NIHの友人に聞いてみました。アメリカでは腎生検やパルス療法も外来でやることが多く、ステ
ロイドの減量のため?入院していることはないようです。当然家に帰れば特に主婦の場合は、安
静は困難であり、入院はいいことなのかもしれません。ただ、ウイルスやMRSAに感染のリスク
が病院の方が多いかも?しれないとも思います。以下、原文です。
Most
hospitals in the U.S. will perform kidney biopsies as an outpatient
procedure usually via ultrasound. At NIH we like to keep them overnight
following the procedure and perform it using CT. We rarely keep patients in
the hospital to administer and adjust steroids. When we admit patients to
the hospital it is usually because of a serious complication from the
underlying disease...e.g., nephritis, pulmonary manifestations, etc...
Consequently, we then will administer steroids and when stable send them
home, often on doses of 1mg/kg then taper as an outpatient with frequent
follow-ups. If the patient has active disease but not organ/life
threatening we will bolus 1g medrol as an outpatient with taper and follow
as an outpatient.
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