Acute airway obstruction in relapsing polychondritis: treatment with pulse methylprednisolone.

R. N. Lipnick,C. W. Fink

Acute airway obstruction in relapsing polychondritis: treatment with pulse methylprednisolone.

1991

R. N. Lipnick
C. W. Fink

We describe 2 adolescents with relapsing polychondritis who developed acute airway obstruction. Both were successfully treated with intravenous steroids for this complication following failure with oral steroids

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Corticosteroid
Respiratory failure
Relapsing polychondritis
Respiratory disease
Methylprednisolone
Airway obstruction
Complication
Surgery
Chemotherapy
Medicine
Anesthesia
Physical therapy

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