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Systemic Corticosteroids for Inflammatory Disorders in Pediatrics

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Editors:
  1. Rolando Cimaz

    1. AOU Meyer Pediatric Rheumatology, Firenze, Italy

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  • Provides up to date information on use and misuse of corticosteroid treatment in pediatrics

  • Collects recent available data from clinical studies related to the use of corticosteroids in children and adolescents

  • Presents comprehensive information on indication and side effects of corticosteroid use in the growing child

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Systemic Corticosteroids for Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disorders in Children: Introduction

    • Giuseppe Saggese, Francesco Vierucci
    Pages 1-10

  3. Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Childhood Rheumatic Diseases: A Historical Review

    • Ross E. Petty
    Pages 11-18

  4. Systemic Corticosteroids for Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disorders in Children: Clinical Aspects

    • Pascal Pillet
    Pages 19-24

  5. The Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Responsible for the Anti-inflammatory and Immunosuppressive Effects of Glucocorticoids

    • Giuseppe Nocentini, Graziella Migliorati, Carlo Riccardi
    Pages 25-41

  6. The Clinical Pharmacology of Past, Present, and Future Glucocorticoids

    • Giuseppe Nocentini, Simona Ronchetti, Stefano Bruscoli, Carlo Riccardi
    Pages 43-58

  7. Corticosteroids in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

    • María M. Katsicas, Ricardo A. G. Russo
    Pages 59-76

  8. Systemic Corticosteroids in Childhood Vasculitides

    • Gašper Markelj, Tadej Avčin
    Pages 77-94

  9. Corticosteroids in Pediatric-Onset SLE and Other Connective Tissue Diseases

    • Alexandre Belot
    Pages 95-103

  10. Glucocorticoids in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disorders

    • Sara De Iudicibus, Stefano Martelossi, Giuliana Decorti
    Pages 105-121

  11. Corticosteroids in Pediatric Dermatology

    • Stefano Cambiaghi, Carlo Gelmetti
    Pages 123-133

  12. Corticosteroids in Pediatric Endocrinology

    • Cosimo Giannini, Angelika Mohn
    Pages 135-161

  13. Systemic Corticosteroids in Respiratory Diseases in Children

    • Chiara Caparrelli, Claudia Calogero, Enrico Lombardi
    Pages 163-170

  14. Corticosteroids in Pediatric Nephrology

    • Kjell Tullus
    Pages 171-178

  15. Corticosteroids in Neonatology: Postnatal Corticosteroids in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

    • Silvia Perugi, Carlo Dani
    Pages 179-184
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About this book

This comprehensive volume provides current state of the art of the use of corticosteroids in the pediatric patient. It consists of 14 chapters written by leading authors from different countries. The first chapters cover historical notes, general concepts on treatment with corticosteroids with regard to indications and side effects, and basic pharmacologic properties of these compounds. The rest of the book is devoted to the specific use of steroids in the different pediatric subspecialties. Despite advances with newer effective immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids still remain the mainstay of therapy for many disorders. Leading authors in their field have summarized these concepts to provide an authoritative, comprehensive guide to help clinicians safely and effectively use corticosteroids in their pediatric patients.

Reviews

“An international team of experts review in 14 chapters the present state of the art in the use of corticosteroids in children and adolescents. … For all pediatricians, pediatric supraspecialties incl. endocrinologists.” (Zvi Laron, Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 13 (4), June, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • AOU Meyer Pediatric Rheumatology, Firenze, Italy

    Rolando Cimaz

About the editor

Rolando Cimaz is Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit at Meyer Children's Hopital in Florence, Italy and is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Florence, Italy. He graduated from Milan University in Italy in 1987, is a specialist in Pediatrics (1991) and in Rheumatology (2003) and did his Fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology in Dallas, Texas, USA, in 1993-1994. He was Maitre de Conférences des Universités at Université Claude Bernard-Lyon I in Lyon, France from 2005 to 2007. His main interest is pediatric rheumatology and he has special expertise and scientific interest in osteoporosis, antiphospholipid antibodies, Kawasaki disease, synovial T cells and neonatal lupus. Currently he is involved in many research projects, nationally and internationally. He has been on the Council of the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society from 1999 to 2005 (treasurer) and from 2014-present (Research Chair). He is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, the Italian Society of Pediatrics and the French Society of Pediatric Inflammatory Diseases. He is co-author of more than 230 peer-reviewed articles on PubMed, as well as more than 20 book chapters, all in the field of pediatric rheumatology. He is or has been, on the Editorial board of several international journals (Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, Lupus, Arthritis and Rheumatism) and co-edited the book "Systemic Autoimmune Diseases in Pediatrics."

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Systemic Corticosteroids for Inflammatory Disorders in Pediatrics

  • Editors: Rolando Cimaz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16056-6

  • Publisher: Adis Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16055-9Published: 24 June 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35509-2Published: 09 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16056-6Published: 03 June 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 184

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Pharmacotherapy

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