RHEUMATOID PATIENTS AFTER FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF CORTICOSTEROID TREATMENT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 183 CASES
Authors: Carl A. Berntsen, Richard H. Freyberg
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 May 1961RHEUMATOID PATIENTS AFTER FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF CORTICOSTEROID TREATMENT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 183 CASESCARL A. BERNTSEN, M.D., F.A.C.P., RICHARD H. FREYBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.CARL A. BERNTSEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, RICHARD H. FREYBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-5-938 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis report summarizes the status of 183 patients with rheumatoid arthritis after a period of continuous corticosteroid treatment for five years or longer.The treatment program always included increased rest, appropriate physical measures, therapeutic exercises, adequate diet, and analgesics. Of these 183 patients there were 47 for whom corticosteroid was the only additional treatment; in the remaining 136 patients corticosteroids were used after gold salts had been discontinued because they were either ineffectual or were not tolerated, so the gold therapy did not influence the course of illness.Of these 183 patients 77% were females. At the end of observation...Bibliography1. BolletBunim AJJJ: The importance of serial joint x-rays in the evaluation of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Med. Clin. N. Amer. 39: (March) 439, 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Ragan C: Rheumatoid arthritis; the natural history of the disease and its management. Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med. 27: 63, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. ShortBauerReynolds CLWWE: Rheumatoid arthritis. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1957. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. DuthieBrownKnoxThompson JJPEJDM: Course and prognosis on rheumatoid arthritis. Ann. Rheum. Dis. 16: 411, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication April 29, 1960.From the Department of Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, and The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N. Y.†This study was supported in part by a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Carl A. Berntsen, M.D., F.A.C.P., 449 East 68th St., New York, N. Y. 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