis , chronic hepatitis , gastroenterology , intensive care medicine , immunology , virus , physics , optics
In recent years, there have been differences in views on glucocorticosteroid therapy (GCS) in patients with acute viral hepatitis. Disagreement arose due to reports about the lack of significant difference in the outcomes of hepatic coma in patients treated and untreated with GCS, about the frequency of relapses and transformation of the process into a chronic form during therapy with these drugs.