🧵4/3:
Should we reconsider steroid use in pediatric Bell's palsy? Does that apply to prescription of vitamins and supplements?
To know more:
DOI: 10.3390/jcm14010079

#PediatricNeurology #BellsPalsy #MedicalResearch #Pediatrics

🧵 3/3
More insights:
- No significant correlation between recovery and age, gender, or side of paralysis ❎
- Higher steroid doses linked to poorer outcomes 💉
- Vitamin supplementation showed no significant impact 💊
- Lab markers (NLR, TLR, LDH) not predictive of recovery 🥽

🧵 2/3 Key finding: 81.8% achieved complete recovery at 2 months, but steroid use was associated with lower recovery. Nothing too new: the @AANmember and the @AAOHNS have called for RCTs questioning the usefulness of steroids in pediatric Bell’s palsy cases.

Take home message: I could use some more carefulness when assessing probabilities 😁