Incidence of adrenal crisis in children and young people receiving high dose glucocorticoids for nephrotic syndrome or juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a retrospective observational study

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2025. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ Group. Objective: To establish the incidence of adrenal crisis (AC) in patients treated with supraphysiological glucocorticoid (GC) for nephrotic syndrome (NS) or juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and hence at risk of adrenal suppression (AS). Design Retrospective observational single centre study. Setting: Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. Patients: Children aged 1month–