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Three Cases of Cardiac Arrythmias Associated with Intravenous Methylprednisolone Pulse Therapy
Jun Ho Lee, Jun Huh, Myung Dong Shin, Dong Kyu Jin, Il Soo Ha, Hae Il Cheong, Chung Il Noh, Yong Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(3):393-407.   Published online March 15, 1997
Methylprednisolone(MP) is administered by means of intravenous pulse therapy especially in the patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis(FSGS). There have been reports of its complications in a few increasing frequency. We experienced three cases of cardiaccomplications during intravenous pulsetherapy.Therewere onecaseof2¡ÆA-V block(Mobitztype I) and two cases of bradycardia and hypotension. In the former,2¡ÆA-V block in the first case deveoloped 45 hours after...