DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Steroid administration
Jeff Novitzky
Jeff Novitzky is an agent for the Food and Drug Administration investigating the use of steroids in professional sports. Before April 2008 he was a special agent for the Internal Revenue Service who investigated the use of steroids for over five years. His investigations have concerned Marion Jones, Barry Bonds, Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, Kirk Radomski, Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong. On May 20, 2010, The New York Daily News reported that Novitzky was involved in an investigation into performance enhancing drug use on Lance Armstrong's Tour de France teams, and that Armstrong's former teammate Floyd Landis was cooperating with the investigation...
Steroid administration - List of case studies
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) secondary to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
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advisable to carry out (at least at first) the PEX or the administration of other doses of Rituximab? Vincristine is to be used? 3. Do ... positive role? 4. After the first episode of TTP steroid was reduced until suspension (it was suspended in approximately 2 weeks ...
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)_1
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possible further medical tests and therapies. The steroid dosage was gradually reduced in time: 50 mg daily from January 2007; 25 ... was actually unavoidable. During the following months administration of increased doses of corticosteroids induced only partial and ...
- Diffuse Intra-Axial expansive Lesion of the Enchephalic Trunk
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contrastographic impregnation after Gadolinium (6 ml I.V.) administration: the finding lets hypothesize for a glioma of the encephalic ... been expressed by the colleagues of Trento. The steroid therapy (Decadron 2 mg x 2 I.V.) has brought about an improvement in ...
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma in the left temporal lobe
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medical history with the exception of the recent onset of steroid diabetes. On Jan 2008, the patient arrived at the ... steroid diabetes during his stay which required the administration of insulin to achieve good glycemic control. Histological ...
- Lichen planopilaris (follicular lichen planus) affecting the scalp
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daily for 1 month; Psorin scalp fluid once weekly administration; Deltacrin solution for midweek administrations; Biothymus ... Anti-histamines were initiated orally and eventually oral steroid tablets and methotrexate were prescribed. The patient underwent ...
- Chronic Glomerulonephritis
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continue to try and optimize her body weight since steroid administration after the transplant can significantly aggravate the weight ...
- Diffuse Intra-Axial expansive Lesion of the Enchephalic Trunk not surgically investigated_4
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glioma). Following initiation of dexamethasone (Decadron, steroid for vasogenic edema), the child has started experimental treatment with ... contrastographic impregnation after Gadolinium (6 ml I.V.) administration: the finding lets hypothesize for a glioma of the encephalic ...
- Chronic Glomerulonephritis with immune complexes
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continue to try and optimize her body weight since steroid administration after the transplant can significantly aggravate the weight ...
- List of Examinations
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Sensorimotor Neuropathy Azithromycin) Treatments: Steroid treatment Azotemia B B-scan ultrasound B12 ... GI work up Gadolinium Gadolinium (6 ml IV) administration Gadolinium injection Gamma GT Gastric inhibition ...