Does high-Dose Methylprednisolone have No Benefit Over Moderate Dose for the Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot?
Based on the measured concentrations of interleukins or troponin T, a 30 mg/kg dose of methylprednisolone during pediatric open heart operations does not offer any additional antiinflammatory or cardioprotective benefit over a 5 mg/kg dose. Higher dose of methylprednisolone exposes patients more frequently to hyperglycemia.
Although the landmarks A, ANS, and PNS are hard to trace in UCLP patients with tooth germs in the anterior maxilla, no better landmarks were found in this study. Cephalometric studies using A, ANS, and PNS in UCLP patients should be interpreted with caution.