Researchers developed a consensus-based standardized corticosteroid dosing regimen for patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus with lupus nephritis.
Transplantation parity may help close the survival gap between Black and White patients with childhood-onset kidney failure, according to investigators.
Selected pediatric patients had baseline hypertension, a predialytic serum sodium of 130 mmol/L or higher, and a low incidence of intradialytic events.
Researchers assessed molecular changes of Tr1 cells through CD46 cytoplasmic tail in patients with lupus nephritis who received intravenous methylprednisone therapy.
Increased incidence of diabetes seen among patients aged younger than 18 years after acute COVID-19 infection versus those without COVID-19
If approved, the 2-shot regimen would become the first approved for use in children this young
According to a model, the more favorable sequence for pediatric kidney transplantation is receipt of a living donor allograft first, followed by a deceased donor allograft, rather than the reverse order.
Data show 4249 reports of adverse events after about 8.7 million doses of vaccine were administered; 97.6% not serious
Agency also endorses shorter time between shots
Agency also reduced the period people must wait between their second dose and booster shot from 6 to 5 months
