Steroid cover for dental patients on long-term …
09/11/2004 15:37 Page 681. PRACTICE. IN BRIEF. This paper : Reviews the physiology of glucocorticoids. Provides an update on the therapeutic applications of Steroid drugs. Provides an understanding of the theoretical basis for adrenal crisis and collapse. Provides the dental practitioner with guidelines for management of patients being treated with Steroid drugs. Steroid cover for dental patients on long-term Steroid medication : proposed clinical guidelines based upon a critical review of the literature N. Gibson1 and J. W. Ferguson2. based to a great extent upon mainly anecdotal case reports and theory, there is a general acceptance that patients on long- term systemic Steroid medication should receive supplementary glucocorticoids or Steroid cover ' when undergoing certain types of stressful treatment including dentistry.
PRACTICE BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 197 NO. 11 DECEMBER 11 2004 681 Steroid cover for dental patients on long-term steroid medication: proposed clinical guidelines based upon a critical review of the literature
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