Steroid use in post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
Date First Published:
March 18, 2014
Last Updated:
March 18, 2014
Report by:
Melanie Thompson, Paediatrician (Western Australia Country Health Service)
Search checked by:
SMACC workshop group, Western Australia Country Health Service
Three-Part Question:
In [children <18 with first presentation post streptococcal glomerulonephritis, without known pre-exisiting renal disease] does the [use of steroids within one week of symptom onset] reduce [a) the time to normalisation of creatinine or b) length of hospital stay]?