PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Goldberg, Barry H.
AU  - Bergstein, Jerry M.
TI  - Acute Respiratory Distress in a Child After Steroid-Induced Pancreatitis
DP  - 1978 Feb 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 317--318
VI  - 61
IP  - 2
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/61/2/317.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/61/2/317.full
SO  - Pediatrics1978 Feb 01; 61
AB  - Acute pancreatitis is a well-known but rare complication of corticosteroid therapy in both children1-3 and adu1ts.4,5 In adults, respiratory insufficiency may follow the onset of acute pancreatitis.6-8 This report describes a child with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in whom acute respiratory distress developed after steroid-induced pancreatitis. CASE REPORT A 12-year-old girl with SLE in remission (maintenance therapy, 60 mg of prednisone on alternate days) was admitted to the University of California Los Angeles Hospital with a one-week history of fever, dysuria, facial rash, and joint pain. A urinary tract infection was detected and the patient was placed on a regimen of antibiotics.